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Big advocate for the word "honkey" to describe shitty white dudes. The benefit is that if someone tells you it's racist point out that it doesn't describe all whites, just white men, and not even all white men. A white Canadian man can't be a honkey. Nor can a white dude from Maine. Not really, though you can certainly use it for them and it's even funnier.
Anyways, let's normalize calling shitty white dudes honkey.
I know the word isn't just for white people, but "gringo" legitimately seems to deeply hurt the asses of white people. Also being called "yankee" although again not just for whites. I think I'm just proving that nothing can even offend specifically white people. The "worst" words just describe obnoxious Americans
maybe its regional but gringo isn't really offensive here in florida. just kind of means, "white person". i guess context matters but its not usually meant to be a slur outright on its own.
now if your mexican friend gets pissed and calls a white guy a "gabacho" then, yeah. he's putting venom on it
People who live near Spanish speakers and actually bother to ask about it won't be offended. But I'm talking about like random white people who do unironically think it's a slur. From my understanding talking with a Mexican coworker years ago, he told me it's basically neutral. It can be said in a good way, bad way, without meaning, but white people who don't know anything and have an inherent bias against Spanish speakers will interpret it as negative.