Pointed-ear
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Pointed-ear (also Pointed-ears or Pointed-eared) is a racial slur/slang for both Romulans and Vulcans. Elim Garak used the term once, in earshot of several Romulans. (DS9: "Improbable Cause")
Doctor McCoy, Chief Medical Officer aboard the USS Enterprise referred to Commander Spock as a "pointed-eared hobgoblin" during his many arguments with his fellow shipmate. (TOS: "Bread and Circuses")
After Benjamin Sisko told her she would "have made a decent Romulan", Jadzia Dax told him she preferred her Trill spots to pointed ears. (DS9: "In the Pale Moonlight")
