pizza nigger

noun

A person of Italian descent.

Meanings

nounpizza nigger (plural pizza niggers)

plural pizza niggers

  1. derogatoryethnicoffensiverareslangslurA person of Italian descent.

    happy birthday to the best Dago/Goombah/Wop/Pizza Nigger around[.]

    2012, @ceruleanescape
    2 more examples

    I've seen the Godfather 27 times and every time some wasp gets wacked by one of those pizza niggers.

    2001, Rush Limbush, “Re: Note To PI Comic”, in alt.comedy.standup (Usenet)

    He brought the two mugs to the table. “Carmine says to lay off your two pizza niggers.”

    2007, Vahan Gregory, Where the Sun Don't Shine, page 42

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Origin

From pizza (a popular food associated with Italy) + nigger (a derogatory term for people, particularly black people in the United States). With regard to food, compare macaroni, pizzahead, and spaghetti. With regard to skin color, compare guinea, white nigger, and wog.

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Chicago

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