Meaning

(euphemistic) The word nigger or nigga or nigra..

Definitions by Sense

1. (euphemistic) The word nigger or nigga or nigra.
2. (euphemistic, by generalization) Any word, regardless of its starting letter, that is used oppressively, marginalizes or oppresses a group of people.
3. (euphemistic) The word Nazi.
4. (politics) The word nuclear.
5. (linguistics) A negation word, such as not, nobody, or nothing.
6. (linguistics) A Danish/Swedish/Norwegian noun of the common gender (their indefinite article being en), as opposed to t-words, nouns of the neuter gender (their indefinite article being et).

Example Sentences

The prosecutor, his voice trembling, added that the "N-word" was so vile that he would not utter it.

Jackson's character plays an illegal arms dealer and uses the "n-word" throughout the film, which also stars Pam Grier.

I do not use “children”, because I see that word as being an equivalent to the N-word in this context [the out-right slavery that those under 18 face]. “Childish”, “child-like”, etc. usually have very negative or derogatory connotations.

That well-spoken token, who ain't been heard / The only white rapper who's allowed to say the N-word

[Pain and sorrow are feelings] that has not lessened no matter how many times I hear the n-word.

Don't say the N word if you a good person Unless you black, then it's ok.

[It] has become ... an equivalent of the n''' word for Maori[s].

"It's important to understand that for Indigenous people, this word is our N-word," said Douglas Stewart, an Indigenous teacher at Harrison Trimble High School in Moncton.

Word Forms

• n-words
• N-word

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When Should You Use N-word?

Use n-word when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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