timber nigger

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English

Etymology

From timber, presumably a reference to the stereotypical forest habitat of the Ojibwe people, and nigger. Arose in Wisconsin in the late 1980s during a public outcry and protest from outdoor enthusiasts over the Ojibwe exercising the right to spearfish in nonreservation lakes granted to them by treaties.

Noun

timber nigger (plural timber niggers)

  1. (slang, derogatory, ethnic slur, offensive) A Native American person, especially one of Ojibwe descent.

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References

  1. ^ "As spears of racism pierce the north", The Milwaukee Journal, 13 May 1989
  2. ^ Eric Partridge (2007) “timber nigger”, in Tom Dalzell and Terry Victor, editors, The Concise New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, Abingdon, Oxon., New York, N.Y.: Routledge, →ISBN, page 652.
  3. ^ Philip H. Herbst, The Color of Words: An Encyclopaedic Dictionary of Ethnic Bias in the United States, Intercultural Press (1997), →ISBN, page 217