Blacks

People of Black African descent, found across the globe.

Term	Origin	Meaning
925		Police code in suburban Los Angeles for "suspicious person."
AA		African American. Could also refer to double-A batteries, which you use for a while then throw away.
Abeed		Arabic word meaning "slaves," used as a slur for Black people. Many Middle Eastern immigrants to the United States use it.
Ace Of Spades		Refers to the black color of the ace of spades playing card.
African		Refers to the African continent, the home continent of Black people.
African't		Unemployed/lazy Blacks.
Africoon		Combination of African and Coon.
Afro		Refers to the afro hairstyle.
Americoon		Combination of American and Coon.
Angus		Angus are a black breed of beef cattle.
Antique Farm Equipment		Slaves being used for labor.
Ape		Racist comparison of Black people to apes.
Arf		Stands for "African Rock Fish." A Jones Beach (New York) term for Black people, based on their supposed poor swimming abilities.
Ashy		Refers to dry skin, which can look ashy.
Aunt Jemima		After the stereotyped image of a Black woman on "Aunt Jemima" brand breakfast foods.
Baboomba		From the "booming" of their car stereos.
Baboon		Another simian reference.
Baluba		Name of a tribe that killed Irish soldiers in Africa.
Baluga		Filipino equivalent of "nigger," known to all Filipinos.
Banjo Lips		Big lips.
Bantu		Comes from the apartheid-era racial classification for Black South Africans. Rarely used today. Derogatory.
BAP		Stands for "Black American Princess." Arrogant Black women who flaunt their money and demand the finest things in life.
BBK		Stands for "Big Black Cocks."
BDN		Stands for "Big Dummy Nigger."
Bear		Black Educated And Rich.
Bebe's Kids		Reference to a stand-up comic's famous bit about Bebe's kids that inspired a movie years later.
Beggar		Black people often want "something for nothing."
Bergie		Originally referred to the primarily Coloured homeless people who live on Table Mountain near Cape Town.
BET		Black Entertainment Television.
Billy Reuben		A play on "bilirubin," the pigment that makes feces brown.
Bingo-Bongo		Italian wordplay of African names/language.
Biscuit Lip		Reference to large lips.
Bix Nood		From a racist cartoon spread on the internet in which a Black man breaking into a house says "mup da doo ditta po mo BIX NOOD."
Black Barbie		Refers to a black woman when she wears her hair and makeup to try and look like a white woman.
Black Time		Perceived tendency for Blacks to be late.
Blackie		Diminutive of "Black."
Blacky Chan		Blacks who practice martial arts.
Bleck		Sounds like the word "black" said with a South African accent.
Blockbuster		Refers to the practice of real estate blockbusting, in which agents would sell a home to a Black family in a white neighborhood to incite panic selling at lower prices.
Blood		A Los Angeles-based gang. Can be used offensively toward non-gang members.
Blow		Originated from blacks originally living in Africa and using blow guns.
BLT		Stands for "Big-Lipped Tyrone," or "Big-Lipped Tyreesha" for the female version. Inspired by the 1980s "Degrassi Junior High," in which a Black character wore a shirt with the phrase "BLT," his initials.
Blue Gums		Old myth that a person bitten by a "nigger" with blue gums would die.
BMW		Stands for Black Man Working, used sarcastically to suggest that a Black man employed or successful is a rare sight, reinforcing racist stereotypes about employment.
Bo-Bo		Sounds like a monkey's name or implies stupidity.
Bobblehead		Black women have a tendency to violently shake their heads in heated conversations.
Boffer/Boofer		The Hawaiians or Polynesians call Black people this. Same as "nigger" in the United States.
Bomb		Bombs in cartoons are typically black.
Bonky		Name for blacks who act or talk white.
Boogat		Comes from the similar idea of calling a Black person a "Spook." Circa 1940s.
Boogie		May refer to the "boogie-woogie" form of jazz, or may come from West African "Buuker" or "Buckra," meaning "devil," "boogeyman" or "white man," and was turned around and used against Black people by white people.
Boon		Probably a derivation of "Baboon" or the black "Boon Bug" beetle.
Bootlip		Refers to the lip shape associated with African facial features. A purely physical and dehumanizing slur.
Bounty Bar		The Bounty Bar is a coconut-filled chocolate bar, so it is brown on the outside but white on the inside. An insult to (for example) Black police officers in England.
Bourbon		Bourbon biscuits are brown and cream-filled. Possibly a variant of "eggplant." Bourbon is also a dark alcoholic drink.
Boy		Originated during slavery. Used to belittle blacks.
Bozak		Pronounced "bow-zack." Southern term for a big Black man: "That's one black bozak."
Branch Manager		Compares Black people to monkeys, which climb trees.
Brillo Pad		Hair reminiscent of a Brillo Pad.
Bro		Contraction of "brother." See: Brother.
Brother		Used by blacks in an effort to help unify their race. Also used by non-black races to poke fun at or try to identify with the black race.
Brown Trumpet		Represents Black American jazz musicians.
Brownie		Skin color, like the favorite treat.
Bubba		When referring to prison, the big guy who takes advantage of all the new prisoners is derogatorily called Bubba.
Buck/Buck Nigger		This word has been used since the 17th century to refer to a male Negro, whether slave or not.
Buckwheat		Refers to Buckwheat, a Black character on "The Little Rascals."
Buffalo Soldier		When the U.S. government was clearing the West of Native Americans, they sent many black units to hunt them down. The Indians thought they looked like buffalo.
Bumper Lips		Refers to large, protruding lips like a car bumper.
Buppie		A (young) Black upwardly mobile professional. Like "yuppie," but refers to Black people.
Burnt Cracker		Used as a response to Blacks who call Whites crackers.
Burnt Match		Refers to the black color of a burnt match.
Burnt Toast		Skin color can resemble that of a burnt piece of bread.
Burr Head		Refers to hair texture.
Bush-Boogie		Derived from their jungle origins.
Butter		Alternative to "nigger."
C-15		From some mythical form in which the circle you filled out for "race = Black" was column C, number 15.
