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Blacks

People of Black African descent, found across the globe.

Term Origin Meaning
925 Police Code in Suburban LA for "Suspicious Person"
AA African American. Could also refer to double-A batteries, which you use for a while then throw away.
Abeed Arabic term that means Black, many Middle Eastern immigrants to the United States use this
Ace Of Spades Self Explanatory
African Home continent.
African't Unemployed/lazy Blacks
Africoon Combination of African and Coon.
Afro Referring to 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 Self Explanatory.
Arf African Rock Fish. Jones Beach (NYC) term for Blacks due to their poor swimming abilities.
Ashy When their skin gets dry it can tend to look ashy.
Aunt Jemima After the stereotypically Black trademark picture on "Aunt Jemima" brand breakfast foods.
Baboomba From the "booming" of their car stereos.
Baboon Another simian reference
Baluba Name belonging to a tribe that killed Irish soldiers in Africa.
Baluga Filipino equiv. to Nigger, known by all Filipinos
Banjo Lips Big lips
Bantu Comes from the apartheid racial classification for Blacks. Rarely used today. Derogatory
BAP Means "Black American Princess". Arrogant female blacks who flaunt their money around and demand the finest things in life.
BBK Big Black Cocks. Spelled with a K, as in the Korn song of the same title.
BDN "Big Dummy Nigger" Comes from the movie "The Green Mile". A white prisoner calls a black prisoner a 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 referring to the primarily coloured hobos who live on Table Mountain near Cape Town.
BET Black Entertainment Television
Billy Reuben The pigment that makes feces brown is called "bilirubin"
Bingo-Bongo Italian wordplay of African names/language
Biscuit Lip Reference to large lips.
Bix Nood From a racist cartoon spread on the internet where a black man is breaking into a house saying "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 Magic "It has always fascinated researchers how the black folk manage to get there hands on grog money daily." Specific words of the original submitter, of which I am fascinated by.
Black Time Perceived tendency for Blacks to be late
Blackie Self-explanatory.
Blacky Chan Blacks who practice martial arts
Bleck Sounds like the word "black" said with a South African accent. http://imdb.com/title/tt0097733/
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 LA-based gang. Can be used offensively towards non-gang members.
Blow Originated from blacks originally living in Africa and using blow guns.
BLT "Big-Lipped Tyrone," or for female version "Big-Lipped Tyreesha." Inspired from the 80's version of Degrassi Jr. High where the black guy wore a shirt with the phrase "BLT," his initials.
Blue Gums Old myth that if one were bitten by a nigger with blue gums, they 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 monkeys name or implies stupidty.
Bobblehead Black women have a tendency to violently shake their heads in heated conversations.
Boffer/Boofer The Hawaiians or Polynesians call Blacks this name. 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." C. 1940s
Boogie Referring to "Boogie Woogie" form of jazz? Could come from W. African "Buuker" or "Buckra", meaning "Devil", "Boogie man" or "White Man". Turned around and used against Blacks by Whites.
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's brown on the outside but white on the inside. An insult to (for example) black police officers in England.
Bourbon Bourbon are brown coloured brown cream filled biscuits. Possibly a variant of eggplant. Bourbon is also a dark alchoholic drink
Boy Originated during slavery. Used to belittle blacks.
Bozak Pronounced (bow-zack) southern term for a big black man. "thats one black bozak"
Branch Manager Monkeys 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.
Bubb Rubb Wooooo Wooooo.
Bubba When referring to prison, the big guy who takes advantage of all the new prisoners is derogatorily called Bubba.
Bubbles Big Black man from the film Lilo and Stitch
Buck/Buck Nigger This word has been used since the 17th century to refer to a male Negro - no matter 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 Self-explanatory.
Buppie A (young) black upwardly professional person. Like yuppie, but refers to blacks.
Burnt Cracker Used as a response to Blacks who call Whites crackers.
Burnt Match Self-explanatory.
Burnt Toast Skin color can resemble that of a burnt piece of bread.
Burr Head Hair Texture.
Bush-Boogie Derived from their jungle origins.
Butter Alternative to Nigger.
