niggy
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English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From nigger + -y; compare nig.
Noun
[edit]niggy (plural niggies)
- (offensive, ethnic slur) A nigger (black person).
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:person of color
- 1928, Newman Ivey White, American Negro Folk-Songs, page 443:
- Joe cotton, dig corn, / Den we feed de niggies, / An oh, lord Moses, / What a liscious time for niggas.
- 1994, SPIN, volume 10, number 3, page 96:
- Such songs as "What a Niggy Know" and "Black Bastards and Bitches" gather force as they go along, making subtle and sometimes funny comments on everyday stuff […]
- 1976, New York Magazine, volume 9, number 47, page 102:
- "Whites don't like us because they think we're niggies. And blacks don't like us because they think we're whiteys. We don't fit anywhere. That's why we've gone off alone, created a totally separate thing."