Caffre		Derogatory term used by white South Africans during the apartheid era, now considered offensive and bleeped out of the media (like an ordinary curse in the USA).
Calpurnia		Black women who are nannies. Comes from the character Calpurnia in the book "To Kill a Mockingbird."
Camel Lips		Refers to large, camel-like lips.
Canadian		Used as a masked replacement for "Nigger."
Candy Man		Named after Sammy Davis Jr.'s famous song, "The Candy Man."
Canigger		Combination of Canadian and Nigger for black Canadians.
Cargo		Refers to the transport of enslaved people as cargo on slave ships.
Carl Winslow		Obese Black males. Reference to a character from the TV show "Family Matters."
Carlton (Banks)		Black males who behave like white people or talk very properly. "Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" reference.
Casabooboo		From Joseph Kasa-Vubu, president of the Congo in the 1960s.
Cast Iron		The color of cast iron after weathering, or "black pipe," the plumber's term for ungalvanized cast or ductile iron.
Chad		Chad is the country next to Niger in Africa.
Chain Dragger		Refers to being on a prison chain gang.
Chalky		Heard throughout Ireland; an extremely derogatory word for Black people, whose numbers in the Irish population are increasing.
Chango		Used by Hispanics. Spanish word meaning "monkey."
Charcoal Briquette		Used by Tony Soprano on "The Sopranos" to refer to his daughter's half-Black boyfriend.
Chernozhopyi		Russian term literally translating as "Black-Assed."
Cheshire Cat		From "Alice in Wonderland." The only way you see them in the dark is if they open their eyes and smile.
Chicago Navajo		Heavy concentration of blacks in Chicago.
Chicken Bandit		Refers to one of their favorite foods.
Choco		Short for "chocolate," in reference to skin color.
Chocolate Drop		Refers to dark skin, likened to a chocolate drop.
Chocolate-Covered Marshmallow		A black guy who acts white.
Chombo		Panamanian derogatory slang.
CHUD		From the monster movie "C.H.U.D.," starring primitive dark creatures that lived in sewers.
Clicky		From the African languages that are supposedly nothing but clicks and whistles.
Cliff Ape		Black/simian/primate reference.
Clocker		A street term for lowest level crack dealer.
Clyde		Perhaps comes from Clyde, the orangutan in the Clint Eastwood films "Every Which Way but Loose" and "Any Which Way You Can."
Coal-Miner		A Russian term for Black people, which originated because their dark skin looks like it is covered in coal dust. Pronounced "shahktor" in Russian.
Cocoa		In the southwestern United States, Black people were called "cocoa" in great disrespect. See: Cocoa Puff.
Cocoa Puff		Blacks with afros or puffy hair.
Cocolo		Dominicans used this term for Black people because they look like coconuts ("Coco") and it sounds very African.
Coconut		Blacks, Hispanics, Filipinos, Arabs, etc. Mainly used to describe dark-skinned people who are perceived as trying to be "white": brown on the outside, white on the inside.
Cocoon		It is what you call a Black guy who stutters.
Cold Drink		In the South, some Black people refer to all beverages as "cold drinks." For example, "I want some cold drink!"
Colin		Black people who act white, after Colin Powell.
Colonel's Kids		Refers to Colonel Sanders. Blacks are thought to love Kentucky Fried Chicken.
Colored		Skin color. Probably not a very good slur, as "colored" is one of the words in the name of the NAACP.
Coltrane		In reference to John Coltrane, the famous jazz saxophonist. Used in the film "The Royal Tenenbaums."
Congo		Dark African Americans who act better than White people.
Congo Lip		In reference to the lip plates worn by some peoples of Africa and South America.
Conquistador		Refers to the Spanish conquerors who took over areas against the will of the current inhabitants.
Convict		Refers to the disproportionate share of Black people in American prisons.
Coon		One of the oldest and most offensive anti-Black slurs in the American lexicon. Originated in the 19th century from the raccoon, used in minstrel shows to caricature Black men as lazy and shiftless.
Coonadian		Black people from Canada.
Cooner		Black actor who sells out to get laughs from white people.
Coontang		Whenever a white man fucks a Black woman, he gets some "coontang."
Cordon		Derivative of the name of the sparkling wine Cordon Negro.
Cornbread		It was in the movie "Shaft." Apparently Black people like cornbread.
Cornelius		"Planet of the Apes" reference.
Cosby		From the sitcom "The Cosby Show," about a Black family.
Cotton Ball		Nappy or frizzy hair, especially the 1970s Afro style. Refers to the cotton Black people were bought to pick in the Old South.
Cotton-Picker		Originates from pre-Civil War US. Refers to the slaves who picked cotton all day at the plantations.
Craw		Fondness for "crawdads."
Crayola		Black people are colored, as in crayons.
Cream Of Wheat		A famous black person in the world of advertising is the man on the Cream of Wheat box.
Cricket		Applied to Black people, possibly referencing the chirping sound or the dark color of the insect.
Crime		The high crime rate among Blacks.
Crimestopper		Refers to an African American woman who has an abortion.
Criminal Factory		Refers to pregnant black women, thought to be breeding future criminals.
Crioulo		Brazilian slur for black people.
Crispy		Very dark black people are referred to as crispy.
Crow		Refers to the Jim Crow laws, the system of racial segregation in the American South. Used as a derogatory reference to Black Americans.
Cubs		Look like cartoon bear cubs.
Cuff		Heard used by white southern Georgia farmers to describe Black people. The origin is that Black people are always being arrested and handcuffed ("cuffed") by the police.
Curb-Biter		An extremely violent and dehumanizing slur against Black people, referencing the curb stomp, a brutal form of assault.
Czarnuch		In Polish, "black" (as a color) is "czarny." Strongly derogatory.
D.F.N.		Stands for "Dumb Fucking Nigger."
DAN		"Dumb Ass Nigger." Used to conceal racially discriminatory remarks toward Black people when they are present.
Darkie		Refers to skin color.
Darkness		Refers to dark skin. Often used to describe a crowd of African Americans.
Dawg		Some Black people call each other "dawgs." See: Homie.
