-čuga

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Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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First attested in the late 1970s. According to Babić, it has spread from the word cr̀nčuga (nigger) (originally formed as crnc- + -juga), which was reanalyzed by native speakers as if being composed of cȓn (black) + -čuga. The word cr̀nčuga was the most common pejorative in subtitled American films and television as shown on Yugoslav television stations, acting as a calque for the English word nigger. From there, the suffix became productive, forming new nouns with similar pejorative connotations.

Suffix

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-čuga (Cyrillic spelling -чуга)

  1. Suffix appended to nominal stems to a create a noun, usually an augmentative with pejorative connotations.
    kȁmēnkamenčuga
    cȓncr̀nčuga
    pȋvopivčuga

Declension

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Derived terms

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Category Serbo-Croatian terms suffixed with -čuga not found

References

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