nig
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English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- Rhymes: -ɪɡ
Etymology 1[edit]
Clipping of niggard. Unrelated to nigger.
Noun[edit]
nig (plural nigs)
Etymology 2[edit]
Noun[edit]
nig (plural nigs)
- (now offensive, ethnic slur) A nigger.
- 1925, Dorothy Scarborough, assisted By Ola Lee Quiledge, On The Trail of Negro Folk-Songs-online book. A collection of negro folk songs with lyrics, sheet music & commentaries, Traditionalmusic.co.uk, pages 69–70:
- Cotton-eyed Joe, Cotton-eyed Joe,
He was de nig dat sarved me so,…
- 1959, Don Robertson, The three days:
- He always thought one step ahead of the nigs.
- 1961, Robert Hale Strong, A Yankee private's Civil War:
- In a field near the house was a nigger working a poor old broken-down mule and another nigger sowing wheat. When we came up, both nigs quit work and stared at us.
- 1967, Frank Hercules, I want a black doll:
- What part did she play in your marrying a nig — a black man — nig, nig — Negro?
- (African-American Vernacular) Clipping of nigga (“friend, fellow black person”).
- 2009, Mary B. Morrison, Maneater, Detroit, M.I. […]: Thorndike Press, →ISBN, page 252:
- Take Blow, my room dawg and fraternity brother from back in the college days. He's a real smoove nig, curly haired handsome, and got mad chick appeal.
Verb[edit]
nig (third-person singular simple present nigs, present participle nigging, simple past and past participle nigged)
- (Internet slang, ethnic slur, intransitive) To behave as a stereotypical black person.
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Anagrams[edit]
Northern Kurdish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
nig m (Arabic spelling نگ)
- Alternative form of ling (“foot”)
Declension[edit]
Declension of nig
References[edit]
- Chyet, Michael L. (2020) “nig”, in Ferhenga Birûskî: Kurmanji–English Dictionary (Language Series; 2), volume 2, London: Transnational Press, page 74
Volapük[edit]
Noun[edit]
nig (nominative plural nigs)
Declension[edit]
declension of nig
Derived terms[edit]
Yapese[edit]
Noun[edit]
nig
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