n-word pass

noun

Etymology

From the fact that the word nigga is commonly used in African American Vernacular English, despite being popularly perceived as racist when used by a nonblack individual.

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of N-word pass.

    • Like blacks, Latinos also invoke historical images and lineages when explaining why they get an n-word pass[.]
    • Behn jokes about the kid being just another white boy looking for an "n-word pass", but then Adam accepts a challenge by a cocky rapper looking for an Old West-type draw (the punk even calls himself Billy Pistols).
    • "Almost every day at my school the white guys in my class ask me for the n-word pass..." (Student at a private school in Atlanta, June 22, 2020
  2. A notional pass giving permission for a nonblack person to say the words nigga or nigger…

    A notional pass giving permission for a nonblack person to say the words nigga or nigger without being perceived as racist.

    • Behn jokes about the kid being just another white boy looking for an "n-word pass", but then Adam accepts a challenge by a cocky rapper looking for an Old West-type draw (the punk even calls himself Billy Pistols).
    • Your son might question this last idea if he is familiar with the concept of an "N-word pass," by which a black person grants a nonblack person permission to use the term.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for n-word pass. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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