Do you think the word gringo can be used as abusively and if so how for example?

Answer 1

Yes, get the right person and they make any word sound derogatory.

Examples:
1. We don't think too much of him; afterall, he's only "co-worker".
2. I don't like the trade-in value that "used car-salesman" gave me.
3. And you most definitely heard someone be called a "teacher" as if they were a lower class or unintelligent person.
4. Others I've heard: "Boss spelled backwards is double S. O.B."

So I can easily see terms like gringo being abusive. Depends on who said it and in what context.

Answer 2

I would answer by asking when can the word gringo be anything but abusive? e.g.: Mi jefe is a pinche gringo joto.

Can the word wet.back be used as abusively and if so how for example.

Answer 3

The word "gringo" is extensively used in South and Central America. Primarily it only describes a Caucasian individual who does not fit in the culture, by looks, by language and by customs.
Generally it is sarcastically used to describe the clumsy ,ignorant, blundering tourist. and the stigma that accompanies helplessness in a strange place.

Answer 4

Yes.

One co-worker calls a caucasion co-worker a "gringo."

Answer 5

It is all in how you interpret the word and where you say it. In spanish speaking countries it shouldn't be. In other countries it could be.

Answer 6

Nah, it doesn't rhyme with anything.