Nip
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Nip is an ethnic slur against people of Japanese descent and origin,[1][2] similar to the ethnic slur Jap.
Etymology
The word Nip is an abbreviation from Nippon, the Japanese name for Japan.[2][3]
History
The earliest occurrence of the ethnic slur was probably in the Time magazine of 5 January 1942.[3] The American, British, and Australian entry of the Pacific Ocean theatre of World War II heightened the use of racial slurs against the Japanese, such as Jap and Nip.[3] The word Nip became a frequently-used slang word amongst the British Armed Forces.[3] The 1942 Royal Air Force journal made numerous references to the Japanese as Nips, even making puns such as "there's a nip in the air".[3] As part of American wartime propaganda, caricatures and slurs (including Nip) against the Japanese diffused into entertainment,[4][5] such as exemplified by the Warner Bros.' cartoon Bugs Bunny Nips the Nips (1944).[5] In General Kenney Reports: A Personal History of the Pacific War (1949), George Kenney made racial statements about the Japanese, remarking for example that "Nips are just vermin to be exterminated".[6]
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