grease monkey

A racial slur meant to denigrate people of African descent. Though its origins are impossible to trace, it is most used in rural areas in northern Louisiana and may have arisen from the stereotypical racist depiction of the African American as perspiring and unbathed. Though, ironically, it has been shown that poor whites are more likely to have poor personal hygiene.

Compare to porch monkey.

Racist: "Yesterday on the bus I had to sit beside a grease monkey. It was gross."

by iceman236 February 11, 2011