nigger rich

alternative nigger-rich

1. ethnicidiomaticnot comparableoffensiveslangslurOf a person, living ostentatiously; spending money recklessly, especially a limited supply of money.

   People who spent money foolishly on ostentation were nigger rich.

   2005, Robert B. Parker, Double Play, →ISBN, page 35

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   The hos were young, nigger-rich and sassy. On a good night these girls age 16 to 23 could earn $80 minimum.

   2004, Red Jordan Arobateau, The Rich/The Poor in Spirit, →ISBN, page 177

   "What is this ‘nigger rich’ you speak of?" Grandmother Nina asked, interrupting Walter's saga. . . . "Well, ‘Nigger rich’ is an expression in America, especially the southeast, which loosely translated means: When a man who has an abundance of money, who has never had that much money, he usually goes out and spends it foolishly. It was attributed to blacks in America, because often, when they acquire a windfall of money, they seem to go out and purchase big cars, usually a Cadillac."

   2007, Johnny Wright, The Lost Chagall, →ISBN, pages 186–187

   Bernie Mac: Yeah, but she think we're old country club rich—Shoot, we just nigger rich. — SCENE FROM THE THE BERNIE MAC SHOW

   2009, Robert E. Pierre, Jon Jeter, A Day Late and a Dollar Short: High hopes and deferred dreams in Obama's "postracial" America, online edition