nigger

nigger
noun
  1. (offensive)a contemptuous term for a black person
    (冒犯)黑鬼
a nigger in the woodpile
  1. a hidden cause of trouble
语源
  1. late 17th cent. (as an adjective): from earlier neger, from French nègre, from Spanish negro 'black' (see Negro)
用法
  1. The word nigger was first used as an adjective denoting a black person in the 17th century and has had strong offensive connotations ever since. Today it remains one of the most racially offensive words in the language. Ironically, it has acquired a new strand of use in recent years, being used by black people as a mildly disparaging way of referring to other black people
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