English

Etymology 1
From E. bean + -er. Literally "a person who eats w:refried beans|refried beans".

Noun
en-noun|beaner|s

1. context|US|racial slur|pejorative a Mexican

#:quotations:
#:*1999:"You're gonna work out good, Dave. I was afraid they were gonna hire another nigger or a beaner." — cite book|titleThere Ain't no Justice, Just Us|authorGregory Alan Norton|pages32|publisherXlibris Corporation|idISBN 073880357X|date1999
#:*2005:"I'm a beaner, and I'm telling you white people, that's a bullshit number right off the bat!" — w:Mind of Mencia|Mind of Mencia, w:Carlos Mencia|Carlos Mencia
#:*2003:"Hey bro I'm a beaner, we ain't good at math. Jeez, dawn 'ju watch TV?" — cite book|chapterurlhttp://www.ridersroost.com/Pages/bookchap2.html|chapterchapter 2|titleShovelhead Red – The Drifter's Way|authorRoy Yelverton
#:usage note: The connotations of this word are mixed, and its use can connote things different to what the user intended. It carries pejorative racial connotations to some people; whereas other people are attempting to w:semantic change|ameliorate it.

Translations
Spanish: frijolero (2)

References
cite news|titleYou are what you eat ... arguably|authorJohn Sutherland|date2000-07-31|workw:The Guardian|The Guardian|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/g2/story/0,,348802,00.html

Etymology 2
Unknown.

Noun
en-noun|beaner|s

1. context|US|slang a superior or admirable person; something excellent

#:usage note: This usage, from U.S. w:baseball|baseball slang in the 1940s and 1950s, is now almost completely superceded.
#:quotations:
#:*1942:"Gee, that would be a beaner of a sign for education." — cite book|titleThe Clearing House|authorForrest Edwin Long and Philip Westcot Lawrence Cox|pages527|date1942
#:*1949:"Pride, indeed, Esther thought — that was a beaner! There was more purse than pride in Mayme's repentant heart." — cite book|titleThe Sunset Tree|authorMartha Ostenso|pages106|date1949|publisher=Dodd, Mead

References
cite book|titleAmerican Thesaurus of Slang: A Complete Reference Book of Colloquial Speech|authorLester V. Berrey and Melvín van den Bark|date1953|publisherCrowell|pages=27,354,375

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Category:Ethnic slurs

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