n-word

Definitions

1. 1

   The word nigger or nigga or nigra.

   • The prosecutor, his voice trembling, added that the "N-word" was so vile that he would not utter it.
   • Jackson's character plays an illegal arms dealer and uses the "n-word" throughout the film, which also stars Pam Grier.
   • I do not use “children”, because I see that word as being an equivalent to the N-word in this context [the out-right slavery that those under 18 face]. “Childish”, “child-like”, etc. usually have very negative or derogatory connotations.
2. 2

   Any word, regardless of its starting letter, that is used oppressively, marginalizes or…

   Any word, regardless of its starting letter, that is used oppressively, marginalizes or oppresses a group of people.

   • [It] has become ... an equivalent of the n''' word for Maori[s].
   • "It's important to understand that for Indigenous people, this word is our N-word," said Douglas Stewart, an Indigenous teacher at Harrison Trimble High School in Moncton.
   • [I]t was effectively the N-word for Brown people.
3. 3

   The word Nazi.

   • After that episode aired a new rule was posted: "Do not mention the N Word (Nazi)!"
   • The preceding poem inspired the “Not Say Nazi” movement to stamp out widespread ignorance and to abolish the N-word and the F-word.
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   1. 4

      The word nuclear.

      • Parkinson has to live with the dreaded “N” word. So feared is the word “nuclear” that there are those who balk at using such harmless phrases as “nuclear family”.
   2. 5

      A negation word, such as not, nobody, or nothing.

      • Hence, the reasoning applied to (15) above extends to (20), leading us to conclude that the n-word rien,
   3. 6

      A Danish/Swedish/Norwegian noun of the common gender (their indefinite article being en),…

      A Danish/Swedish/Norwegian noun of the common gender (their indefinite article being en), as opposed to t-words, nouns of the neuter gender (their indefinite article being et).

   4. 7

      Alternative letter-case form of n-word.

      • Some middle schoolers are learning that history isn’t always meant to be celebrated after the N-word was inadvertently printed on the front cover of their yearbooks.

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