Not usually, but I wouldn't go around calling people that.
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GI-was a common US military abbreviation that meant Government Issue. Term became popular in WW2 to refer to the US soldier. Everything a soldier was issued had a name and a number and after the fighting started a lot of soldiers felt that they were simply government issue to be thrown into the fighting. The term GI was not derogatory when referring to soldiers. Hence the derived term "GI Joe" to refer to the average US soldier.
Protestant.
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A black pope is a derogatory term for the Superior General of the society of Jesus.
Kraut is a German word recorded in English from 1918 onwards as a derogatory term for a German, particularly a German soldier.
The story of the Buffalo Soldier and their struggle.
African-American U.S. Cavalry soldiers
One derogatory term describing a lowlife is "scum."
A buffalo hunter hunted buffalo. A buffalo soldier was a name given to the first Afro-American soldiers by Indians because of their hair reminded them of the buffalo and their fierce fighting manner.
The term "spic" is a derogatory and offensive slur used to refer to Hispanics. It is considered highly derogatory and should never be used.
No.
Ivan is a male forename.It is also used as a derogatory word for a Russian.Slang term for the individual Russian soldier and for the military forces of Russia/the Soviet Union collectively.
Absolutely not.
The reason the term hyphenated American is derogatory is because it means that an American with a foreign birth displays allegiances to that foreign country. The term hyphenated American was first published in 1889 and was considered a derogatory term by the early 1900s.
The term "fatso" is a derogatory term for someone who is overweight.
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