jigaboo
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jigaboo — jig a*boo n. A negro, especially an African American; an offensive term usually intended as an ethnic slur. [vulgar and offensive] Syn: nigger, spade, coon, nigra. [WordNet 1.5] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
jigaboo — (n.) insulting name for a black person, 1909, perhaps from JIG (Cf. jig) (q.v.), which had been applied insultingly to persons since late 18c., and ending from BUGABOO (Cf. bugaboo) … Etymology dictionary
jigaboo — n American a black person. This was originally a rac ist epithet used by whites since the early years of the 20th century and later adopted in a gesture of defiance, like nig ger, by blacks to refer to themselves. The black American author and… … Contemporary slang
jigaboo — /jig euh booh /, n., pl. jigaboos. Slang (disparaging and offensive). a black person. [1905 10, Amer.; perh. b. jijiboo (with same sense, orig. uncert.) or JIG4 and BUGABOO] * * * … Universalium
jigaboo — n. (Slang) black person, nigger, coon (extremely offensive disparaging term) … English contemporary dictionary
jigaboo — [ dʒɪgəbu:] noun N. Amer. informal, offensive a black person. Origin early 20th cent.: related to sl. jig (in the same sense); cf. the pair bug, bugaboo … English new terms dictionary
jigaboo — jig·a·boo … English syllables
jigaboo — noun (ethnic slur) extremely offensive name for a Black person only a Black can call another Black a nigga • Syn: ↑nigger, ↑nigga, ↑spade, ↑coon, ↑nigra • Usage Domain: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
List of ethnic slurs by ethnicity — This list of ethnic slurs by ethnicity compiles ethnic slurs that are, or have been, used in the English language. For the purposes of this list, ethnicity can be defined by either race, nationality or ethnicity. Contents 1 Broader ethnic… … Wikipedia
List of ethnic slurs — The following is a list of ethnic slurs (ethnophaulisms) that are, or have been, used as insinuations or allegations about members of a given ethnicity or to refer to them in a derogatory (critical or disrespectful), pejorative (disapproving or… … Wikipedia
