gameworld racist insults

[Glyde]

Using a dwarf's beard as an insult doesn't really work. You have to tell them that they're beardless, elf lovin' pixie folk.

That'd get a dwarf riled up.

[mostlyharmful]

Still, they look perfectly okay with the idea that their hight will be used as a word to describe their race in the common language used in the area.
For an entire race, "midget" is an insult, but "dwarf" isn't?

Sounds very suitably medieval mentallity to me. Think about it in terms of national and religious stereotypes, and the names that got associated with them. Just because group A is going to object to the name group B assigns them doesn't really matter to the insular, xenophobic or arrogant group B

[Citizen Joe]

Elf: Splinternuts...
Think about it.

[Swooper]

Gnomes = big nose (they do have a good sense of smell, and I know in some worlds they do indeed have noses that are correspondingly large)

Gnomes are proud of their noses. If you REALLY want to insult a gnome, call him 'small nose' (and then run like hell).

[alexi]

And demi-human is just as bad.

Also "dwarfs".
Is there any reason an entire race will call themselves "short people"?

I'm pretty sure that the term dwarf was first used in mythology to refer to a group (race) of creatures, then migrated to being used as a term for short people.

[Darkantra]

I'm pretty sure that the term dwarf was first used in mythology to refer to a group (race) of creatures, then migrated to being used as a term for short people.

I know that in Norse mythology dwarves were created from maggots or larvae by Odin and then turned into his forgeloving people. So if you're running an earth-like campaign or a viking one, maggot is the way to go for racism.

If a dwarf ever has his beard burned of (very possible with the number of fire spells and effects in D&D) refer to them as "The beardless wonder".

Warforged can easily call everyone else Meatbags.

[Renrik]

Goblinoids call humans pinkies and oilies.

Humans call goblinoids gobbos and greenskins

Humans: Naked Apes, a variety of other terms based on individual ethnicity, most of which are based on realworld insults, which are so much more colorful than fantasy insults, and which I shall not post.

Elves: Fairies, Tree-monkeys, Long-ears, tree-f***er, a variety of homophobic remarks, etc.

Dwarves: Stubby, footstool, dishrags, a variety of racist remarks drawn from real-world ones based on the Irish, Scottish, and Scandanavians, depending on how dwarves are in your campain.

Gnomes: Gnomes. That's bad enough.

Orcs and goblinoids: Greenskins, gobbos, snotlings, tusk-face, cave rats, one-eyes or cyclops (for orcs who follow Gruumsh), etc.

[Enzario]

In DnD you don't need to say anything to be racist. Just put up a sign that says "You must be this tall to ride."

[The Neoclassic]

Gnomes are proud of their noses. If you REALLY want to insult a gnome, call him 'small nose' (and then run like hell).

Point taken. I think this brings up an important distinction actually- amongst themselves, humans might refer to gnomes as "big noses" but to insult a gnome, they'd call him "small nose."

Oh, and, by the way- gnomes are awesome.

[golentan]

Simplest and most obvious for humans?

Wrinkly Jailbait.

I need some mindsoap.

[Belobog]

Simplest and most obvious for humans?

Wrinkly Jailbait.

I need some mindsoap.

Thread Necromancy's kind of frowned upon around here: http://www.giantitp.com/forums/announcement.php?a=1.

Just a helpful note.

[golentan]

Oh good lord, I didn't check the date of the last post. I apologize.

Huh. It was appearing on the front page. Sorry.

[waterpenguin43]

Drow: Spiderman, Drowminatrix.
Human: Racewhore.
Elf: Pointy-eared pissbucket, feyslut.
Orc: Underbite-for-brains, Axehead.
Gnome: Tinkering midget.
Halfling: Toadstool, dogfeat.
Ixixachitl: Capeface.
Gnoll: Fido, woofster.
Sahuagin: Sharkfood.
Oops, thread necromancy.

[Random832]

I saw this thread on the first page several days ago and it was three pages long - did some posts get lost or something?

[TheLibrarian]

It lost a page when it was ressurected.

[Andraste]

I made a new thread here, since this one's almost two years old.

[dragonfan6490]

Human: Regdar
Dwarf: Tordek
Elf: Mialee
Halfling: Lidda
Gnome: Nebin

Basically, my group figured out that the names of the characters in the PHB are in fact insult names to the rest of the race. We had a good roleplaying encounter where we called the Dwarf Tordek and he got very angry and charged us with his axe.

Lots of fun in that game.

[Archpaladin Zousha]

Here are some classic insults from my favorite D&D based game, Neverwinter Nights 2:

Tiefling: Thief, cursed one, demon wench, rat child, goat girl, tail for brains, skinny bull
Dwarf: Mossbreath, fat-bellied little knee high.

Stumpy isn't gonna work.

"You're not tryin'! That's not an insult, it's a nickname. We Ironfists call our own children "Stumpy!"

[Innis Cabal]

"If half a man is a cripple, whats half an elf"

[ondonaflash]

Elf: Splinternuts...
Think about it.

Screw subtlety, just call them tree****ers

[fetfet]

Gnome to Human: Hey human! You're too big to see your own feet!
Human to Gnome: ... what is this bearded 4-year old talking about?

[Hadrian_Emrys]

I used to play Vanguard with a roommate back in the day. She and I would seriously RP a 'friendship' based on martial trust and racial contempt. My human would call her elf a keebler, moss chewer, and assorted slang not suitable for this board. In turn, she's shoot back terms such as dirt monkey, bald ape, and equally offensive terms as my own. We'd get so caught up in the rp that the other players (who didn't know we lived together) seriously thought we were fighting OOCly. It was a riot.

[sofawall]

Oh good lord, I didn't check the date of the last post. I apologize.

Huh. It was appearing on the front page. Sorry.

Happened to me earlier as well.

[valadil]

Actually, 'halfling' IS an insult. It implies they are half a man or something.

I've always been fond of halflings who assume that they're of a normal size and refer to everyone else as "doublings."

[ArchaeologyHat]

Elves - Flappies/Flappy, Alternatively [Elf Flavour] Flappies ie. Wood Flappies.
Anything taller than a Gnome/Halfling - Long-legs

[Captain Six]

Why would humans be called apes or monkeys? None of the other races are any less monkey like, their designs were all based on humans anyway.

Human insults would probably go off the aesthetic neutrality of the race. Say; baselines, rough(draft)s, neuts... Maybe even some insane-themed nicknames (wackos, nutjobs...) to races who are used to the "Always X" alignment rules and find human's moral implacability frustrating and suspicious.

[Hadrian_Emrys]

I forget her exact IC reasoning for it, but it pretty much came back to the implication that humans evolved from a basic primate form whereas elves where lovingly hand-crafted by the gods. Hence elven superiority.

edit: Keep in mind, this was all just banter used in role-play for two characters that lovingly hated each other. It doesn't need to make sense for it to be fun.

[Clementx]

One I came up for use by Lizardfolk and other reptilian creatures against other humanoids: Titsucker. If you hatched out of a nice, neat egg, nothing is more disgusting that lapping up goo extruded by another member of your race. They use Mammal when being condescending but not vulgar.

[Susano-wo]

My favorite halfling insult: Dirt Gnome. (a reference to the halfling's antecedent, the Hobbit, who, as least in some areas of the Shire, lived in holes carved in the sides of hills)

Also, it was mentioned regarding warfroged, but yes, for any non-organic, we have a lovely array of insults from combining flesh, meat, bag, and sack.
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