Meaning of nig-nog | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A foolish person; hence, a raw and unskilled recruit.
   slang
2. A person of color, especially, a black person.
   ethnic, offensive, slang, slur

Examples

“All must be represented on a strict basis of proportion of the number⟳ of citizens for whom they cater: Football-pool promoters (six representatives), barrow-boys (two representatives), share-pushers, erks, nig-nogs, [etc.].”

“A straight line, you heaving nig-nogs, a straight line.”

“‘Nig-nog’ was used on the railways and elsewhere long before coloured immigrants appeared... It is usually taken as a mildly contemptuous but good-humoured name⟳ for an unskilled man or novice.”

“He'll need⟳ this in a white community – He gets "Sambo" and "Nig-nog" at school already – if he's proud of himself it will be easier for him in the long run⟳.”

“We didn't touch⟳ their area before but we ran through Brixton and you couldn't see⟳ a nig-nog on the street. Any nig-nog walked on the street was dead.”

“But when she turned the corner near the park⟳, keeping her head down so that nobody would notice⟳ her, she heard someone shout⟳: Little wog, nig-nog!”

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