Meaning

(slang) A foolish person; hence, a raw and unskilled recruit..

Definitions by Sense

1. (slang) A foolish person; hence, a raw and unskilled recruit.
2. (slang, offensive, ethnic slur) A person of color, especially, a black person.

Example Sentences

All must be represented on a strict basis of proportion of the number of citizens for whom they cater: Football-pool promoters (six representatives), barrow-boys (two representatives), share-pushers, erks, nig-nogs, [etc.].

A straight line, you heaving nig-nogs, a straight line.

‘Nig-nog’ was used on the railways and elsewhere long before coloured immigrants appeared... It is usually taken as a mildly contemptuous but good-humoured name for an unskilled man or novice.

He'll need this in a white community – He gets "Sambo" and "Nig-nog" at school already – if he's proud of himself it will be easier for him in the long run.

We didn't touch their area before but we ran through Brixton and you couldn't see a nig-nog on the street. Any nig-nog walked on the street was dead.

But when she turned the corner near the park, keeping her head down so that nobody would notice her, she heard someone shout: Little wog, nig-nog!

Word Forms

• nig-nogs
• nignog

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

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