Defendant		They are known often as this in a court of law.
Democrats		A popular political affiliation among African Americans. Also a reference to always wanting things for free.
Destro		Destro is an evil Cobra character from "G.I. Joe."
Deuce		On the Philadelphia police form, 1 = white, 2 = Black.
Ding Dong		Black on the outside, white on the inside. Blacks who act white.
Dinge		Used in the novel "To Kill a Mockingbird."
Do-Da		Black people are said to stand by the mailbox and ask the mailman, "Do 'da, do 'da welfare check come today?"
Donkey Kong		Donkey Kong is a large ape.
Dootie		Refers to their dootie-brown skin.
Dorito		Blacks have a fondness for Doritos.
Double A		Shorter version of "African American."
Double Dip		Used for extra-dark Blacks, appearing as if they were dipped in chocolate twice.
Doujin		Japanese slur for Black people. "Dou" means dirt, "jin" means person.
Egglet		Black children: "little eggplant."
Eggot		Tagalog word for "black" (Philippines).
Eggplant		Slur used mainly by Italians. See: Moolie.
Egot		A derogatory term used by Filipinos meaning "nigger."
Egoy		Filipino racial slang for Black people.
Eight Ball		The color of the eight ball in pool.
Elevator Operator		A non-demanding job for an uneducated, untrained person.
Eraser Head		During the late 1980s and early 1990s it was popular for Black men to cut their hair at an angle, forming a bevel that looked similar to the pink erasers used in grade school.
Es-obe		West African term used against Black Americans, particularly African Americans, viewed as disconnected from their African roots.
Extra Crispy		A southern expression that represents their burnt appearance, as well as their stereotypical love of fried chicken.
Fahim		Arabs use this word, meaning "charcoal," to describe Black people and very dark Arabs.
Fakey Jamaikey		Black people who try to act Jamaican but aren't. Mostly used on TV or for musical purposes. For example, Miss Cleo, psychic advisor and tarot card reader.
Fat Albert		References the cartoon character Fat Albert, created by Bill Cosby, who was a large Black boy. Used to mock overweight Black people.
Feargal		Short for Feargal Sharkey (a UK pop singer of the late 1970s and 1980s), which rhymes with "darkie."
Feb		February is Black History Month.
Field Nigger		Refers to the division in American slavery between enslaved people who worked in the house and those who worked in the fields. Field slaves endured harsher conditions. Malcolm X used this distinction in his speeches to describe those who resisted versus those who accommodated white power.
FILA		Stands for "Finally I Left Africa." Also a popular clothing brand.
Floppy		In Zimbabwe, Black people are called "floppies" because of the floppy hats they wear.
Foedy		Black people are known to drink 40-ounce beers.
Franklin		Franklin is the only Black kid in the "Peanuts" series.
Frasier		Term that represents people with big "packages."
FroBro		From Afro hair style and Bro for brother.
Frostbite		When one gets frostbite, their skin becomes dark.
FUBU		As in the clothing line FUBU, known by African Americans as "For Us, By Us." Racially translated as "Farmers Used to Buy (or Beat) Us."
Future Inmate		Refers to the disproportionate share of Black people in American prisons.
G/Gee		Shortened from Gangster or OG (Original Gangster). Used as a greeting between gang members ("Yo, G, what up?"). Used in a derogatory fashion by members of other races or non-gang members.
Gar		Redneck term. Short for "nig-GAR." Could also refer to the gar, a fish found in streams in the southern U.S. and eaten by many Southern Blacks.
Gatorbait		Dark meat of the chicken that was fed to alligators.
GED		The highest level of education many Black people get.
Geechee		Specifically a derogatory term referring to the Gullah culture of African ex-slaves on the Atlantic coast of South Carolina/Georgia/Northern Florida.
Ghetto		Originally referred to the segregated Jewish quarters of European cities. Now used to describe urban areas with large Black or Hispanic populations and associated with poverty, and used as a slur implying someone is lower-class or uncultured.
Ghetto Hamster		Black Children. A disposable pet.
Ghetto Monkey		Blacks tend to live in ghettos.
Ghost Rider		Blacks who have sex with whites.
Gimpy		It is a stereotype that most people who collect unemployment are Black, and that Black people pretend to be injured so they can collect.
Glocky		Always carry Glocks when they go dealing.
Golliwog		Refers to an old Black caricature doll.
Gorilla		Another Black-primate reference.
Grapico		It is said that Black people have an affinity for grape soda. Grapico is a popular brand in the South.
Gro		From neGRO.
Groid		Short for Negroid.
GTA		Grand Theft Auto games are said to represent the lifestyle of Black males.
Guttermonkey		Monkeys that live in the gutter.
Hagwei/Hayquay		Cantonese for "black ghost."
Hakui		Word means 'burnt' in Chinese.
Half-Human		Reference to the Three-Fifths Compromise, under which enslaved Black people were counted as three-fifths of a person for representation.
Hambone		Refers to overweight black men.
Harlem		Harlem's (New York City) residents are primarily Black.
Haunt		See: Spook.
Hendrix		Black people who are able to play electric guitar (after Jimi Hendrix). Found offensive among certain groups.
High Yellow		Light-skinned Black person. An adjective generally used by Black people to describe Black people with a light complexion.
HNIC		Acronym for "Head Nigger In Charge." Used by Morgan Freeman's character in "Lean on Me."
Ho Baas		Words uttered when a gun is pointed at Black people in old South Africa. "Baas" is Afrikaans for "boss."
Ho De Doz		They work in large hotels and "hold the door" to let white folks in.
Holy Shit		Mocking term for Black priests.
Homey/Homie		Synonymous with "friend" in the Black community; used by other races to poke fun at that.
Hoopty		Black people in the United States and Canada use this term to refer to an older, beaten up, junky car.
Hootie		From the 1990s pop band Hootie and the Blowfish. The lead singer, Darius Rucker (nicknamed "Hootie"), is Black. The other members of the band are white ("Blowfish").
Horse-Gums		Crude insult comparing the gums or mouths of Black people to those of a horse.
