A few days ago
lillette17

What does the word n i g.g e.r really mean?

What does the word n i g.g e.r really mean?

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A few days ago
cymry3jones

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It’s a corruption of the Latin word ***** which means black.

My father told me about an incident, almost a century ago, when he had a black Labrador dog, which he called ***—-. The dog ran away from him and he was calling it back when he was approached by a very angry Afro-Caribbean. He had great difficulty explaining that he was calling his dog!

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A few days ago
Liberty
It is derived from the Latin word for the color black, niger. According to the Random House Historical Dictionary of American Slang, it did not originate as a slur but took on a derogatory connotation over time.
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A few days ago
Mera
It’s a derogatory, pejorative term for a person of African-American descent; comes from loose or sloppy pronunciation of “*****”, meaning black.
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A few days ago
coolgal
It refer to dark-skinned people..
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A few days ago
mystic_chez
an offensive name for a black person
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A few days ago
The Master
Niger is Latin for black, followed on from that i suppose.
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