Nigga
colloquial term derived from the ethnic slur against black people
Nigga is a colloquial term in African-American Vernacular English that is considered vulgar in many contexts. It began as a dialect form of the word nigger, an ethnic slur against black people. As a result of reappropriation, today the word is used mostly by African-Americans in a largely non-pejorative sense as a slang term referring to another black person or to themselves, often in a neutral or friendly way. The word is commonly associated with hip hop music and culture.
Quotes
edit- Imma call a couple of hard, pipe-hittin' niggas to go to work on the homes here with a pair of pliers and a blowtorch.
- Pulp Fiction (1994), spoken by Marsellus (Ving Rhames)
