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slopehead en · NOUN

Etymology

From slope + head.

Meanings

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":
   • “All right, men,” admonished El Cid, “I want you all to go ahead and let some steam off, and you cocksmen with balls for brains go on if you must and get your nuts off with them slopehead bitches. But, by God, I want you all to remember this! 2011, Micheal Clodfelter, Mad Minutes and Vietnam Months: A Soldier's Memoir:
   • 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

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