n-word pass
nounEtymology
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
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
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