For our International audience: Mick - or Mickey and Mike, derogatory word for someone of Irish Origin, from the nickname form of the common Irish given name Michael. The contemporaries of that era typecasted Irishmen to be poor and uncultivated, and is all the more offensive as it has religious undertones, namely to Catholicism and allegiance to the Pope.Paddy - derogatory word for someone of Irish Origin, from the nickname form of the common Irish given name Pádraig or PatrickJock - derogatory word for someone of Scottish Origin with two possible origins: 1) nickname form of the common Scottish given name for Jack, John or James 2) British Rhyming Slang, an association with the phrase Sweaty Socks. The contemporaries of that era typecasted Scotsmen as tight, greedy and won't spend their money.
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