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slanty

slanty

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An insulting word for people from East Asia that should not be used
  • adjective
  • Slur
translation icon : ojos rasgados (insulto ofensivo)
  • No one says that to little slanty eyed redheads.
  • slanty eyes

Examples

  • And that's OK 'cause down slanty eyes are perfectly fine.

  • I look at Dinh's slanty black eyes and stained teeth, thinking how easy it would be to kill him.

    Fiction book (2000)

  • "Go to hell!" Brown Jacket pulled at the corners of his eyes to make them slanty.

    Fiction book (1994)

  • Do you guys know why Oriental men have slanty eyes and buck teeth?

    Personal Best (1982)

  • With a cute little girl, sort of a big-eyed, slanty-eyed thing.

    Big Eyes (2014)

  • How the fuck am I supposed to know what kind of "ese" you is... ...you slanty-eyed fuck?

    Crank: High Voltage (2009)

  • She has slanty eyes and a snub nose.

    Fiction book (1991)

  • They, they did send me one of those nips once, but I didn't really like the slanty eyes, and yeah, give me the shudders, yep.

    The Slaughterhouse Killer (2020)

  • They think my daddy's mad cool partly because he's got these slanty eyes like me, plus he's got a pierced ear, plus he's really nice.

    Fiction book (2002)

  • "Go to hell!" Brown Jacket pulled at the corners of his eyes to make them slanty.

Surface Forms

slanty positive

Morphology

slanty = slant (opaque) = slant + y

Although the form is built from 'slant' + '-y', this offensive slang sense is a pejorative lexicalized extension and is not predictable from the component meanings.

Etymology

The word slanty is an offensive slang word that comes from the root slant, which means 'to slope' or 'lean'. People used it to describe the shape of eyes in a hurtful way, so it is offensive and should not be used.