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niggy en · NOUN

Etymology

From nigger + -y; compare nig.

Meanings

  1. (ethnic, offensive, slur) A nigger (black person).
    • Such songs as "What a Niggy Know" and "Black Bastards and Bitches" gather force as they go along, making subtle and sometimes funny comments on everyday stuff […] 1994, SPIN, volume 10, number 3, page 96:
    • Bomb will make a niggy go delirious like Eddie Murphy 1995, “I Got 5 on It”, in Operation Stackola, performed by Luniz:
    • "Whites don't like us because they think we're niggies. And blacks don't like us because they think we're whiteys. We don't fit anywhere. That's why we've gone off alone, created a totally separate thing." 1976, New York, volume 9, number 47, page 102:
    • Joe cotton, dig corn, / Den we feed de niggies, / An oh, lord Moses, / What a liscious time for niggas. 1928, Newman Ivey White, American Negro Folk-Songs, page 443:

Forms

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niggies Number=Plur lexicographic
niggie alternative lexicographic

Synonyms

BME · BIPOC · minority · colored · colored person · person of color · nonwhite