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froggy

froggy

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An insulting name for a person from France
  • noun
  • Slur
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  • He called his friend 'froggy' in a teasing, but disrespectful way that highlighted the stereotype of French people.

Examples

  • The comedian's routine included a joke about how he offended a French tourist by calling him 'froggy'.

  • You wanna be froggy, nigger?

    Bones (2001)

  • Up yours, too, froggy.

    The Pirate Movie (1982)

  • You damned froggy eavesdropper.

    Death on the Nile (1978)

  • During the argument, he used the term 'froggy' to insult her French heritage.

Surface Forms

froggy singular
froggies plural

Morphology

froggy = frog (opaque) = frog + y

The derogatory sense referring to a person from France is a culture-specific metaphorical extension and not derivable by standard morphological rules alone.

Etymology

The use of froggy as an insult for a person from France comes from an old, unkind idea about French people eating 'frog legs'. Because it comes from that stereotype, calling someone a 'froggy' is offensive and rude.