Nigger is a racial slur directed at black people. References to nigger have been increasingly replaced by the euphemistic "the N-word", notably in cases where nigger is mentioned but not directly used. [1]

USAGE: Considered to be the most offensive racial slur in American English today and therefore virtually taboo in most contexts. The term has been used by some speakers of Black English as a …

6 days ago · (offensive, ethnic slur, vulgar, see usage notes) A member of any typically dark -skinned people (now especially in combinations like prairie nigger or sand nigger). quotations

It is probable that nigger is a phonetic spelling of the White Southern mispronunciation of Negro. Regardless of its origins, by the early 1800s, it had firmly established itself as a derogatory name. In …

NIGGER meaning: used as an extremely insulting and racist word for a Black person

/ ˈnɪɡ.ə r/ us / ˈnɪɡ.ɚ / an extremely offensive word for a Black person (Definition of nigger from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

The word nigger carries with it much of the hatred and repulsion directed toward Africans and African Americans. Historically, nigger defined, limited, and mocked African Americans. It was a term of …

Since then, the word “nigger” has been one of the most injurious and denigrating of racial slurs. It was conceived expressly for the purpose of insulting a black person and has accompanied the most …

When used as an insulting and contemptuous term for a Black person or a member of any dark-skinned race, the word ranks as almost certainly the most offensive and inflammatory racial slur in English, a …

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