C-15 From some mythical form where the circle you filled out for "race = black" was column c, number 15.
Caffre Derogatory term used by South African whites during the apartheid era, now considered an offense and beeped out from the media (like an ordinary curse in USA)
Calpurnia Black women that are nannies. Comes from the character Calpurnia in the book "To Kill a Mocking Bird."
Camel Lips Self Explanatory
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 Slave ship reference.
Carl Winslow Obese black males. Reference to character from "Family Matters" TV show.
Carlton (Banks) Black males who behave like whites or talk very proper. "Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" reference.
Casabooboo From 1960s African leader Casavubu.
Cast Iron The color of cast iron after weathering or "black" pipe - plumber's term for ungalvanized cast/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, extremely derogatory word for blacks, who have an increasing number in the Irish population.
Chango Used by Hispanics. Spanish word meaning monkey.
Charcoal Briquette Used by Tony Soprano from The Sopranos to represent his daughter's half black boyfriend.
Chernozhopyi Russian term literally translating as 'Black-Assed'. Found here
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.
Chiquita The chiquita bananas have the black woman on the sticker
Choco Short for chocolate, in reference to skin color.
Chocolate Drop Chocolate is brown.
Chocolate-Covered Marshmallow A black guy who acts white.
Chombo Panamanian derogatory jargon.
CHUD From the monster movie "C.H.U.D.", starring primitive dark creatures that lived in sewers
Clicky From that African language that all it is is clicks and whistles
Cliff Ape Black/Simian/Primate eference
Clocker A street term for lowest level crack dealer.
Clyde Perhaps comes from the name of the monkey in the Clint Eastwood films
Coal-Miner A Russian term for blacks, which originated because of their dark skin which looks like it is covered in coal dust. Pronounced "shahktor" in Russian.
Cocoa From southwestern area of the US, called blacks "cocoa" for very much disrespect. See Cocoa Puff.
Cocoa Puff Blacks with afros or puffy hair
Cocolo Dominicans used this term for Blacks because they look like "Coco"nuts and it sounds really African.
Coconut Blacks, Hispanics, Filipino, 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's what you call a black guy that stutters
Cold Drink In the South, some Blacks refer to all beverages as "Cold Drinks." For example, "I want some cold drink!"
Colin Black who act white: 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 it's one of the words of NAACP.
Coltrane In reference to John Coltrane, the famous Jazz saxophonist. Used in the film "The Royal Tenenbaum's"
Congo Dark African Americans who act better than White people
Congo Lip In reference to the ring-shaped objects primitive peoples from the South American jungles insert into their lips.
Conquistador Refers to the Spanish conquerors who took over areas against the will of the current inhabitants.
Convict Two-thirds of American inmates are Black.
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 a champagne; Cordon Negro.
Cornbread It was in the movie "Shaft." Apparently Black people like Corn Bread.
Cornelius Planet Of The Apes reference.
Cosby Sitcom named the Cosby's. A family of all blacks.
Cotton Ball Nappy/frizzy hair esp. the 70's Afro style; bought to pick cotton 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 of "CRAW"dads.
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 refered 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 blacks. The origin is that blacks are always being arrested and being hand"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. Dumb Fucking Nigger
DAN "Dumb Ass Nigger". Used to conceil racially discrimative remarks towards blacks when present.
Darkie Skin color.
Darkness Self Explanatory. Often used to describe a crowd of African Americans.
Dawg Some blacks call 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 in reference to always wanting stuff for free.
Destro Destro is the 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 stand by the mail box and ask the mailman, "Do 'da, do 'da welfare check come today?"
Donkey Kong Donkey Kong was 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 blacks. Dou means dirt, jin means person.
Egglet Black Children -- "little eggplant."
Eggot Tagalog word for black (Phillipines)
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 Color of the eight ball in pool
Elevator Operator Non-demanding job for education-less/trade-less person.
Eraser Head During the late 80's and early 90's it was popular for blacks to cut their hair at an angle, forming a bevel that look similar to those pink erasers that you 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 exspression that represents their burnt appearence, as well as their stereotypical love of fried chicken.