Hotnot		Probably derived from Afrikaans "Hottentot," a colonial-era name for the Khoikhoi.
House Nigger		The slaves called the butlers "house niggers"; basic Uncle Tom reference.
Huey		Black Panther founder Huey P. Newton.
Hutch		Used by some southern people to refer to black people. May reference the type of cage used to keep small animals.
Huxtable		Taken from "The Cosby Show." A commentary on rich Black people living like white people.
I P's		Stands for "Indigenous Population."
Inky		Refers to dark skin, likened to ink. Also "ink baby" or "inkspot."
J.J.		A goofy Black guy, like the character on "Good Times."
Jackamammy		Combination of "jackrabbit" and "Aunt Jemima." People have said that jackrabbits look like lynched Black people.
Jackpot		Cause they always want to hit the jackpot.
Jambo		Refers to Black people from Africa who are considered by other Black people to be unsophisticated. Comes from "Jambo," the Swahili greeting.
Jar Jar		In "Star Wars: Episode I," the computer-generated character Jar Jar Binks was written with stereotypical Black behavior. The voice actor was also Black.
Jellybean		"Everyone hates the black ones."
Jerry Curl		Popular black hairstyle.
Jersey-Dweller		Used against Black people from New Jersey, particularly urban areas like Newark and Trenton, playing on New Jersey stereotypes.
Jet		For their "jet black" skin. Also for the Black-oriented weekly magazine "Jet."
Jiffy Pop		Specifically Rastafarians. The traditional Rastafarian hat resembles a popped container of Jiffy Pop popcorn.
Jig		Short for Jigaboo.
Jig And A Pig		Black men go for fat white chicks.
Jigaboo		Extremely offensive slur against Black people. Origins uncertain, possibly from a Bantu word or from minstrel show caricature. One of the most severe anti-Black slurs.
Jigga		Shortening of "Jigaboo" used in pop culture today.
Jim		Short for Jim Crow, the system of racial segregation laws in the American South from the 1870s through the 1960s.
Jim Crow		Jim Crow was a minstrel show character representing a caricature of a Black man. The name became associated with the laws enforcing racial segregation in the American South after Reconstruction.
Jr. Mint		White on inside, black on outside.
Juba		The Black slave from the movie "Gladiator."
July Ham		"July ham" is watermelon.
June Bug		June bugs come out in great numbers in the summer and sit in the middle of the road.
Jungle Bunny		"Jungle" refers to their supposed jungle origins, and "bunny" refers to some people saying that jackrabbits looked like lynched Black people.
Justin Igger		For example: "Hey, I know that guy, he's Justin Igger."
Kaffer/ir		Afrikaner word for Black people, very derogatory. Made popular by "Lethal Weapon 2."
Kaffir		In apartheid South Africa, it meant much the same as "nigger" does in the United States.
Kala		Indian word for the color black. Used by Indians as a slur for black people.
KFC		Refers to Kentucky Fried Chicken, based on the stereotype that Black people like fried chicken.
Kingfish		From "Amos 'n' Andy." Usually in reference to a poor, older Black man.
Kirby		Cuban slur for Black people. Kirby is a popular black bean manufacturer among Cubans.
Kizzy		Kunta Kinte's daughter from the miniseries "Roots."
Knees Grow		Comes from "Negro."
Knuckle-Dragger		It is often believed that Black people have longer arms than other races, so that their knuckles would drag.
Koku-jin		Japanese term for Blacks or anyone of African descent.
Koolaid		Black people are stereotypically partial to red Kool-Aid.
Kooshi		Hebrew word for Africa or a Black person.
Kunta (Kinte)		From Kunta Kinte in the book/movie "Roots."
Kurochan		Japanese derogatory term. "Kuro" = black color; "chan" = suffix used for children or someone younger.
Kurombo		Used in Japan; considered very derogatory. Comes from "kuro" (=black color) and "bo" (casual suffix meaning young man).
Kushi		Israelis call Black Ethiopians "kushi," and Black people in general. Means "nigger." Originated from "Cush."
Lando		"Lando" is the token Black character in both the original "Star Wars" trilogy and "Clerks: The Animated Series" (which lampoons that aspect of "Star Wars").
Latifah		Reference to the famous Black actor/singer Queen Latifah.
Lawn Jockey		Refers to the lawn jockey statues historically used in American yards, which often depicted a Black man in servant's attire. Used as a derogatory term for Black people.
Leprecoon		Combination of "leprechaun" and "coon" for Black people of Irish descent.
Leroy		A stereotypically Black name. Typically used as the name of a character in a racial joke.
LeRoy Rogers		Black cowboys. A play on the cowboy actor Roy Rogers.
Levar		Educated Black people. Refers to LeVar Burton of "Reading Rainbow" and "Star Trek: The Next Generation" fame.
Lincoln's Mistake		U.S. President Abraham Lincoln is known to have freed the slaves.
Little (Black) Sambo		From the 1899 children's book The Story of Little Black Sambo by Helen Bannerman. The story featured a South Indian boy but the name became associated with Black caricature in American culture and is considered a severe racial slur.
Liver Lips		Refers to large, dark lips resembling liver.
Liverlips		Because it looks like they have liver on their faces (originates in the southern US).
Lucius		Commonly used for poor Black people. Before the Civil War, many Black people were named after famous Romans (e.g., Lucius, Marcus, Scipio).
Lugz		Named after the footwear brand whose ad campaign is targeted toward Black people.
Ma Se Poes		Comes from the general curse used by Afrikaans-speaking South Africans (mainly Coloureds in Cape Town), "Jou ma se poes," which means "Your mother's cunt." Not that common anymore.
Magila Gorilla		Term for a huge, fat Black man.
Mammy		Similar to Aunt Jemima. Stereotype of Black women as nannies to white children, especially overweight Black women (see "Gone with the Wind").
Mandingo		In reference to the 1975 blaxploitation movie of the same name.
Mandinka		Reference to the miniseries "Roots": a Mandinka warrior was a "Big Black Buck."
Mangro-Monkey		Monkeys live in mangroves.
