Another racial slur referring to black people. Comes from a Bantu (African) word meaning meek, or servile (i.e. a slave).

The safeguarding of Earth and other worlds from biological cross-contamination (i.e. billionaires with too much time on their hands).

Also known as “planetary protection.” Planetary protection / quarantine “reflects both the unknown nature of the space environment and the desire of the scientific community to preserve the pristine nature of celestial bodies until they can be studied in detail.”

There are two types of interplanetary contamination. Forward contamination is the transfer of viable organisms from Earth to another celestial body. Back contamination is the transfer of extraterrestrial organisms, if such exist, back to the Earth's biosphere.

Derogatory n. pl. Black person. Usually of lower class and mentality.

also jiggabo,jiggaboo, jigarooni, jig, jigg, jigga, jigger.

Used in the U.S. and the U.K. to refer to a black person with stereotypical Black features (e.g. dark skin, wide nose and big lips).

The proper, polite term for a guy of color.

A person who stands on a street corner yelling "sheee-it!" and "mo fo!" and "gimme some skee-in!"

A person well-versed in the fine art of shuckin' an' jivin'.

A spade cat. A dinge. A stove lid. An Ace Boon Coon. A soul brother. A shine.

A black or african american person