gutter ape

noun

A black person.

Meanings

noungutter ape (plural gutter apes)

plural gutter apes

  1. derogatoryethnicoffensiveslangslurA black person.

    I can't wait till the beaners are the dominant minority, they'll be kicking some gutter ape ass ! And won't give a damn about being politically correct bullshit either, FACT...

    2006 March 25, Niggercrusher, “Re: Blacks Attack Beaners”, in alt.education (Usenet)
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    We have to compare apples with apples, not apple with bananas. Compare gutter apes with hens or cows and a workable gutter monkey intelligence standard will emerge. You and I know that the hen and the cow will be of higher intelligence than the nigger, but that's the way the world works.

    2003 June 29, William_J_Wolfe, “ARE ALL NIGGERS RETARDED?????”, in soc.culture.african.american (Usenet)

    More proof again of what little value blacks place on their own kind. These gutter apes not only beat the poor ice cream truck owner senseless, but they tried to destroy his sole means of income.

    2016 August 1, Byker, “TNB Memphis: Black ice cream man beaten and robbed by yard apes”, in memphis.general (Usenet)

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