Fahim Arabs use this word meaning charcoal to describe blacks and very dark arabs
Fakey Jamaikey Blacks who try to act Jamaican, but actually 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 from late 70's and 80's) 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 Finally I Left Africa, popular clothing brand
Floppy In Zimbabwe, the blacks are referred to as floppies because of the floppy hats they wear on their heads.
Foedy Black people are known to drink "40"oz beers
Franklin The only black kid from 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 F.U.B.U., or known by African Americans as "For Us, By Us." Racially translated to "Farmers Used to Buy (or Beat) Us"
Future Inmate Two-thirds of American inmates are Black.
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 similar to the piranha, found in streams in the Southern US and eating by many Southern Blacks.
Gatorbait Dark meat of the chicken that was fed to alligators.
GED The highest level of education many Blacks get to.
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 an often stereotype that most people who collect unemployment are black. And blacks pretend they are injured so they can collect.
Glocky Always carry Glocks when the go dealing
Golliwog Refers to an old black caricature doll.
Gor Rodney Gor (ney-gor)
Gorilla Another Black-primate reference.
Grapico It is said that blacks have an affinity for grape soda. Grapico is a popular brand in the South.
Gro From neGRO.
Groid Short for Negroid.
Gronesha Black Women. Used at the Battle of Valley Forge to describe the Black women who prepared the cannons.
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 when blacks were counted as half a human for voting purposes.
Hambone Refers to overweight black men.
Harlem Harlem's (NY) residents are primarily Black.
Haunt See: Spook
Hendrix Black people who are able to play an electric guitar. Found offensive among certain groups.
High Yellow Light-skinned black person. Adjective, generally used by blacks in describing blacks 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 Blacks in old South Africa. "Baas" being Afrikaans for boss.
Ho De Doz They work in large hotels and "hold the door" to let white folks in
Holy Shit Black Priests only
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 pop band of the 1980's Hootie and the Blowfish. The lead singer was black (obviously Hootie). The other members of the band were white (Blowfish).
Horse-Gums Self-explanatory.
Hotel Ebonics: "I gave the bitch crabs and the hotel everybody."
Hotnot Probably derived from Afrikaans "Hottentot", a name for a very traditional Khoisan group generally recognized as among the most primitive on earth.
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 whites.
I P's Stands for Indigenous Population
Inky Referring to the color of skin. Used mainly by darker-skinned Blacks to lighter-skinned Blacks. Also Ink Baby or Inkspot.
J.J. A goofy black guy, like the guy from Good Times.
Jackamammy Combination of 'jack rabbit' and 'Aunt Jemima.' People have said that jack rabbits looked like 'lynched' black people.
Jackpot Cause they always want to hit the jackpot
Jambo Refers to Blacks from Africa who are considered by other Blacks as unsophisticated. Comes from 'Jambo Kenya' in the Kenya National Anthem
Jar Jar In Star Wars Episode 1, the computer-generated character Jar Jar Binks was filled with stereotypical black behavior. The actor who did the voice 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-orienied weekly magazine JET.
Jiffy Pop Specifically Rastifarians. 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 a Watermelon
June Bug They come out in great numbers in the summer, and sit in the middle of the road.
Jungle Bunny Jungle is referred to their jungle origins and bunny is referred to some people saying that jack rabbits looked like 'lynched' black people.
Justin Igger Ie. "Hey I know that guy, he's Justin Igger"
Kaffer/ir Afrikaaner word for blacks, very derogatory. Made popular by Lethal Weapon 2.
Kaffir In apartheit 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 Black people like fried chicken.
Kingfish From Amos & Andy. Usually in reference to a poor, older black man.
Kirby Cuban slur for blacks. Kirby is a popular black bean manufacturer amongst cubans.
Kizzy Kunta Kinte's daughter from the movie Roots.
Knees Grow Comes from Negro.
Knuckle-Dragger Often believed that black people have longer arms than other races and therefore their knuckles would drag.
Kobe The popular black basketball player recently embroiled in a rape trial.
Koku-jin Japanese term for Blacks or anyone of African descent.
Koolaid Black people are stereotypically partial to the red Koolaid.
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 blacks period. Means nigger. Originated from Cush.
