This word originated during the American slave era and was created through a combination of negro, the Latin word for black, and Nigeria where certain slaves hailed from. Due to illiteracy being rampant during that period in America, foreign words were misspelled, mispronounced, and changed due to the slang of different areas, these words morphed into the commonly known word today. It is now mostly used by the very race that claims to abhor its use by other races. It’s a “I can say it, but you can’t” situation. The reality is the word is kept in the modern vernacular due to it being used so commonly in music such as rap, and Hollywood stars in movies and such. The modern spelling variation, nigga, is used instead of the historical version with members of the black race claiming its somehow more acceptable, but in reality it is no different. Young people from other races use the modern variation regularly because they feel it’s a part of pop culture and perfectly okay to say. Mix those attitudes with the casual use of racist terms like pinky, cracker or “cracka”, that are used as a derogatory towards whites, and it creates an environment of ignorance where young people just don’t understand the history or pain these words can cause. Until personal responsibility wins out over ignorance and self entitlement, these words will continue to be used.
by DroopyInFlight July 14, 2022
Get the Niggermug. by nick gah October 18, 2021
Get the niggermug. Nigger
A word misconstruing the word "Negus" which is the region and largest kingdom in northwestern Africa. In tangent with Latin pronounced "negro/a" the word Nigger was applied to the captives of Negus. As such, the captives were viewed as subhuman or inferior by europeans. So the term nigger does not mean ignorant; however its meaning is to dehumanize and marginalize the people of Negus, as sub-human.
Sidebar: the people of the negus are descendants of a vast many tribes and ethnicities. Some of which are biblical including the hittites, nubians, Kemet(egypt), and falashas jews(one of the lost tribes of israel). Also, within the mixture are the Moors or modern berber people. The Blacks of America are also in part aborginal, as southeastern indigenous people, as well as the southwestern pacific indigenous were said to look on par to the Africa and were also enslaved. California is named after the Queen by the name Califa who was according to the Spanish, a statuesque Black woman with a fro.
Sidebar: the people of the negus are descendants of a vast many tribes and ethnicities. Some of which are biblical including the hittites, nubians, Kemet(egypt), and falashas jews(one of the lost tribes of israel). Also, within the mixture are the Moors or modern berber people. The Blacks of America are also in part aborginal, as southeastern indigenous people, as well as the southwestern pacific indigenous were said to look on par to the Africa and were also enslaved. California is named after the Queen by the name Califa who was according to the Spanish, a statuesque Black woman with a fro.
by CanisNocturnas June 10, 2021
Get the Niggermug. Used as a slightly vulgar and slightly sarcastic term of endearment, usable by and subjectable to people of any race.
Nigger is about 70% buddy and 30% motherfucker.
Nigger is about 70% buddy and 30% motherfucker.
by Mohammed Abdel Rahman Abdel Raouf Arafat al-Qudwa al-Husseini May 15, 2014
Get the Niggermug. by PimpinButterfly October 10, 2017
Get the Niggeringmug. A word with very loaded connotations in the USA, mainly due to the fact that it was coined during the time of slavery - and can you imagine having zero rights and having a curse word made out of the skin you wear twenty four hours a day every fucking day for your entire life?
There is a division among black people about the word nowadays. Many are using it themselves in an effort to reclaim the word and change its meaning to something of a black term of endearment, but many others would prefer to put it to rest and move on.
To those who complain about the word "cracker;" your poor little wounded feelings are nothing compared to a day in the life of a black person. You do not run the risk of being arrested for buying something expensive because the shop owner thinks you stole the money to buy it, shot for holding a toy gun or wearing a hoodie, arrested for walking while black and being kept in jail so long that you miss your first term of college and lose your scholarship, etc., etc., etc. And if you don't think that African Americans face these things, drink your milk and go take your nap. I'm talking to the big kids.
There is a division among black people about the word nowadays. Many are using it themselves in an effort to reclaim the word and change its meaning to something of a black term of endearment, but many others would prefer to put it to rest and move on.
To those who complain about the word "cracker;" your poor little wounded feelings are nothing compared to a day in the life of a black person. You do not run the risk of being arrested for buying something expensive because the shop owner thinks you stole the money to buy it, shot for holding a toy gun or wearing a hoodie, arrested for walking while black and being kept in jail so long that you miss your first term of college and lose your scholarship, etc., etc., etc. And if you don't think that African Americans face these things, drink your milk and go take your nap. I'm talking to the big kids.
"Don't you niggers read signs? This is a whites-only establishment!"
"I'm gonna kill you, nigger..."
"TWO, FOUR, SIX, EIGHT! WE AIN'T GONNA INTEGRATE! NO NIGGERS IN OUR SCHOOLS!"
It's actually perfectly normal for there to be a standard of who can use words and who can't:
Mom: "Hi honey-bunny!"
Me: "Hi Mom!"
Stranger: "Hi honey-bunny!"
Me: *creeped out stare*
Stranger: "Aw come on, how come your mom can say it and I can't?"
"I'm gonna kill you, nigger..."
"TWO, FOUR, SIX, EIGHT! WE AIN'T GONNA INTEGRATE! NO NIGGERS IN OUR SCHOOLS!"
It's actually perfectly normal for there to be a standard of who can use words and who can't:
Mom: "Hi honey-bunny!"
Me: "Hi Mom!"
Stranger: "Hi honey-bunny!"
Me: *creeped out stare*
Stranger: "Aw come on, how come your mom can say it and I can't?"
by Mary D. Sue January 19, 2015
Get the niggermug. A Non-Racist term I use to discribe a person of any type of racial hatred, or in general to discribe someone who really dont understand the true meaning of nigger and is to ignorant to look it up.
"That damn redneck Niggerant F*#K! He really is a nigger!"
A racist person is igorant to his own niggerance!
A racist person is igorant to his own niggerance!
by BigUnit78m November 25, 2010
Get the Niggerantmug.