Definition of Jigaboo
1. Noun. (ethnic slur) extremely offensive name for a Black person. "Only a Black can call another Black a nigga"
Language type: Depreciation, Derogation, Disparagement, Ethnic Slur
Generic synonyms: Black, Black Person, Blackamoor, Negro, Negroid
Definition of Jigaboo
1. Noun. (offensive slang dated) A black person ¹
2. Noun. (offensive slang dated) Any dark-skinned person (frequently an Arab or Middle Eastern person). ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Jigaboo
1. a black person [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Jigaboo
Literary usage of Jigaboo
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Memoirs of a Winner by Gary Ward Scott (2007)
"Some time later it was disparagingly called "jigaboo" music. Kids seven or eight
years my junior were already tuning in to the Negro radio stations late at ..."
2. Blacks in the Army Air Forces During World War II: The Problems of Race by Alan M. Osur (1986)
"... the use of uncomplimentary names such as "jigaboo" and "nigger" instilled
resentment; there was a great emotional conflict over interracial dating; ..."
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