Now an offensive ethnic slur, it was previously a neutral term for black southern Africans.

That is, describing a man as in some way like a woman is considered a deeply offensive slur.

Service has also been noted for his use of ethnonyms that would normally be considered offensive "slurs", but with no insult apparently intended.

Yeshiva University condemned the use of the word "schvartze," an offensive Yiddish racial slur.

Being a very socially and cognitively advanced race, they hate being called "lizards" as this is regarded as an offensive slur.

However, the term "white cracker" is seldom used self-referentially and remains an offensive racial slur used to demean Caucasians.

Additionally, this name is best avoided as "kaffir" is considered an offensive ethnic slur in Africa.

"And this is an offensive slur on Bynaus?"

Today, it is an offensive and inflammatory racial slur in English, and is often considered to be hate speech.