-čuga

Serbo-Croatian Etymology First attested in the late 1970s. According to Babić, it has spread from the word sh cr̀nčuga nigger (originally formed as sh crn crnc- + sh -juga), which was reanalyzed by native speakers as if being composed of sh cȓn black + sh -čuga. The word sh cr̀nčuga was the most common pejorative in subtitled American films and television as shown on Yugoslav television stations, acting as a calque for the English word en nigger. Suffix m-an unproductive suffix appended to nominal stems to a create a noun, usually an augmentative with pejorative connotations. sh kȁmēn → sh kamenčuga sh cȓn → sh cr̀nčuga sh pȋvo → sh pivčuga sh film → sh filmčuga sh Írac → sh irčuga Declension -čuga -čuge -čuge -čuga / -čugi -čugi -čugama -čugu -čuge -čugo -čuge -čugi -čugama -čugom -čugama Derived terms sh References Stjepan Babić, 1991, O postanku sufiksa čuga, in Senjski zbornik, Vol.18 No. 1