Dago vs. Wog: What's the Difference?

Used as a disparaging term for a person of Italian, Spanish, or Portuguese descent.

Used as a disparaging term for a person of color, especially a person from northern Africa or western or southern Asia.

A person of Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Greek, or other Mediterranean descent.

Any person who looks in-between "white" and "black": originally specifically an Indian, but later also broadened to anybody of Middle Eastern or Mediterranean descent.

A person of Italian descent.

Specifically someone of Mediterranean descent; the word does not really have an "Indian" connotation in Australia.

A nickname given to a person of Spanish (or, by extension, Portuguese or Italian) descent.

Abbreviation of polliwog

Offensive terms for a person of Italian descent

A pollywog, or sailor who has never crossed the Equator.

A bug, an insect.

A minor illness caused by bacteria, virus, intestinal parasite, etc.

A toy insect in parts that can be assembled, used in fund-raising games.

(Scientology) A person who is not a Scientologist.

(Of soldiers stationed abroad) to sell something, especially illicit or stolen goods, to the local inhabitants.

To steal.

An offensive slang term used by the British to refer to people of color from Africa or Asia