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28 May 2008

list subcultures' pejorative terms for the mainstream I'll start: "plainskins" (non-tattooed), "cagers" (car drivers)

post by: Firas at: 07:04 | 42 comments

"Neurotypicals" (asperger's)

posted by TheophileEscargot 28 May | 08:09

"cisgender" (mental gender matches physical gender, i.e. not transgender)

posted by rmless2 28 May | 08:36

is cisgender pejorative?

posted by matthewr 28 May | 09:08

Breeders (for heterosexuals), of course.

posted by msali 28 May | 09:17

"Pikers" for people who work a standard 9-5 job.

posted by mullacc 28 May | 09:18

'Customers.'

posted by box 28 May | 09:20

Pinks (non-SubGenius)

posted by BoringPostcards 28 May | 09:23

Mundanes.

posted by seanyboy 28 May | 09:37

Is 'muggle' pejorative?

posted by box 28 May | 09:46

Hoopleheads

posted by elizard 28 May | 10:19

I guess cisgender isn't meant to be pejorative, but I think it is whenever I hear it. I think I just don't like the sound of the word.

posted by rmless2 28 May | 10:23

It all just comes down to Norms vs. Mutes.

posted by mygothlaundry 28 May | 10:39

Lusers (people not good with computers)

posted by halonine 28 May | 10:40

What about "townies"? Definitely meant in to be insulting, as in, "Ugh, he's dating a townie? How weird."

posted by muddgirl 28 May | 10:45

'Civilians.'

posted by box 28 May | 11:02

AOL users.

posted by me3dia 28 May | 11:11

"Derailers" for people who ride bikes with more than one speed.
"Digitalis" refers to the contagious disease that leads one away from listening to music on vinyl.
"Wafers" = Catholics

posted by Hellbient 28 May | 12:10

Breeders (for heterosexuals

Also "het".

posted by brujita 28 May | 12:29

Breeders (for heterosexuals)

Also "het".

posted by brujita 28 May | 12:29

sorry, double post

posted by brujita 28 May | 12:30

Mortals.

posted by bmarkey 28 May | 12:31

wrong-thinkers (those whose beliefs are not in conformance with those of my church)

posted by Meatbomb 28 May | 12:31

"Square" (anyone who is apparently not cool enough to join the particular subculture)

posted by cmonkey 28 May | 12:40

The Idiocracy. (props to Mike Judge)

posted by wendell 28 May | 12:51

'Socs' (rich kids in S.E. Hinton novels)

posted by box 28 May | 12:51

oh, and there are some of us 'hets' who don't consider ourselves 'breeders'... (because, uh, we haven't and don't intend to)

posted by wendell 28 May | 12:55

Straights (heteros again)

posted by deborah 28 May | 13:01

Suits (business people)

posted by deborah 28 May | 13:03

"unwitting prophets of irony" for the fashion clueless.

posted by Hellbient 28 May | 13:08

Many of my blind, braille-reading friends refer to us as "print readers".

posted by Melismata 28 May | 13:17

"Greeks". Those that belong to fraternities or sororities. Funny thing is they call themselves that too. A member of a sorority also has the special distinction of being known as a "clone".

posted by eekacat 28 May | 13:43

"Meat Sacks" for those who are not robots.

posted by Hellbient 28 May | 13:55

The Living

posted by danf 28 May | 14:05

Up the page danf just mentioned a legion of deadhaters, meaning those who hate the Grateful Dead.

Thank you metachat, I now have a Native Americanish monkier to give myself:

Plainskin Deadhater.

posted by rainbaby 28 May | 14:25

Kaffir - nonMuslims.

posted by divabat 28 May | 16:59

Gentiles and goyim, along those lines.

posted by box 28 May | 17:32

And I think there's a word that the pickup-artist types use to describe, y'know, regular guys, but I forget what it is.

posted by box 28 May | 17:36

marks?

wendell-we get stuck with the breeder label anyway. It's very annoying.

posted by small_ruminant 28 May | 17:43

Mommies (all the skinny white ladies in Cobble Hill who push $800 strollers)
Yuppies (I think this is definitely a majority group)
GDIs (God Damn Independents, referring to folks who don't go Greek)

posted by brina 28 May | 17:47

Straights (heteros again)

I've said it before, we prefer to be called 'otherfuckers.'

also:

posuer: used by members of just about any musical subculture towards those who are not musically subcultarting to their satisfaction.

posted by jonmc 28 May | 19:07

'citizens,' =people who always obey the rules.

posted by jonmc 28 May | 19:13

Rubes, but in the carny sense
also fish
also "client" as the all purpose replacement word

i should stop for now. i've already said too much.

posted by ethylene 28 May | 20:43

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