Meanings
plural niggies · alternative niggie
- ethnicoffensiveslurA nigger (black person).
Bomb will make a niggy go delirious like Eddie Murphy
1995, “I Got 5 on It”, in Operation Stackola, performed by Luniz3 more examples
Joe cotton, dig corn, / Den we feed de niggies, / An oh, lord Moses, / What a liscious time for niggas.
1928, Newman Ivey White, American Negro Folk-Songs, page 443"Whites don't like us because they think we're niggies. And blacks don't like us because they think we're whiteys. We don't fit anywhere. That's why we've gone off alone, created a totally separate thing."
1976, New York, volume 9, number 47, page 102Such songs as "What a Niggy Know" and "Black Bastards and Bitches" gather force as they go along, making subtle and sometimes funny comments on everyday stuff […]
1994, SPIN, volume 10, number 3, page 96Synonyms: BIPOC, BME, colored, colored person, minority, nonwhite, person of color
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
From nigger + -y; compare nig.
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