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sweat like a nigger on election day en · VERB

Etymology

The "election day" part of this phrase mocked extreme fear African Americans experienced when trying to vote in Jim Crow-era Southern states, due to the threat of assault from white supremacist militants.

Meanings

  1. (ethnic, offensive, slur) Synonym of sweat like a nigger (“to sweat very profusely”).
    • “I swear, Katherine, I'm sweating like a nigger on Election Day. Can't we crank up the AC in here?” 2004, Al Franken, Lies (and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them):
    • It was hot and I was sweating like a nigger on election day. 1968, Black World/Negro Digest, volume 17, number 10, page 66:

Forms

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sweats like a nigger on election day Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
sweating like a nigger on election day Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
sweated like a nigger on election day Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
sweated like a nigger on election day Tense=Past lexicographic

Synonyms

sweat like a nigger