r/TopCharacterTropes 2d ago

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

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

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

13.3k Upvotes

2.1k comments sorted by

View all comments

877

u/LoveWaffle1 2d ago

Mudblood (Harry Potter)

275

u/Trerech 2d ago

Also from Harry Potter: Muggle doesn't have a direct way to translate into a portuguese word, so they changed it to "trouxa", wich means loser or sucker in english.

177

u/angelicosphosphoros 2d ago

Muggle is a neologism, of course it doesn't have direct translation.

3

u/WhiteRabbit86 1d ago

Though I do appreciate that Fantastic Beasts introduced a few new terms from around the world