Maroon		When slave ships had a troublemaking slave-to-be, they would drop him off on a small island or rock in the middle of the ocean, thus "marooning" him.
MARTA		Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority. Also sometimes known as "Moving Africans Rapidly Through Atlanta."
Mavro/Mav		Greek word for black.
Mayate		Hispanic term for "nigger."
McNigga		Reference to McDonald's new line of advertising campaigns marketed toward Black people.
Mechanical		English rhyming slang: mechanical digger = nigger.
Melanzana		Italian for "eggplant." Very dark Black people have a purplish tint to their skin, as does an eggplant.
Mellanoid		From "melanoid," meaning one having dark pigmentation.
Melon Johnny		Italian slang for Blacks.
Meshky		Means "black" in Farsi (Persian) ("meshki"). Used among some young white speakers as a way to say "nigger" without being understood.
Mi Dang		The Vietnamese term for African Americans.
Midnight		Refers to the darkness of midnight.
Milk Dud		A black person with a shaved head.
Milkman		Black men who prefer white women. Used by blacks.
Mishwa		Means "barbecued" or "grilled" in Arabic, applied to Black people for their dark skin. "Mishweya" for females.
Miss Cleo		A reference to Miss Cleo, the (in)famous psychic of television commercials.
Missippi Tree Emblem		A reference to Black people who were hanged from trees in the Southern states.
Mississippi Blue Lip		Old redneck term for Black people.
Miyate		Mexican/Latino slang for "minority."
Mo And Yo		Two of the more common sounds they make in their general street slang.
Moanback		From Southern Black garbage men giving the driver directions on when to back up ("Come on back," or "'mon back").
Monday		Nobody likes Mondays.
Monkey		Similar appearance/genetics.
Monkeyboy		People once falsely believed that, because of their high cranium, Black people were close cousins to primates.
Mono		A Hispanic term for Black people, meaning "monkey" in most dialects.
Montu		Old African word that refers to tribespeople.
Mooliachi		Female version of Mooley. Used in The Godfather.
Moolie		Shortened from "melanzane," meaning "eggplant" in Italian. Eggplants have dark skin.
Moolignon		Italian for "eggplant" (technically "mulignane"). Could be a combination of "moolie" and "hooligan."
Moon Cricket		Extremely offensive compound slur against Black people, combining moon, which may reference dark skin color, with cricket, another racial slur.
Mottisa		Back in slave days, Black servants would ask "Mo tee, Sah?," which in proper English translates to "More tea, sir?"
Mow-Mow		Refers to the Mau Mau movement in Kenya, which rose up in protest at the theft of their land by the British. "Mau Mau" is a European-invented name; the movement drew mainly on the Gikuyu people of Kenya.
Mr. Big		From Yaphet Kotto's character in the Bond film "Live and Let Die."
Mr. Bojangles		William "Bojangles" Robinson was a famous Black dancer.
Muckadoo		Shawnee Native American term for "mud person."
Mud Duck		Dark skin. See Mud People.
Mud Flaps		Black people who have large lips.
Mud People		Used in white supremacist ideology to refer to all non-white people, particularly Black and Hispanic people. Stems from the Christian Identity movement's theology.
Mud Turtle		Being bottom-feeders; mud and musk turtles have a distinct odor and are mud-colored.
Mufasa		James Earl Jones' character from "The Lion King."
Muffin-head		Reference to the popular Black hairstyle, the afro.
Mulunyan		Dialect Italian word for "eggplant," which is dark when uncooked.
Munt		Rhodesian. Comes from the African word for "person."
N'er		A nonchalant way of saying "nigger."
Naca		Stands for "North American Concrete Ape."
NAGA		Stands for "North American Ground Ape."
Nagur		The Irish Americans called Black people "Nagurs" because they could not pronounce the word "nigger" with their accent.
NAHA		Stands for "North American Hairless Apes."
Nanner		Banana/monkey/etc. related. Also a way to mask the word "nigger."
NAPA		Stands for "North American Pavement Apes."
Nappy Head		Refers to hair type.
Nappy-headed Ho		Refers to Black female basketball players. Used by radio host Don Imus in 2007 to describe the Rutgers women's basketball team.
Neekeri/Nekru		Finnish for "nigger."
Negative		South African: referred to as undeveloped (as in film negatives).
Negress		A Black woman. Derived from "Negro."
Negro		Once acceptable, it is now often taken as derogatory by Black people.
Negroid		"Negro" + "-oid," a general English suffix meaning "related to."
Nelly		Like "Mammy." Common Black name or character in the antebellum South.
NFT		NFT is the name of the metro bus system in Buffalo; the initials came to represent "Nigger Freight Train."
Ni-ni		Used instead of "nigger" in potentially sensitive company, to avoid being overheard, or to appear politically correct.
Niche		Used by Cubans regarding Blacks.
Nig-nog		Used in England. Probably from the Dutch "niknok" (nigger) by way of South Africa.
Niggabyte		A computer geek who happens to be Black.
Niggapotomous		An extremely fat nigger.
Nigger		Most likely originates with the Latin word "niger," which translates to "black." Similar words for black exist in other languages, including the Spanish "negro." Many variations and misspellings exist. It is one of the most severe racial slurs in the English language, with centuries of history tied to slavery and racial oppression in the United States.
Nigger mortis		It's like rigor mortis, except you're just too lazy to move.
Niggerachi		Black person who acts Hispanic.
Niggerette		Black women. Adapted from "nigger." See: Nigger.
Niggerino		A little nigger.
Niggeroid		Usually a light-skinned Black person of mixed race with any other race.
Nigglet		Black children. Adapted from mixing "nigger" with "piglet" (a baby pig).
Nightcrawler		Refers to Black people being out at night.
Niglige		Describes the snow that piles up on the side of the street and turns black. To make a black snowman, you use "niglige."
Nigloo		In northern Canada, it refers to Black people living way up north in the cold with the Eskimos.
Nignorant		Nigger + ignorant.
Nigonometry		Blacks who are scholars at math.
