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N-word

Also n word
Or n-word

[en-wurd]

noun

  1. a euphemism for the word nigger .

    His use of the highly offensive N-word during a televised broadcast caused outrage.



n-word

noun

  1. offensive(sometimes capital) a euphemistic way of referring to the word nigger

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Usage

See nigger.
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of N-word1

First recorded in 1985–90
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Example Sentences

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“Love Island USA” contestant Yulissa Escobar, whose use of the N-word on a couple of podcasts surfaced over the weekend before the show’s rocky premiere Tuesday, was there and then gone in a heartbeat.

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She used the N-word casually and naturally in conversation, per video posted on Reddit and TMZ.

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The commissioners found that there wasn’t enough evidence to support accusations that Clint called his neighbor, who is Black, the N-word and brandished a gun before knocking him to the ground.

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In the text thread, officers used the N-word to describe Mitchell’s relatives, according to records previously obtained by The Times.

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In 2014, for example, the city paid $215,000 to settle a free-speech lawsuit filed by a Black man who was ejected from a public meeting for wearing a Ku Klux Klan hood and a T-shirt featuring the N-word.

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