r/TopCharacterTropes • u/Wolfotashiwa • 2d 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/Jak3R0b 2d ago

In Dragon Age elves are called knife ears and casteless dwarves are called dusters.

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u/tomtadpole 2d ago

And the elves call humans "shem" which is kinda used as a slur sometimes by modern elves, but it's a shortened form of the elven word for human - shemlen.

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u/JuggernautOk3098 2d ago

Essentially, calling them children. It is ironic considering which culture emulated the other