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• n  (ethnic slur) extremely offensive name for a Black person

• Occasionally, nigger can even mean white in Pryor's reverse English lexicon.
• Its title: Nigger! "Whenever you hear the word 'nigger,'" Gregory wrote in the introduction, "you'll know they're advertising my book.
• Every now and again someone will call the lead singer of Hootie the Blowfish a nigger.

• nigga
• spade
• coon
• jigaboo
• nigra

News & Articles

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• The Sweet Taste of Paula Deen’s Demise
  Paula Deen is in the wilderness now. She’ll be back, but I can’t help but savor the television chef’s exile. Her sudden downfall started with the confirmation last week that she had used the word “nigger” and had also considered having a plantation-themed wedding for her brother. Since the deposition (in a civil case against her for discrimination) became public, Ms. Deen has writhed and flailed ...
  June 24, 2013 - The New York Observer