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Nigger
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nigger nigger- -nigger
English
Pronunciation
en RP en /ˈnɪɡə/
en GA en /ˈnɪɡəɹ/
Etymology 1
en es pt la
In reference to the color black, from en nigger.
Proper noun
en historic now offensive A given name for a black pet.
en 2000 Tony Williams Structures of Desire: British Cinema, 1939-1955 190 Gibson's real affinity is with his dog, Nigger. When we first see Gibson returning from a raid, he is overjoyed to see his four-legged friend .
Usage notes
This was once a common name for black-colored pets, especially in the UK, but fell out of favour in the second half of the 20th century. Any use of the name today would be considered highly offensive.
Further reading
Nigger (dog)
Etymology 2
en Niger nigger.
Proper noun
en highly offensive derogatory Niger nation.
en 5 Feb 2005 \/\/0RD@true.org MORE SOUTH AFRICAN TNB soc.culture.south-africa https://groups.google.com/g/soc.culture.south-africa/c/A-amP9i96xI/m/Ph3d8xfdeOUJ Recently the headnigger arrested 60 children from Benin, Togo, Niggeria, Ghana andNigger, along with 20 of their Slave Masters, who were immigrants fromWest Africoonia.
en 27 Dec 2005 Wavy G ~~~ I Loved Stanley Tookie Williams ~~~ alt.tv.real-world https://groups.google.com/g/alt.tv.real-world/c/5amvipaeJmo/m/k6Drb4n5RncJ >Why are you critters so ashamed of being identified with your>Africoonian origins? Niggeria and Nigger have vast amounts of natural>resources
en 19 Apr 2008 Ted Re: DON'T USE ALASKAN OIL IT MIGHT DISTURB THE CARIBOU OR SCENERY talk.environment https://groups.google.com/g/talk.environment/c/5MELnV4I5bg/m/TvQwLuvLZ9UJ More recently, in 2005, it> was mass protests in Niamey, the capital of Nigger, that made the head> nigger wake up and take notice of that year's food crisis,
en Derogatory names for countries
German
Etymology
de :bor en:nigger
de en nigger.
Pronunciation
de /ˈnɪɡɐ/
de De-Nigger.oga
de De-Nigger.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
de Nig ger
Noun
m in
de offensive derogatory racial slur nigger male or of unspecified gender
de Maximalpigmentierter Mohr Neger Schwarzer
de Kein Vietnamese hat mich jemals Nigger genannt. Muhammad Ali No Vietnamese ever called me a nigger.
Declension
m
Further reading