Meaning of niggerball | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A large black gobstopper (long-lasting candy).
   South-Africa, countable, dated, offensive
2. The sport of basketball.
   US, derogatory, ethnic, offensive, slur, uncountable

Examples

“1972, Contrast, Volume 8, South African Literary Journal Nigger-balls are the best sweets. You get⟳ four for a penny. When the black is sucked off you get⟳ pink and blue and blue-green, but you can't bite⟳ them until you've sucked them small or you'll chip your teeth.”

“That the words of Jeremy Taylor's Ag Pleez, Deddy have⟳ been changed to suit⟳ the times? No longer " … how we miss⟳ niggerballs and licorice … " but " … how we miss⟳ bullseyes and … " Ag pleez, Jeremy.”

“niggerballs and liquorice and the soft, brightly-coloured squares that the children loved.”

“It's easy to see⟳ how Amerika's so easily turning into a police state, give⟳ the unwashed masses their television and some niggerball and they'll ignore⟳ the fact that they're slaves.”

“[…] two-hundred dollar tennis shoes named after some niggerball player […]”

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