Polack

[ poh-lahk, -lak ]

noun

1. Slang: Extremely Disparaging and Offensive. a contemptuous term used to refer to a Pole or person of Polish descent.

Polack

/ ˈpəʊlæk /

noun

1. derogatory.
   a Pole or a person of Polish descent

Word History and Origins

Origin of Polack¹

First recorded in 1590–1600, Polack is from the Polish word polak a Pole

Word History and Origins

Origin of Polack¹

C16: from Polish Polak Pole

Example Sentences

TV stars Indiyah Polack and Babatunde Aléshé have been announced as the hosts of this year's Mobo Awards.

From BBC

Former islander Indiyah Polack is hosting the show's official podcast, and she tells Newsbeat it's likely islanders will need fewer icebreakers "because everyone's familiar".

From BBC

Indiyah Polack, who was a contestant on last year's Love Island, is a fan of Love Is Blind.

From BBC

The mystery wasn’t solved until 2008, when Fernando P. Polack, founder of the Infant Foundation in Argentina, and his team at Johns Hopkins University published a study in Nature Medicine describing how the antibodies produced by the vaccinated children’s immune systems did not bind strongly enough to the virus.

From Scientific American

The failed neutralization not only allowed unrestricted replication of RSV the children acquired from infection, Polack’s theory suggests.

From Slate