spearchucker

See also: spear-chucker and spear chucker

English

Etymology

spear +‎ chucker, in the offensive sense, alluding to a stereotype of Africans as primitive savages who use spears in hunting and war.

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Noun

spearchucker (plural spearchuckers)

1. (British, US, Australia, offensive, ethnic slur, slang) A black (African or African-American or an Aboriginal Australian) person.
   • 1983, Maurice Punch, Control in the Police Organization, MIT Press:

     The other night, Jackson's on the radio asking if anybody in the area has seen two spearchuckers winging it off on foot with a pile of nigger clothes in their hands. Jesus Christ. Spearchuckers? Niggers? The guy's KKK material.

   • 1991, 1990 Witness Report: Chippewa Spearfishing Season : Violence, Ineffective Law Enforcement, and Racism:

     9:45 A man across the circle from me shouted, "Hey spearchuckers! Hey spearchuckers! Why don't you turn bright red! Oh!, They're not spearchuckers, they're Indians.

2. (Australia, humorous) An agitator.
   • 2017, John Ferguson, Today in Victoria: A Peter Costello return makes no sense‎^[1]:

     O’Dwyer is seen by the Kroger people as a spear-chucker for everything anti-Kroger.

   • 2017, Nick Caroll, Nick Carroll On: Plan C, Ideas For The WSL‎^[2]:

     Fred is pro surfing’s original spear-chucker.

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