nig

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪɡ

Etymology 1

Clipping of niggard. Unrelated to nigger.

Noun

nig (plural nigs)

1. (archaic) Niggard.

Etymology 2

Clipping of nigger.

Noun

nig (plural nigs)

1. (now offensive, ethnic slur) A nigger.
   • 1925, Dorothy Scarborough, assisted By Ola Lee Quiledge, On The Trail of Negro Folk-Songs-online book. A collection of negro folk songs with lyrics, sheet music & commentaries, Traditionalmusic.co.uk, pages 69–70:

     Cotton-eyed Joe, Cotton-eyed Joe,
     He was de nig dat sarved me so,…

   • 1959, Don Robertson, The three days:

     He always thought one step ahead of the nigs.

   • 1961, Robert Hale Strong, A Yankee private's Civil War:

     In a field near the house was a nigger working a poor old broken-down mule and another nigger sowing wheat. When we came up, both nigs quit work and stared at us.

   • 1967, Frank Hercules, I want a black doll:

     What part did she play in your marrying a nig — a black man — nig, nig — Negro?

2. (African-American Vernacular) Clipping of nigga (“friend, fellow black person”).
   • 2009, Mary B. Morrison, Maneater, Detroit, M.I. : Thorndike Press, →ISBN, page 252:

     Take Blow, my room dawg and fraternity brother from back in the college days. He's a real smoove nig, curly haired handsome, and got mad chick appeal.

Verb

nig (third-person singular simple present nigs, present participle nigging, simple past and past participle nigged)

1. (Internet slang, ethnic slur, intransitive) To behave as a stereotypical black person.

See also

• nig-nog

Anagrams

• -ing, -ïng, GNI, IGN, NGI, gin, ing

Northern Kurdish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nɪɡ/

Noun

nig m (Arabic spelling نگ)

1. Alternative form of ling (“foot”)

Declension

References

• Chyet, Michael L. (2020) “nig”, in Ferhenga Birûskî: Kurmanji–English Dictionary (Language Series; 2), volume 2, London: Transnational Press, page 74

Volapük

Noun

nig (nominative plural nigs)

1. ink

Declension

Derived terms

• nigiär

Yapese

Noun

nig

1. fish