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- noun ethnic slur, vulgar, slang, often considered offensive, African American Vernacular
Diminutive , and less offensive version ofnigger . Can be a term of endearment such as "You're my nigga!".
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- noun (ethnic slur) extremely offensive name for a Black person
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Examples
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It also means that black people have the authority to scream racism at the slightest hint of discriminatory intent by other ethnicities, while shaking a tail feather to music that features the word "nigga" at the end of every other sentence like it's a formal punctuation.
Kirsten West Savali: Politically Correct? What Comedians and Conservatives Have In Common Kirsten West Savali 2011
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It also means that black people have the authority to scream racism at the slightest hint of discriminatory intent by other ethnicities, while shaking a tail feather to music that features the word "nigga" at the end of every other sentence like it's a formal punctuation.
Kirsten West Savali: Politically Correct? What Comedians and Conservatives Have In Common Kirsten West Savali 2011
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It also means that black people have the authority to scream racism at the slightest hint of discriminatory intent by other ethnicities, while shaking a tail feather to music that features the word "nigga" at the end of every other sentence like it's a formal punctuation.
Kirsten West Savali: Politically Correct? What Comedians and Conservatives Have In Common Kirsten West Savali 2011
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It also means that black people have the authority to scream racism at the slightest hint of discriminatory intent by other ethnicities, while shaking a tail feather to music that features the word "nigga" at the end of every other sentence like it's a formal punctuation.
Kirsten West Savali: Politically Correct? What Comedians and Conservatives Have In Common Kirsten West Savali 2011
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It also means that black people have the authority to scream racism at the slightest hint of discriminatory intent by other ethnicities, while shaking a tail feather to music that features the word "nigga" at the end of every other sentence like it's a formal punctuation.
Kirsten West Savali: Politically Correct? What Comedians and Conservatives Have In Common Kirsten West Savali 2011
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It also means that black people have the authority to scream racism at the slightest hint of discriminatory intent by other ethnicities, while shaking a tail feather to music that features the word "nigga" at the end of every other sentence like it's a formal punctuation.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Kirsten West Savali 2011
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That was the first time I've heard the word nigga since I've been here.
In case you're interested... Adam Horowitz 2007
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Can we compare this to the use of the word nigga in Hip Hop?
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I think it's time to point out a new take on the word nigga and the use of it in ...
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In that way art has of serving as both mirror and catalyst, use of the word nigga and nigger has so pervaded rap and street culture that it's hard to imagine a thumping rap jam without at least one shout out to the n-words in da house.
Eric Deggans: More Michael Richards Madness: A Defense of the N-word 2008
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