nig-nog

English

Etymology

Reduplicative from nigger.

Noun

nig-nog (plural nig-nogs)

1. (slang, offensive, ethnic slur) A black person.
   • 1977, Barbara Tizard, Adoption: A Second Chance

     He'll need this in a white community - He gets "Sambo" and "Nig-nog" at school already - if he's proud of himself it will be easier for him in the long run.

   • 2002, Vron Ware, Les Back, Out of Whiteness: Color, Politics, and Culture

     We didn't touch their area before but we ran through Brixton and you couldn't see a nig-nog on the street. Any nig-nog walked on the street was dead.

   • 2005, Amitav Ghosh, The Shadow Lines

     But when she turned the corner near the park, keeping her head down so that nobody would notice her, she heard someone shout: Little wog, nig-nog!

Anagrams

• noggin