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niggergram en · NOUN

Etymology

From nigger + -gram.

Meanings

  1. (ethnic, offensive, slang, slur) The informal circulation of gossip by black people.
    • From the gunmen all over that television station that Friday night, there was almost a running commentary, a grapevine, a constant up to date “niggergram,” to use the Trinidad word, on events at the Red House downtown […] 2007, Raoul Pantin, Days of Wrath: The 1990 Coup in Trinidad and Tobago:
    • Truth to tell, the niggergram can always count on Pansy and the boys. 2006, Pamela Mordecai, Pink Icing and Other Stories, page 32:
    • Porke is unaware of the fact that one of his most trusted slaves, through niggergrams, is keeping the four informed of Porke 's every move. 1974, Fiction, volumes 3-5, page 7:

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