Wog vs. Wop — What's the Difference?

Wog is an offensive and derogatory term in Australian English and British English usually applied to people from the Mediterranean region and Middle East, such as Southern Europeans and North Africans. In British English, it may also sometimes apply to people from the Indian subcontinent and certain other parts of Asia, such as the East Indies.

Wop is a pejorative slur for Italians or people of Italian descent.

Used as a disparaging term for a person of color, especially a person from northern Africa or western or southern Asia.

Used as a disparaging term for a person of Italian birth or ancestry.

Any person who looks in-between "white" and "black": originally specifically an Indian, but later also broadened to anybody of Middle Eastern or Mediterranean descent.

A person of Italian descent.

Specifically someone of Mediterranean descent; the word does not really have an "Indian" connotation in Australia.

Offensive terms for a person of Italian descent

Abbreviation of polliwog

A pollywog, or sailor who has never crossed the Equator.

A bug, an insect.

A minor illness caused by bacteria, virus, intestinal parasite, etc.

A toy insect in parts that can be assembled, used in fund-raising games.

(Scientology) A person who is not a Scientologist.

(Of soldiers stationed abroad) to sell something, especially illicit or stolen goods, to the local inhabitants.

To steal.

An offensive slang term used by the British to refer to people of color from Africa or Asia