Banana, coconut, and Twinkie are pejorative terms for Asian Americans who are perceived to have been assimilated and acculturated into mainstream American...
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List of ethnic slurs (category Ethnic and religious slurs)
Lee (2011). "'Twinkie,' 'Banana,' 'Coconut'". In Lee, Jonathan H.X.; Nadeau, Kathleen M. (eds.). Encyclopedia of Asian American folklore and folklife. Santa...
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Garvey, and Mab Segrest. Anti-Germans (political current) Anti-Japaneseism Banana, coconut, and Twinkie Boba liberal Chinilpa Class traitor Coconut (slur)...
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pudding Tipsy cake Twinkie Waffle Waldorf pudding Watergate salad Whoopie pie Cuisine List of American foods List of American regional and fusion cuisines...
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Hostess (snack cakes) (category Official website different in Wikidata and Wikipedia)
with marshmallow frosting and coconut flakes Suzy Q's - oblong sandwich of devil's food cake with white crème or banana-flavored filling Twinkies - flagship...
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Moon Pie (section Festivals and customs)
vanilla, banana, strawberry, and salted caramel. Coconut appears seasonally during the Mardi Gras parading season. Lemon, Blueberry, and Pumpkin Spice...
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common in Colombia and Venezuela Bacalaíto – Seafood dish from Puerto Rico Bamischijf – Dutch snack Banana chips – Chip made of bananaPages displaying short...
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a Banana". Archived from the original on 8 September 2013. Retrieved 1 November 2013. "Hispanic Groups Criticize Ad Guru for Calling Rubio 'Coconut'"...
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Nigger (category Anti-African and anti-black slurs)
instance of linguistic reappropriation, the term nigger is also used casually and fraternally among African Americans, most commonly in the form of nigga,...
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List of desserts (section Confectionery and candies)
cake Choco pie Chokladboll Chongyang cake Chorley cake Christmas cake Coconut cake Coffee cake Cupcake D Dacquoise Depression cake Devil's food cake...
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neutral or friendly way. The word is commonly associated with hip hop culture and since the 1990s, with gangs (especially in popular culture). The word is...
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Jook-sing (category Cantonese words and phrases)
jan4/hoeng1 ziu1 zi2) (referencing the yellow skin and white insides of the fruit when fully matured) and Twinkie (based on the snack produced by American company...
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Savage (pejorative term) (category Ethnic and religious slurs)
and uncivilized. It has predominantly been used to describe indigenous people worldwide, including North America, South America, Asia, Oceania, and Africa...
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Wetback (slur) (category Ethnic and religious slurs)
States. Generally used as an ethnic slur, the term was originally coined and applied only to Mexicans who entered the U.S. state of Texas from Mexico...
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Cracker (term) (section Meliorative and neutral usage)
a native of Florida or Georgia (see Florida cracker and Georgia cracker). The exact history and origin of the term is debated. The term is "probably...
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Use of nigger in proper names (category Anti-African and anti-black slurs)
names, and as people's nicknames, among others, but has fallen out of favor since the 20th century. The word nigger was often featured in branding and packaging...
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Cakes are available in many flavours and have many recipes as well. Sponge cakes have become snack cakes via the Twinkie. The earliest known recipe for sponge...
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Alfajor (section Preparation and presentation)
cornstarch, citrus zest, ginger and honey, filled with chocolate, vanilla cream, dulce de leche, fruit paste, or coconut. The filling can be mixed with...
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Gaijin (category Japanese words and phrases)
Japanese word for foreigners and non-Japanese citizens in Japan, specifically being applied to foreigners of non-Japanese ethnicity and those from the Japanese...
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thickly-wrapped wheat flour skin, which is fried in hot oil. The dish is served warm, and is usually eaten with the fingers, dipped in duck sauce, soy sauce, plum...
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Peckerwood is a term for a woodpecker which is used in the Southern United States and it is also used as a racial epithet for white people, especially poor rural...
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deriding term for Ukrainians. The term is a reference to the dill plant and bears a superficial syntactical similarity with the first half of the Russian...
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In the contemporary English language, the noun Polack (/ˈpoʊlɑːk/ and /-læk/) is a derogatory term, mainly North American, reference to a person of Polish...
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put-down by the assimilated U.S. Jews from Germany to identify eastern European and Russian Jews: "Because many Russian [Jewish] names ended in 'ki', they were...
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Canuck (section Usage and examples)
1850s, the spelling with a "C" became predominant. Today, many Canadians and others use Canuck as a mostly affectionate term for any Canadian. Johnny...
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soldier during World War I and World War II. Its earlier meaning in English was as a synonym for sauerkraut, a traditional Central and Eastern European food...
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University Press: 16–28, doi:10.1353/nar.2008.0002, S2CID 161480631, retrieved 2008-04-17 George, Sam (May 2006), Understanding the Coconut Generation...
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Beaner (category Ethnic and religious slurs)
American, and you never will be", and as such is sometimes directed at any Hispanic. In the 2000s comedian Carlos Mencia was known for using it, and other...
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Jap (section History and etymology)
word "Japanese". In some places, it is simply a contraction of the word and does not carry negative connotations[citation needed], whereas in some other...
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listener's preconceived notions and antipathies. The relation between the internalized derogatory stereotypes about Polish people, and the persistence of ethnic...
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