n-word

Dear Mexican: These days, using the word "nigger" is considered so offensive that, in its place, we now use the term "n-word."

Gustavo Arellano: ¡ASK A MEXICAN!: "Illegals" and The "N-Word" Gustavo Arellano 2011

Sure, we all have our own race narrative about the first time we were called the "n-word" or treated poorly in a store or other public place.

The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Arva Rice 2011

Charles, 27, interviewed in Emerging Adulthood, recalls being called the n-word while at sports camp as a kid, and as a teenager, he got pulled over for “Driving While Black.”

Generation Me Ph.D. Jean M. Twenge 2006

Charles, 27, interviewed in Emerging Adulthood, recalls being called the n-word while at sports camp as a kid, and as a teenager, he got pulled over for “Driving While Black.”

Generation Me Ph.D. Jean M. Twenge 2006

The famed poet also quelled controversy after she expressed her disappointment in rapper Common using profanity, namely the n-word, and the b-word in reference to women, on his current album released in December, which features Angelou on the intro "The Dreamer."

The Seattle Times 2012

A vestige of a long-ago past, the n-word—fully spelled out—still lingers in environmental conservation laws classifying bodies of water.

Offensive Environment Jacob Gershman 2011

While it can't rename local roads and water bodies, the agency is finally scrubbing the n-word from its regulations.

Offensive Environment Jacob Gershman 2011

The federal government began to strip the n-word from its topographic maps in the early 1960s.

Offensive Environment Jacob Gershman 2011

Someone just needs to tell Alan Greenspan to stop using the scary n-word.

Matthew Yglesias » Eisinger and Salmon on Bank Nationalization 2009

But within the more obscure reaches of cartographic bureaucracy, the n-word occasionally endures.

Offensive Environment Jacob Gershman 2011