Nigra		Used by white people in the Jim Crow South who were too "lace-curtain" to say "nigger" but too racist to say "Negro."
Nigress		Black women. "Nigress" is to "nigger" as "tigress" is to "tiger."
Niknok		Dutch version of "nigger."
Nineteens (19's)		When choosing an exterior color for a Cadillac, a popular car among Black people, the color code for black is 19.
Nitch		The female version. "Nigger-bitch."
Nog		Stands for "Nigger Out of Gas." Used by white police officers to describe Black people who run out of gas and wait for the police to supply them some, which, supposedly, they are required by law to do.
NOLA		Refers to Hurricane Katrina evacuees from New Orleans, Louisiana (NOLA).
Nonswimmer		You don't often see Black people swimming.
Nooc		"Coon" backwards.
November		In the phonetic alphabet, "nigger" is spelled: November - India - Golf - Golf - Echo - Romeo.
Nubian Princess		Used ironically against Black women, playing on the historical association of Nubia with Africa and Black civilization, but used mockingly.
Number 2		Usually when checking off racial or ethnic background, "African American" is the second choice.
Nurple		African Blacks, specifically. "So black they appear purple."
O.J.		From O.J. Simpson, the football star who was tried for murder and acquitted in 1995.
O.T.W.		Other Than White. Could be used for any non-Caucasian race.
OBG		Stands for "Original Blue Gums." Refers to the color of their gums.
Oil Slick		A very dark-skinned Black person who is sweaty, making their skin slippery.
Old Brown Tucker		Slur for an old African American man. Comes from a popular song during the time of the Civil War.
Omarosa		Refers to Omarosa Manigault, a contestant on the TV show "The Apprentice."
Orb		"Bro" backwards.
Oreo		A Black person who acts white. Black on the outside, white on the inside. Or a person who is half Black, half white.
Orlando		Used by other Black people to refer to "old-school" Black people who do not keep current with "gangsta" styles of music or clothing.
Othello		Refers to Black men who only date white women. Reference to the Shakespeare play "Othello," about a Black man named Othello married to a white woman.
P.O.A.		Previously Owned American.
Palta		Means "avocado" in South American Spanish, referring to the color of a ripe avocado.
Patio Primate		Politically correct version of "porch monkey."
Pez Dispenser		Used to refer to Black women who have a great number of children.
Pickaninny		Extremely offensive slur against Black children. Derived from Portuguese pequenino meaning very small. Used in minstrel shows and racist caricatures to depict Black children as unkempt and animalistic.
Pine Sol		A fat Black woman, inspired by the Pine-Sol commercials.
Pine Tree Ornament		Pine trees were the tree of choice for hanging Black people.
Pineapple		Black people who act like Asians or are very into Asian culture. Black on the outside, yellow on the inside.
Pink-Heel		Color of heel is pink.
Pit		Black children. Stands for "Perpetrator In Training."
Platneus		Afrikaans. Means "flat nose."
Plow Jockey		Black people worked the plows before the Civil War.
POC		Stands for "Person Of Color."
Point-Six (.6)		Reference to the Three-Fifths Compromise, in which the U.S. government decided that slaves (Black people) counted as only three-fifths of a person for population purposes (3/5 = .6).
Pontiac		Stands for "poor old nigger thinks it's a Cadillac."
Poo		"Poo-poo" (feces are black or brown in color).
Pookie		In the movie "New Jack City," Chris Rock played a Black crackhead named Pookie.
Popolo		Hawaiian for "black person."
Porch Monkey		Extremely offensive slur against Black people, referencing the racist imagery of Black people sitting on porches and comparing them to monkeys.
Prapper		The Bloods gang says "PRAAAAAP!" in a way that sounds like a machine gun. It is used when two Bloods meet and greet.
Pretzel		Used in situations where saying "nigger" would be inappropriate.
Prieto		Used by Hispanics in conjunction with "nigger," but not just for Black people.
Primate		Refers to primates; compares Black people to apes.
Property		Black people were regarded as property and openly bought or traded before the Yankees won.
Pube Head		Black people's hair appears to be pubic.
Pubie		Refers to the pubic-like hair on Black people's heads.
Puddle Duck		From "Jemima Puddle-Duck," a character from Beatrix Potter's Peter Rabbit books.
Pusher-Man		Drug dealing is said to be a popular occupation in urban ghettos.
Quashee		Used by the British to refer to Black people (originally slaves) in the West Indies; derived from Quassi, the name of a slave from Suriname who became famous.
Ragoona		New Orleans white slang referring to the "do-rag" that Black people frequently wear to keep their hair in place.
Raisinhead		Used on the TV show "Rescue Me."
Redbone		Used by darker-colored Black people to refer to Black people with a very light complexion. Origin unknown.
Reggie		Common name, especially for famous Black sports stars.
Reggin		"Nigger" spelled backwards.
Reggina		"A nigger" spelled backwards.
Remote Control		Remotes are black and they do things for you (slavery).
Rock		Used by lifeguards because they are always rescuing Black people, who sink like rocks.
Rockfish		Plays on the stereotype that Black people cannot swim and will "sink like a rock." Also: "African rockfish."
Roid		Short for "Negroid."
Rope-Head		Name for younger Black women who use thick, braided hair weaves, because the end result often looks like rope.
Royal Hawaiian		Black people in Hawaii who attempt to pass themselves off as ethnically Hawaiian.
Runs, The		The "runs" is a term commonly used for diarrhea; also because Black people are known to excel in running.
Safe		Because the government gives them food, housing and money and protects them from "hate."
Sailor		Because they constantly wear the clothing line Nautica, yet very, very few own a boat.
San		Stands for "Stupid Ass Nigger." See: Dan.
Sanford		From "Sanford and Son."
Satchmo		Originally Louis Armstrong's nickname.
Scat		Scat is also animal fecal matter, which is brown, and a style of jazz singing of Black origin.
Schwartza		(Pronounced "sh-var-tza.") Stems from the Yiddish word "schvartz," meaning "black." It is not derogatory in nature, but usually ends up being used in not the nicest of ways.