Lando "Lando" is the token Black character in both the original Star Wars Trilogy, and in Clerks: The Animated Series (Which lampoons that aspect of Star Wars)
Latifah Reference to famous black actor/singer.
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 blacks of Irish descent.
Leroy A stereotypically black name. Typically used as the name of a character is a racial joke, e.g.
LeRoy Rogers Black cowboys.
Levar Educated blacks. Refers to Levar Burton of "Reading Rainbow" and "Star Trek: The Next Generation" fame.
Lincoln's Mistake US 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 Self Explanatory
Liverlips Because it looks like they have liver on thier faces (originates in the southern US)
Lucius Commonly used on poor black people. During the period prior to the Civil War, many blacks were named after famous Romans (e.g. Lucius, Marcus, Scipio, etc.)
Lugz Named after the brand of footwear who's ad campaign is targeted towards blacks.
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 blacksploitation movie with the same name.
Mandinka Reference to the motion picture "Roots": A Mandinka warrior was a 'Big Black Buck'.
Mangro-Monkey Monkeys live in mangroves.
Maroon When the 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 Metro Atlanta Regional Transit Authority. Or as it's sometimes known: 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 towards blacks.
Mechanical English rhyming slang - Mechanical digger = Nigger
Melanzana Italian for "eggplant" - very dark black people have a purplish tint to their skin, so does eggplant.
Mellanoid Dictionary: one having dark pigmentation.
Melon Johnny Italian slang for Blacks.
Meshky Translated into Farsi (Persian language) means "black". Used commonly among young white boys as undercover means of saying "nigger"
Mi Dang The Vietnamese term for African Americans.
Midnight Self-explanatory.
Milk Dud A black person with a shaved head.
Milkman Black men who prefer white women. Used by blacks.
Mishwa Means "barbequed" or "grilled" in Arabic, blacks for their dark skin. Mishweya for females.
Miss Cleo A reference to the (in)famous commercial personality.
Missippi Tree Emblem Due to when they were hung in the Southern states.
Mississippi Blue Lip Old redneck term.
Miyate Mexican/Latino slang for "minority".
MLK Pronouced "milk," made due to misrepresentation of national holidays
Mo And Yo 2 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 believed, because of their high cranium, blacks were close cousins to primates.
Mono A hispanic term for blacks meaning monkey in most dialects.
Montu Old African word that refers to tribes people.
Mooliachi Female version of Mooley. Used in The Godfather.
Moolie Shortened from Melanzane, meaning "eggplant" in Italian. Eggplants have black skin.
Moolignon Italian for eggplant (technically Mulignane). Could be 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 the 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 , that rose up in protest to the theft of their land by the British. Mau Mau is european-invented name; the Gikuyu people is the Kenyan name.
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 "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 hair style of afro's.
Mulunyan Italian word for egg plant, which is black when uncooked.
Munt Rhodesian. Comes from the African word for "person"
N'er Nonchalant way of saying "nigger."
Naca North American Concrete Ape
NAGA North American Ground Ape; Affectionately used by the LAPD during the Watts riot in Los Angeles.
Nagur The Irish-Americans called black people "Nagurs" because they could not pronounce the word "Nigger" with their accent.
NAHA North American Hairless Apes
Nanner Banana/Monkey/etc related. Also a way to mask the word Nigger
NAPA Nother American Pavement Apes.
Nappy Head Refers to hair type.
Nappy-headed Ho Black female basketball players (Thanks Don Imus, you racist douchebag)
Neekeri/Nekru Finnish for "nigger."
Negative South African - Referred to as undeveloped (as in film negatives).
Negress Black female. Adapted from "nigger".
Negro Once acceptable, it is now often taken derogatorily by Blacks.
Negroid Negro + oid; +oid being a general english suffix meaning related to.
Nelly Like Mammy. Common black name/character in Antebellum South.
NFT NFT is the name of the MetroBus 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. Also relates to the African country Nigeria, which is predominantly Black. 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 light skinned mixed breed black and any other race.
