slopehead

slopehead

English

Etymology

From slope +‎ head.

Noun

slopehead (plural slopeheads)

1. (derogatory, offensive) A person of East Asian ethnicity, particularly Vietnamese
   • 2002, Frederick R. Lynch, The Diversity Machine: The Drive to Change the "White Male Workplace":

     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.

   • 2004, Weber Studies - Volume 22:

     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.

   • 2011, Micheal Clodfelter, Mad Minutes and Vietnam Months: A Soldier's Memoir:

     “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!

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