nig
See also: NIG
English
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɪɡ
Etymology 2
Clipping of nigger.
Noun
nig (plural nigs)
- (offensive, ethnic slur) nigger
- 1959, Don Robertson, The three days
- He always thought one step ahead of the nigs.
- 1961, Robert Hale Strong, A Yankee private's Civil War
- In a field near the house was a nigger working a poor old broken-down mule and another nigger sowing wheat. When we came up, both nigs quit work and stared at us.
- 1967, Frank Hercules, I want a black doll
- What part did she play in your marrying a nig — a black man — nig, nig — Negro?
- 1959, Don Robertson, The three days
Volapük
Declension
declension of nig
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | nig | nigs |
genitive | niga | nigas |
dative | nige | niges |
accusative | nigi | nigis |
vocative 1 | o nig! | o nigs! |
predicative 2 | nigu | nigus |
- 1 status as a case is disputed
- 2 in some later, non-classical Volapük only
Yapese
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.