Nigglet Black children. Adapted from mixing Nigger with the word piglet (a baby pig)
Night Fighter Was probably originally coined in the Boer War when the British/Afrikaaneers were fighting the Zulus
Nightcrawler Out at night,
Niglige This describes the snow that piles up on the side of the street that turns black. To make a black snowman, you use niglige.
Nigloo In northern Canada, it refers to Blacks living way up north in the cold with the Eskimos.
Nignorant Nigger + ignorant.
Nigonometry Blacks who are scholars at math.
Nigra Used by Whites 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 Tigris is to Tiger.
Niknok Dutch version of Nigger.
Nineteens (19's) When choosing an exterior color for a Cadillac, a popular car amongst Blacks, the color code for black is 19.
Nitch The females. Nigger-Bitch.
Nog Stands for "Nigger Out of Gas". Used by White police officers to describe Blacks who run out of gas and wait for the police to supply them some, which, supposedly, by law they have to do.
NOLA Hurricane Katrina evacuees
Nonswimmer You don't often see Black 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 the football star/accused murderer O.J. Simpson.
O.T.W. Other Than White. Could be used for any non-caucasian race
Oar Tuggers Self explanatory
OBG Original Blue Gums. Refering to the color of thier gums
Oil Slick A very dark skinned black person who is sweaty, making his 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 Bitchy black woman from the TV show "The Apprentice"
Orb The word 'bro' backwards.
Oreo A black person who acts white. Black on the outside, white on the inside. Or a person who half black/half white.
Orlando Used by other black people to refer to the 'old-school' blacks who do not keep current with the 'gansta' styles of music or clothing.
Othello Refers to black men who only date white women. Reference to the Shakespearean play of the same title 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
Papolo Hawaiian word for "purple."
Patio Primate Politically-correct version of "Porch Monkey"
Pez Dispenser Used to refer to black women who have a great deal 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 to hang blacks
Pineapple Blacks who act like Asians, or is 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 Blacks used to work the plows before the Civil War.
POC Person Of Color
Point-Six (.6) Reference to the 3/5ths Compromise, where the US Gov't decided that slaves (Blacks) only counted as 3/5ths of a person for population reasons. (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/crack-head 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 A Gang known as the Bloods, say PRAAAAAP! sounding like a machine gun. It is used when 2 Bloods meet and greet.
Pretzel Used in situations when saying the word "Nigger" would be inappropriate
Prieto Used by hispanics in conjunction with nigger, but not just for black people.
Primate Ape reference
Property Blacks were regarded as property and openly bought or traded before the Yankees won.
Pube Head Black persons hair appears to be pubic.
Pubie Refers to the pubic-like hair on blacks' heads.
Puddle Duck From "Jemima Puddle Duck," a Peter Rabbit character
Pusher-Man Drug dealing is the popular occupation in urban ghettos.
Quashee Used by British to refer to blacks (originally slaves) in the West Indies; derived from Quassi, name of slave from Surinam who became famous
Ragoona New Orleans white slang refering to the "doo-rag" which blacks frequently wear to keep their hair in place.
Raisinhead Used on the TV show "Rescue Me"
Re-nigg Explains a shift change at any of your local popular fast food establishments.
Redbone Used by darker-colored Blacks to refer to Blacks with a very light complexion. Origin unknown. Link
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're always rescuing blacks; they sink like rocks.
Rockfish Plays on the stereotype that blacks 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.
Rope-Straightener Self explanatory
Royal Hawaiian Blacks in Hawaii who attempt to pass themselves off as ethnically Hawaiian.
Rufus After the character "Rufus Xavier Sasparilla" from schoolhouse rock.
Runs, The The "runs" is a term commonly used to speak of diahrrea; also because black people are known to excel in running
Safe Because the government gives them food, housing, money and protects them from "hate".
Sailor Because they constantly wear the clothing line Nauitica, yet very, very few own a boat.
San (S)tupid (A)ss (N)igger .. see Dan
Sanford From Sanford and Son.
Satchmo Originally Louis Armstrong's nickname. Can be heard amongst other slurs in the People Haters song, "You're A Nigger"
Scat Scat is also known as animal fecal matter, which is brown; also for Scat music which is from black origin
Schwartza (sh-var-tza) Stems from the Yiddish word schvartz, or 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 contraction of Yiddish/German schwatrz (black) and boogie.
