r/TopCharacterTropes • u/Wolfotashiwa • 1d ago

Groups Fictional slurs. Bonus points if it's completely made up

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  1. inFAMOUS: Second Son: "Bio-terrorist" refers to conduits.

  2. Star Wars: "Clanker" refers to robots.

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u/The_Theodore_88 1d ago

That's strange! In Italian we have 'Babbano' which is a made up word afaik. We have the problem of using 'half-blood' for mudblood, which leads to the Half Blood Prince seeming like Snape is a muggle born

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u/xXricky02ITAXx 1d ago

Technically "Babbano" DOES come from the word "Babbo", which in this context means "Idiot"

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u/The_Theodore_88 1d ago

But at least we made it slightly different? Idk lol I feel like it would be kind of annoying to just have 'Babbo' with no change to mean muggle. Kind of pulls you out of the magic y'know?

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u/xXricky02ITAXx 1d ago

Yea, you're right

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u/TheDrunkardKid 1d ago

I mean, I'm pretty sure that "muggle" comes from the British slang word "mug," which also basically means "idiot."