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Definition of Nigga
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 Nigga
1. Noun. (ethnic slur vulgar slang often considered offensive African American Vernacular English) Diminutive, and less offensive version of nigger. Can be a term of endearment such as "You're my nigga!". ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nigga
Literary usage of Nigga
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Folk-lorist: Journal of the Chicago Folk-lore Society by Chicago Folk-lore Society (1892)
"Oh ! nigga, now, etc. Yo' look so sweet an' good nuff ter eat, Lemme squeeze yo'
... No, I won't go, foh yon comes Jim, Dat sassy nigga, yaller an' slim. ..."
2. The United Service (1904)
""Dars dat oder nigga; dars mo' truff in his story. "He sez dat a doe got up an'
jes' kin' ob walked 'way lookin' at him, an' he didn' shoot kase he was ..."
3. Nature and Human Nature by Thomas Chandler Haliburton (1855)
"sais I, ' I will dilate to you the vally of a nigga, as put in one scale and
white man in de oder. Now, bredren, you know a sparrer can't full to de ..."
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