Semi-Simian Simian meaning of, relating to, or resembling monkeys or apes.
Shade Old-fashioned term derived because blacks are dark like a shade
Shadow Refers to color of skin
Shadow-Smurf They the darkest of all Smurfs.
Shaft Black man, from black exploitation film "Shaft"
Shaka Zulu Leader of the Zulu tribe in Africa located in present day Zimbabwe
Shine/Shiner In reference to the shine their skin can sometimes give off. Also a 1920's main occupation, shoe shiners.
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 Color of skin.
Shoe Shiner Many shoe shiners in cities are black.
Shuffalong Supposed to mean "shuffle along." Refering to lazy slaves.
Shvartz Yiddish (German origin) word for Black. Used neutrally and disparagingly.
Shvatsa Yiddish word for nigger
Shvooga Another word in Yiddish that means nigger
Silverback Old Black. Silverbacks are the leaders in a pack of gorillas.
Silvery Cockney rhyming slang for Coon - Silvery Moon - Silvery.
Simian Primate
Sir Mix A Lot They like big butts and they 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 Self-explanatory.
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 Sleestacks 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 blacks in a derrogatory way and not get in trouble. Said because blacks 'slide' through everything - they're lazy. Also said, "
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 Irish, especially during the late 19th early 20th century, were thought of as no better than "niggers," and conversely, blacks were associated with them.
Smokefoot Color of feet.
Smokestack Believed to originate in pre WW II Detroit. Comparison to the blackened smokestacks of the manufacturing plants.
Smokey Self explanatory
Sneakers They always come in pairs
Snipes Wesley Snipes is the blackest of the Black people.
Snob Blacks who can't afford cars and are always seen riding bikes: (S)illy (N)iggers (O)n (B)ikes
Snowflake Was used to indicate an educated black man during the civil war; white collar blacks were pretty rare - only white people had desk jobs.
Son Refers to the way blacks speak Ebonics and append the word "son" to every phrase/sentence.
Sooty Self-explanatory
Soul Food From the black drama "Soul Food."
Southern Windchime During the days of the KKK many black people were hanged from th same tree.
Spabook Used by Michael Jackson for some unknown reason
Spade The spades in decks of cards are black.
Spear-Chucker Comes from the hunting styles of African tribal natives.
Splib Most likely origin comes from the 1960's as an acronym for: South Philadelphia Lower-Income Blacks.
Spliv Washington DC area police term
Spoda How blacks talk (ex.) "We ain't Spoda be here." (we aren't supposed to be here)
Sponge Head African's naturally bouncy/kinky hair, when uncut, tends to be big and poofy when dried out. When you sqeeze it it seems as if it would bounce back at release
Spook Because of their dark skin, which can blend into the night, making them ghost-like.
Spoon From the reflection you see when looking at a spoon. Originates from the shape of a Black person's nose
Spoonbill A spoonbill is a type of bird. Look at one and the origin will be obvious.
Spota (Pronounced Spoh-tuh) Stereotype of dumb inner city blacks' slang for supposed to. "Spota get a job. Spota take care of the kids. Spota not break the law."
Stacks From the movie Goodfellas, character Stacks Edwards, the only black character, manages to fuck 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 Coined by Blacks during slavery to refer to other Blacks who were hanged from trees. Used in a Billie Holiday song during the Civil Rights movement. See: Apple (2).
Strap Hangers When the whites were sitting on the bus, the blacks 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 Self-explanatory.
Swamp Donkey Blacks from rural areas
Swamp-Runner Blacks 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 blacks appear sweaty and greasy.
Sweetback Name of Black Pimp in Melvin Van Peebles movie who kills white police and gets away with it, common aspiration of black ghetto youths
Swinger Blacks being hung
Tagger They often leave the tags on clothing.
Tar Baby Skin color. From the "Uncle Remus" (Br'er Rabbit) story.
Ted Stevens A brand of candied chocolate in England; Quite dull and worthless.
Terrence Applied to Black people. Origin unclear but possibly a play on names associated with Black culture or a reference to a specific cultural figure.
