Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Used as a disparaging term for a black person.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun vulgar and offensive A negro, especially an African-American; -- an offensive term usually intended as an ethnic slur.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun offensive, slang, dated A
black person - noun offensive, slang, dated Any dark-skinned person (frequently an
Arab orMiddle Eastern person).
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun (ethnic slur) extremely offensive name for a Black person
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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It's about doing the right thing and somebody not being able to call you a "jigaboo" or a "wannabe".
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Not the Irish one, not the ginger one, not the one who was supposed to have called a bathroom attendant a "jigaboo" and not the completely nondescript one – Sarah Harding is the blonde one who seems to be contractually obliged to appear in a bra in at least one tabloid newspaper every day.
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The student recalls a student calling President Obama a "jigaboo".
Black Voice News Online Administrator 2010
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Miss Amogbokpa, a black law student, claimed Cole had called her a "jigaboo" and a "---- ing black bitch".
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I have a little trouble getting past the attack by Cheryl Cole on a "jigaboo" toilet attendant though.
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I have a little trouble getting past the attack by Cheryl Cole on a "jigaboo" toilet attendant though.
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It is an astonishing comeback for someone who, five years ago, was charged with racially aggravated assault after allegedly calling a black lavatory assistant a 'jigaboo' before charmingly punching her in the face.
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Well, since Reid's remark doesn't come close to equating Obama to a porch monkey, spook, spade, moolie, jigaboo, or nig-nog, it's not overtly racist.
Media Coverage of Reid Deepens America's Illiteracy, Fear, and Anxiety Toward Race 2010
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Well, since Reid's remark doesn't come close to equating Obama to a porch monkey, spook, spade, moolie, jigaboo, or nig-nog, it's not overtly racist.
Printing: Media Coverage of Reid Deepens America's Illiteracy, Fear, and Anxiety Toward Race 2010
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You expect me to keep track of every jigaboo in Denver?
Come Again No More Jack Todd 2010
bilby commented on the word jigaboo
Lots of variants, e.g. jiggaboo, jigarooni, zigabo, etc.
January 22, 2014