Schwarzenigger		A black man who is extremely muscular.
Schwarzie		"Schwarz" is German for "black."
Schwoogie		Believed to be a contraction of Yiddish/German "schwarz" (black) and "boogie."
Semi-Simian		"Simian" means of, relating to, or resembling monkeys or apes.
Shade		Old-fashioned term derived from Black people being dark like a shade.
Shadow		Refers to color of skin.
Shadow-Smurf		They are the darkest of all Smurfs.
Shaft		Black man, from the blaxploitation film "Shaft."
Shaka Zulu		Leader of the Zulu tribe in Africa, in what is now South Africa.
Shine/Shiner		In reference to the shine their skin can sometimes give off. Also, shoe shining was a main occupation in the 1920s.
Shipping Cargo		Refers to slave trading. Slaves to be shipped were packed inhumanly close.
Shit-Slinger		A typical behavior of monkeys is to throw feces.
Shitheel		Slang term for a Black servant. Southern origins.
Shitskin		Refers to skin color.
Shoe Shiner		Many shoe shiners in cities are black.
Shuffalong		Supposed to mean "shuffle along." Refers to lazy slaves.
Shvartz		Yiddish (German-origin) word for "black." Used neutrally and disparagingly.
Shvatsa		Yiddish word for "nigger."
Shvooga		Another Yiddish word that means "nigger."
Silverback		Old Black man. Silverbacks are the leaders of a pack of gorillas.
Silvery		Cockney rhyming slang for "coon": silvery moon = silvery.
Simian		Primate.
Sir Mix A Lot		Refers to the rapper Sir Mix-a-Lot and his song "Baby Got Back": "I like big butts and I cannot lie."
Six		May refer to a six-pack or a number associated with Black stereotypes in certain contexts. Origin unclear.
Sixer		On the U.S. census, African American is code number six on the list of ethnicities.
Skillet		Refers to the color of iron skillets.
Skinflint		Skin appearance related.
Slave		Refers to slavery.
Slave Ships		Refers to pregnant Black women. The idea is that they are carrying many children packed tightly inside, similar to a slave ship.
Sleestack		From "Land of the Lost." The Sleestaks were stupid, slow and apparently very lazy. They could never catch Chaka.
Slide		Used by some police. It was created so that they could refer to Black people in a derogatory way and not get in trouble. Said because Black people "slide" through everything; they are lazy.
Smigger		From the joke "What do you call a Black Smurf?"
Smoke		From the similarity between their skin color and the color of smoke. Also from the way that they were said to be able to sneak around quietly, entering a room "like smoke."
Smoked Irish		The Irish, especially in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, were thought of as no better than "niggers," and conversely, Black people were associated with them.
Smokefoot		Refers to the dark color of their feet.
Smokestack		Believed to originate in pre-WWII Detroit. Comparison to the blackened smokestacks of manufacturing plants.
Smokey		Refers to dark skin, likened to the color of smoke.
Sneakers		They always come in pairs.
Snipes		Refers to the actor Wesley Snipes, used as a stand-in for Black people.
Snob		Black people who can't afford cars and are always seen riding bikes: "(S)illy (N)iggers (O)n (B)ikes."
Snowflake		Used to indicate an educated Black man during the Civil War; white-collar Black people were pretty rare, since only white people had desk jobs.
Son		Refers to the way Black people speak Ebonics and append the word "son" to every phrase or sentence.
Sooty		Refers to the color of soot.
Soul Food		From the Black drama "Soul Food."
Southern Windchime		During the days of the KKK many Black people were hanged from the same tree.
Spade		The spades in decks of cards are black.
Spear-Chucker		Comes from the hunting styles of African tribal natives.
Splib		Most likely originates from the 1960s as an acronym for "South Philadelphia Lower-Income Blacks."
Spliv		Washington, D.C.-area police term.
Spoda		How Black people are said to talk (e.g., "We ain't spoda be here," meaning "We aren't supposed to be here").
Sponge Head		Africans' naturally bouncy, kinky hair, when uncut, tends to be big and poofy when dried out. When you squeeze it, it seems as if it would bounce back on release.
Spook		Because of their dark skin, which can blend into the night, making them ghost-like.
Spoonbill		A spoonbill is a type of bird. Look at one and the origin will be obvious.
Spota		(Pronounced "spoh-tuh.") Stereotype of the slang of dumb inner-city Black people for "supposed to": "Spota get a job. Spota take care of the kids. Spota not break the law."
Stacks		From the movie "Goodfellas": the character Stacks Edwards, the only Black character, messes up the heist.
Stepn Fetchit		References Stepin Fetchit, the stage name of Black actor Lincoln Theodore Monroe Andrew Perry, whose film roles in the 1930s depicted a lazy, slow-witted Black man. Used as a slur against Black people perceived as subservient to whites.
Stovelid		References the cast iron color of a stove lid, applied derogatorily to Black people based on skin color.
Stovepipe		Stovepipes from wood-fired stoves get encrusted with black soot, hence the association.
Strange Fruit		Refers to Black people who were lynched and hanged from trees. Title of a protest song written by Abel Meeropol and recorded by Billie Holiday in 1939. See: Apple (2).
Strap Hangers		When white people were sitting on the bus, Black people had to stand and hold onto the strap.
Street Cheetah		Applied to Black people, combining street with a fast wild animal, referencing athletic stereotypes.
Sub-Human		They are said to be the missing link between apes and humans.
Suntan		Refers to their dark skin color.
Suspect		Refers to Black people being treated as suspects.
Swamp Donkey		Blacks from rural areas.
Swamp-Runner		Black people running from slavery.
Swamper		Refers to poor blacks who live in rural areas, especially if the area is predominantly white.
Sway		They tended to sway from trees back in the Civil War days.
Sweaty		Perception that Black people appear sweaty and greasy.
Sweetback		Name of the Black pimp in Melvin Van Peebles's film "Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song," who kills white police officers and gets away.
Swinger		Black people being hanged.
Tagger		They often leave the tags on clothing.
Tar Baby		Skin color. From the "Uncle Remus" (Br'er Rabbit) story.