The Element Used in reference to minorities in terms of location. Example: This neighborhhod was nice until the element moved in. Not necessarily specific to Blacks.
The Missing Link The oldest living black person in a community.
Thick Lips Originates from Shakespeare's Othello
Thief Common stereotype
Thing-a-manigger Used when talking about a third(black) person you don't know.
Thirty-Six-Thirty (36-30) The latitude line between slave and free states
Three-Fifth (3/5) Same vain as Point-Six. In reference to the 3/5ths Compromise, where the US Gov't decided that slaves (Blacks) only counted as 3/5ths of a person for population reasons.
Thumper Blacks listen to loud "thumping" music in their cars.
Tibbs Reference to one of the cast members of "In the Heat of the Night."
Tifuti Black Brazilians. Word for "niggar" in Brazil, pronounced CHEE-foo-CHEE
Tigger A "typical nigger"
Tizzun Neapolitan derogatory term for black person.
TNB Acronym for "Typical Nigger Behaviour"
Toby Reference to the character in "Roots."
Toilet Swimmer When sitting on the toilet, reference to large genetalia
Token Indicates that a person is unqualified for his/her position and received it on racial grounds. One of the two black characters on the show South Park is named Token. Could be used for any race.
Tokenbump For blacks that ride in hoopties with loud systems and smoke marijuana
Tom Robinson Black criminals. Comes from "To Kill a Mockingbird"
Tootsie Rolls Black children. Tootsie rolls are small and brown.
Tounge-Clicker The Language for som African Peoples involves clicking of the tounge
Tree Hockey Used by hockey players to make fun of blacks playing basketball.
Tree Ornament Hanging reference.
Tree-Jumper Mike Tyson in an interview referred to others calling 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 Rerence to 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 Du Pont for large mailing envelopes.
Ubangi A river in Africa.
Uncle Ben 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 Genus & species. Scientific name. self explanatory
Urkel Nerdy Blacks. Character from "Family Matters" TV show.
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 blacks, who, according to stereotypes, should be naturally good at sports
Velcro-head Characteristics of the hair.
Vinny Del Vinny del Negro was a basketball player
Voodoo Stereotypical thought of blacks 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 Hours".
Wayans The whole "Wayans" family was on In Living Color
Webe Pronounced "we be", this refers to the inability of most blacks to conjugate the "be" verb, thus resulting in "we be" instead of "we are" when making references to themselves.
Welfare Monkey See Welfare Mother.
Welfare Mother Common stereotype representing 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 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 blacks who pretend to be white.
Whose My Daddy? Common question among black children.
Wikki Wikki DJ turntable scratching noise, often heard in rap music.
Willy B. Famous gorilla from the Atlanta Zoo
Windchimes A common practice of southerners was to hang blacks. When the wind blew and swung them back and forth against each other southerners would refer to them as windchimes.
Wookie In reference to the big brown Chewbacca the Wookie
Wool Head Self-explanatory.
Yam Term used extensively by the military in Robert O'Connors novel "Buffalo Soldiers" about US Soldiers stationed in Germany. Originates probably with the food which is a staple of southern cooking.
Yard Ape Low-income housing quite often has no air conditioning. Thus, people who live in housing projects often sit out front to keep cool. This slur originated in the 60's and 70's.
YBM Young Black Male, police terminology.
Yen Yellow Eyed Nigger. These are Blacks, usually male, that due to a life of hard substance abuse have the whites of their eyes turn a hepatitis yellow.
Yo Yo "Yo Yo's hang from strings."
Yom In Brooklyn is short for melanzane.
Yombo The Yombo was a sandwich way back when that was the first to come in a styrofoam box. Spelled "Yumbo" 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. Revived again in 2007 when Don Imus used it. The phrase implies otherness and separation.
Ze Goggles They do nothing.
Zigaboo Variant of Jigaboo.
Zip Coon Black stereotypical character from Antebellum South.
Zoo Ape Ape in a zoo = Nigger in jail
Zoot Blacks in the 1930s/1940s used to wear snazzy suits called zoot suits.
Zulu Tribe name in Africa
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