nig-nog

plural nig-nogs · alternative nignog

1. slangA foolish person; hence, a raw and unskilled recruit.

   A straight line, you heaving nig-nogs, a straight line.

   1962, A. Wesker, Chips with Everything i. iii. 17

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   All must be represented on a strict basis of proportion of the number of citizens for whom they cater: Football-pool promoters (six representatives), barrow-boys (two representatives), share-pushers, erks, nig-nogs, [etc.].

   1953 December 9, Punch, 692/3

   ‘Nig-nog’ was used on the railways and elsewhere long before coloured immigrants appeared... It is usually taken as a mildly contemptuous but good-humoured name for an unskilled man or novice.

   1967, “30 Nov. 10/8”, in Times

plural nig-nogs · alternative nignog

1. ethnicoffensiveslangslurA person of color, especially, a black person.

   But when she turned the corner near the park, keeping her head down so that nobody would notice her, she heard someone shout: Little wog, nig-nog!

   2005, Amitav Ghosh, The Shadow Lines

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   He'll need this in a white community – He gets "Sambo" and "Nig-nog" at school already – if he's proud of himself it will be easier for him in the long run.

   1977, Barbara Tizard, Adoption: A Second Chance

   We didn't touch their area before but we ran through Brixton and you couldn't see a nig-nog on the street. Any nig-nog walked on the street was dead.

   2002, Vron Ware, Les Back, Out of Whiteness: Color, Politics, and Culture