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jungle bunny

noun

Etymology

Originally US English, 1950s. From jungle (“referring to the alleged origins of black people in the African jungles”) + bunny.

Definitions

  1. A black person.

    • Merry Christmas to all the little jungle-bunnies. — From momma jungle bunny.
    • "[W]e are concerned that outright harassment such as being called nigger, jungle bunny, porch monkey, boy, son, etc., is occurring entirely too much."
    • He doesn't say Judge Brown's last name, telling me Brown's just another jungle bunny far as he's concerned, robe or no robe.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA