greaser, wetback, taco
(noun) (ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Mexican descent
Source: WordNet® 3.1
greaser (plural greasers)
Someone or something that greases (applies grease).
(slang) A mechanic.
(slang) A biker, a tough.
(slang) A rocker or metalhead, especially one who listens to 1950s rock and roll or 1980s thrash metal.
(US, offensive, ethnic slur) A Latin American, especially a Mexican.
(US, offensive, ethnic slur) An Italian.
(US, offensive, ethnic slur) A Greek.
• Greears, agreers, regears, rerages
Source: Wiktionary
Greas"er, n.
1. One who, or that which, greases; specifically, a person employed to lubricate the working parts of machinery, engines, carriages, etc.
2. A nickname sometimes applied in contempt to a Mexican of the lowest type. [Low, U. S.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
25 May 2025
(noun) a bronchodilator (trade names Ventolin or Proventil) used for asthma and emphysema and other lung conditions; available in oral or inhalant forms; side effects are tachycardia and shakiness
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
