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I'm getting the idea that most of you are *very* young (probably under 16 or so?)..
****** was invented as an insulting term for black slaves, and the dictionary contains no derivations. It is an american word, not an african word. It is an intentional mis-prounounciation of the spanish word "negro" meaning black.
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nig·ger Pronunciation Key (ngr)
n. Offensive Slang
Used as a disparaging term for a Black person: ?You can only be destroyed by believing that you really are what the white world calls a ******? (James Baldwin).
Used as a disparaging term for a member of any dark-skinned people.
Used as a disparaging term for a member of any socially, economically, or politically deprived group of people: ?Gun owners are the new ******s... of society? (John Aquilino).
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[Alteration of dialectal neger, black person, from French nègre, from Spanish negro. See Negro.]
Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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******
\Nig"ger\, n. A negro; -- in vulgar derision or depreciation.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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******
n : ethnic slur; offensive name for Black person [syn: spade, coon, jigaboo, nigra]
Source: WordNet ® 1.6, © 1997 Princeton University
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