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Meaning of nigga | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2 Frequent
/ˈnɪɡə/

Definitions

  1. Pronunciation spelling of nigger.
    alt-of, dated, ethnic, offensive, pronunciation-spelling, slur, vulgar
  2. A type of acrographic lexical list included in Old Babylonian scribal curriculum.
    vulgar
  3. A close and loyal friend.
    offensive, often, slang, vulgar
  4. A black person (usually a male friend), especially an African American.
    offensive, often, slang, vulgar
  5. Any person, though chiefly male.
    offensive, often, slang, vulgar
  6. A male, especially an adult one, as opposed to a female.
    offensive, often, slang, vulgar

Equivalents

Español negrito negro
Suomi nekru
Français nègre
Italiano negro
Nederlands neger
Português crioulo preto
Русский негр

Examples

“I'd never betray you, 'cause you my nigga, man.”
“As soon as I walked into the class and saw that sea of white faces, I felt alone, so I sat next to the only other nigga there.”
“"I mean, if you're not interested, it ain't nothing but a thang, baby girl. Just let a nigga know."”
“White niggas do be like, this is too spicy.”
“All these freshman niggas are so annoying.”
“These niggas out here bein' fake.”
““I can sit here and talk about the industrial complex all day long,” she said. “But niggas don’t look up until I say ‘Rihanna.’ Which isn’t right, to use those things. But that’s what people pay attention to.” […] a track called “toxic” singles out a cheating ex-boyfriend using the kind of memorably straightforward language favored by many of Warner’s less bookish peers (“Had a whole baby on me—fuck you, nigga”), while another track includes a winsome snippet of a conversation Warner once had with an Uber driver, who reminisces about his time in jail.”
“Niggas on my dick more than my bitches.”
“I read somewhere I'm homophobic. Shit, go through the hood. There's mad niggas on my dick.”
“Now if you go to a party, and it's straight niggas, then I say a good 7 times out of 10, it's bouta get LIT UP! Like bro, dudes don't go to parties for other dudes. Nobody wants to pull up to a sausage fest. Like nothing is worse than pulling up to a party that was promoted to have hella joints there, for there to be no females there!”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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