The Element		Used in reference to minorities in terms of location. Example: "This neighborhood was nice until the element moved in." Not necessarily specific to Black people.
The Missing Link		The oldest living black person in a community.
Thick Lips		Originates from Shakespeare's "Othello."
Thief		Refers to the stereotype that Black people steal.
Thing-a-manigger		Used when talking about a third (Black) person you don't know.
Thirty-Six-Thirty (36-30)		Refers to the 36°30′ latitude line that divided slave and free territories under the Missouri Compromise.
Three-Fifth (3/5)		In the same vein as "Point-Six." In reference to the Three-Fifths Compromise, in which the U.S. government decided that slaves (Black people) counted as only three-fifths of a person for population purposes.
Thumper		Blacks listen to loud "thumping" music in their cars.
Tibbs		Reference to Virgil Tibbs, the Black detective character in "In the Heat of the Night."
Tifuti		Black Brazilians. Word for "nigger" in Brazil, pronounced CHEE-foo-CHEE.
Tigger		A "typical nigger."
Tizzun		Neapolitan derogatory term for a Black person.
TNB		Acronym for "Typical Nigger Behaviour."
Toby		Reference to the character in "Roots."
Toilet Swimmer		Reference to large genitalia when sitting on the toilet.
Token		Indicates that a person is unqualified for their position and received it on racial grounds. One of the Black characters on "South Park" is named Token. Could be used for any race.
Tokenbump		For Black people who ride in hoopties with loud sound systems and smoke marijuana.
Tom Robinson		Comes from "To Kill a Mockingbird," in which Tom Robinson, a Black man, is wrongly accused of rape.
Tootsie Rolls		Black children. Tootsie rolls are small and brown.
Tounge-Clicker		The language of some African peoples involves clicking of the tongue.
Tree Hockey		Used by hockey players to make fun of Black people playing basketball.
Tree Ornament		Refers to lynching, in which Black people were hanged from trees.
Tree-Jumper		Mike Tyson said in an interview that others called him a "tree jumper," obviously because monkeys in the jungle jump between trees in the forest canopy.
Tree-Swinger		Either from monkeys or the victim of a lynching.
Trigger		Reference to the high murder rate. Sounds like "nigger."
Tripod		Stereotypical large penises.
Tutsoon/Tootsoon		Origins in Chicago (particularly Italians).
Tycoon		A black man from Thailand.
Tyrone		Popular Black name.
Tyvek		Refers to unusual names given to many Black men; actually, a material used by DuPont for large mailing envelopes.
Ubangi		The Ubangi is a river in Africa.
Uncle Ben		The Black man on the famous rice box.
Uncle Tom		Blacks who suck up to white people. In reference to the Uncle Tom character in the famous 1852 book "Uncle Tom's Cabin" by Harriet Beecher Stowe.
Unemployus Africanus		Mock scientific (genus and species) name.
Urkel		Nerdy Black people. Character from the TV show "Family Matters."
Vacuum Cleaner		Their noses represent a vacuum. Also used because they "vacuum up" much cocaine.
Vanilla Coke		Black people with white personalities.
Vanilla Gorilla		A Black guy who acts white. Used mostly to describe unathletic Black people who, according to stereotypes, should be naturally good at sports.
Velcro-head		Refers to the characteristics of the hair.
Vinny Del		Vinny Del Negro, a former NBA basketball player.
Voodoo		Stereotypical thought of Black people using voodoo.
Water Buffalo		Applied to Black people, comparing them to the large African animal. Also noted for a 1993 incident at the University of Pennsylvania where a student was charged with racial harassment for using the term.
Watermelon		For their fondness for watermelon. Used in the movie "48 Hrs."
Wayans		The whole Wayans family was on "In Living Color."
Webe		Pronounced "we be." Refers to the supposed inability of most Black people to conjugate the verb "to be," resulting in "we be" instead of "we are" when referring to themselves.
Welfare Monkey		See: Welfare Mother.
Welfare Mother		Common stereotype that large, Black, single-parent families are disproportionately represented on welfare rolls.
Whale Turd		Derived from the joke: Q. What do you call a Black person in the ocean? A. A whale turd.
Whipping Post		Black people were whipped while they were slaves.
White Wall		White wall tires have a thin line of white. Used for Black people who pretend to be white.
Whose My Daddy?		"Whose my daddy?" is said to be a common question among Black children.
Wikki Wikki		DJ turntable scratching noise, often heard in rap music.
Willy B.		Willie B. was a famous gorilla at Zoo Atlanta.
Windchimes		A common practice of southerners was to hang Black people. When the wind blew and swung them back and forth against each other, southerners would call them "windchimes."
Wookie		In reference to Chewbacca, the big brown Wookiee.
Wool Head		Refers to the texture of hair, like wool.
Yam		Term used extensively by the military in Robert O'Connor's novel "Buffalo Soldiers" about U.S. soldiers stationed in Germany. Probably originates with the food, which is a staple of southern cooking.
Yard Ape		Low-income housing quite often has no air conditioning, so people who live in housing projects often sit out front to keep cool. This slur originated in the 1960s and 1970s.
YBM		Young Black Male, police terminology.
Yen		Yellow Eyed Nigger. These are Black people, usually male, whose eyes have turned a hepatitis yellow due to a life of hard substance abuse.
Yo Yo		"Yo-yos hang from strings."
Yom		In Brooklyn, short for "melanzane."
Yombo		The "Yumbo" was a sandwich way back when that was the first to come in a styrofoam box. Also spelled "Yombo" or "Yambo."
Yont'an Saram		Korean for "coal person."
You People		Used against Black people. Ross Perot's use of the phrase at the 1992 NAACP convention drew widespread criticism. The phrase implies otherness and separation.
Zigaboo		Variant of Jigaboo.
Zip Coon		Black stereotypical character from the antebellum South.
Zoo Ape		Ape in a zoo = "nigger" in jail.
Zoot		In the 1930s and 1940s, Black people wore snazzy suits called zoot suits.
Zulu		The Zulu are an ethnic group of southern Africa.