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nig

noun

Etymology

Clipping of nigger. In the verb sense, a reinterpretation as if the word contained the suffix -er.

  1. inherited from nig

Definitions

  1. Niggard.

  2. A nigger.

    • Cotton-eyed Joe, Cotton-eyed Joe, He was de nig dat sarved me so,…
    • ‘When a few wild nigs come in he must ‘educate’ the most intelligent looking; they will come in handy.’
    • He always thought one step ahead of the nigs.

  3. Clipping of nigga (“friend, fellow black person”).

    • Take Blow, my room dawg and fraternity brother from back in the college days. He's a real smoove nig, curly haired handsome, and got mad chick appeal.
  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. To behave as a stereotypical black person.

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No curated loop yet for nig. 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