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Euromutt

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English

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Etymology

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From Euro- +‎ mutt.

Noun

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Euromutt (plural Euromutts)

  1. (colloquial, derogatory) A person of mixed European ancestry.
    • 1991 May 19, Jess Anderson, “Re:Jess's Movements”, in soc.motss[1] (Usenet), archived from the original on 20 October 2024:
      As for the people of Scotland -- no, no bias because of my Scottish heritage, I assure you (coz there's more than a little Euromutt mixed in) -- they are really warm, quite friendly and approachable people.
    • 2003 August 18, Robert Kirby, “Italian fest a taste of tenacity and pizza”, in The Salt Lake Tribune[2], →ISSN, page C1:
      Although my heritage is 100 percent Euro-mutt, not a drop of Italian blood flows in me.
    • 2017 May 4, Charlie V. Morgan, Rubén G. Rumbaut, Lisa Anh Nguyen, “Crossing Lines and Imagining the Future: Transitions to Adulthood and Mixed Couples in California and New York”, in Teresa Toguchi Swartz, Douglas Hartmann, Rubén G. Rumbaut, editors, Crossings to Adulthood, →DOI, →ISBN, page 261:
      A Chilean female, Elizabeth, has been cohabiting with her “Euromutt” boyfriend for a year-and-a-half. [...] It appears that Elizabeth did not have any previous expectations when it came to dating, as her previous boyfriend was also a “Euromutt.”