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slopehead

slopehead noun: a person of East Asian ethnicity, particularly Vietnamese.

Noun

slopehead (plural slopeheads)

  1. (derogatory, offensive) A person of East Asian ethnicity, particularly Vietnamese.
    • In an ethnically mixed police station, officers banter, and one Asian American uses the term "slopehead" to josh an Asian American officer along with comments about eating fishheads and dogs.2002, Frederick R. Lynch, The Diversity Machine: The Drive to Change the "White Male Workplace"
    • He took two sticks of strawberry gum from the pack he'd just purchased, field-stripped and stuck them both into his mouth. I guess that's how they train noncommissioned officers to do it. "Yella Slopehead Pinkos kilt my brother in Nam," he said.2004, Weber Studies - Volume 22

Forms of slopehead

pluralslopeheads

Origin of slopehead

From slope + head.

Questions about slopehead

What does slopehead mean?
Slopehead means a person of East Asian ethnicity, particularly Vietnamese.
What part of speech is slopehead?
Slopehead is a noun.
What is the plural of slopehead?
The plural of slopehead is slopeheads.

Words near slopehead in the dictionary

  1. sloped
  2. sloped off
  3. slopedness
  4. slopegraph
  5. slopegraphs
  6. slopehead
  7. slopeheads
  8. slopeland
  9. slopelands
  10. slopelike
  11. slopeness

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