blacks
Slur | Represents | Reason & Origins |
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925 | Blacks | Police Code in Suburban LA for "Suspicious Person" |
AA | Blacks | African American. Could also refer to double-A batteries, which you use for a while then throw away. |
Abeed | Blacks | Arabic term that means Black, many Middle Eastern immigrants to the United States use this |
Ace Of Spades | Blacks | Self Explanatory |
African | Blacks | Home continent. |
African't | Blacks | Unemployed/lazy Blacks |
Africoon | Blacks | Combination of African and Coon. |
Afro | Blacks | Referring to hairstyle |
Americoon | Blacks | Combination of American and Coon. |
Angus | Blacks | Angus are a black breed of beef cattle. |
Antique Farm Equipment | Blacks | Slaves being used for labor. |
Ape | Blacks | Self Explanatory. |
Apple | Blacks | Has to do with "hanging from a tree". |
Arf | Blacks | African Rock Fish. Jones Beach (NYC) term for Blacks due to their poor swimming abilities. |
Ashy | Blacks | When their skin gets dry it can tend to look ashy. |
Aunt Jemima | Blacks | After the stereotypically Black trademark picture on "Aunt Jemima" brand breakfast foods. |
Baboomba | Blacks | From the "booming" of their car stereos. |
Baboon | Blacks | Another simian reference |
Baluba | Blacks | Name belonging to a tribe that killed Irish soldiers in Africa. |
Baluga | Blacks | Filipino equiv. to Nigger, known by all Filipinos |
Banjo Lips | Blacks | Big lips |
Bantu | Blacks | Comes from the apartheid racial classification for Blacks. Rarely used today. Derogatory |
BAP | Blacks | Means "Black American Princess". Arrogant female blacks who flaunt their money around and demand the finest things in life. |
BBK | Blacks | Big Black Cocks. Spelled with a K, as in the Korn song of the same title. |
BDN | Blacks | "Big Dummy Nigger" Comes from the movie "The Green Mile". A white prisoner calls a black prisoner a Big Dummy Nigger. |
Bear | Blacks | Black Educated And Rich |
Bebe's Kids | Blacks | Reference to a stand up comic's famous bit about Bebe's kids that inspired a movie years later. |
Beggar | Blacks | Black people often want "something for nothing." |
Bergie | Blacks | Originally referring to the primarily coloured hobos who live on Table Mountain near Cape Town. |
BET | Blacks | Black Entertainment Television |
BFI | Blacks | BFI, the name of a waste disposal company, is on the side of their dumpsters. Stands for Black Family Inside. |
Billy Reuben | Blacks | The pigment that makes feces brown is called "bilirubin" |
Bingo-Bongo | Blacks | Italian wordplay of African names/language |
Biscuit Lip | Blacks | Reference to large lips. |
Bix Nood | Blacks | 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 | Blacks | Refers to a black woman when she wears her hair and makeup to try and look like a white woman. |
Black Magic | Blacks | "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 | Blacks | Perceived tendency for Blacks to be late |
Blackie | Blacks | Self-explanatory. |
Blacky Chan | Blacks | Blacks who practice martial arts |
Bleck | Blacks | Sounds like the word "black" said with a South African accent. http://imdb.com/title/tt0097733/ |
Blockbuster | Blacks | A real estate agent who sells a home in an upper-class white neighborhood to a black family, thus lowering the values of other homes in the neighborhood. (This can be stretched to include inviting a black or minority friend over for dinner.) |
Blood | Blacks | LA-based gang. Can be used offensively towards non-gang members. |
Blow | Blacks | Originated from blacks originally living in Africa and using blow guns. |
BLT | Blacks | "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 | Blacks | Old myth that if one were bitten by a nigger with blue gums, they would die. |
BMW | Blacks | "Black Mans Wish," referring to BMW automobiles. Also: "Black Man, Working." Used by young Black women seeking a partner who is steadily employed. That such a code term was coined shows that a "BMW" must be something of a rarity. |
Bo-Bo | Blacks | Sounds like a monkeys name or implies stupidty. |
Bobblehead | Blacks | Black women have a tendency to violently shake their heads in heated conversations. |
Boffer/Boofer | Blacks | The Hawaiians or Polynesians call Blacks this name. Same as nigger in the United States. |
Bomb | Blacks | Bombs in cartoons are typically black |
Bonky | Blacks | Name for blacks who act or talk white |
Boogat | Blacks | Comes from the similar idea of calling a black person a "Spook." C. 1940s |
Boogie | Blacks | 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 | Blacks | Probably a derivation of "Baboon" or the black "Boon Bug" beetle. |
Bootlip | Blacks | During the Industrial boom of the auto industry and OSHA'a requirement of safety precautions, workers were required to wear steel-toed boots. Common steel-toed boots are black in color and have large, bulky toes - referencing the size of black's lips. |
Bounty Bar | Blacks | 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 | Blacks | Bourbon are brown coloured brown cream filled biscuits. Possibly a variant of eggplant. Bourbon is also a dark alchoholic drink |
Boy | Blacks | Originated during slavery. Used to belittle blacks. |
Bozak | Blacks | Pronounced (bow-zack) southern term for a big black man. "thats one black bozak" |
Branch Manager | Blacks | Monkeys climb trees. |
Brillo Pad | Blacks | Hair reminiscent of a Brillo Pad. |
Bro | Blacks | Contraction of brother, see: Brother. |
Brother | Blacks | 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 | Blacks | Represents Black American jazz musicians. |
Brownie | Blacks | Skin color, like the favorite treat. |
Bubb Rubb | Blacks | Wooooo Wooooo. |
Bubba | Blacks | When referring to prison, the big guy who takes advantage of all the new prisoners is derogatorily called Bubba. |
Bubbles | Blacks | Big Black man from the film Lilo and Stitch |
Buck/Buck Nigger | Blacks | This word has been used since the 17th century to refer to a male Negro - no matter whether slave or not. |
Buckwheat | Blacks | Refers to Buckwheat, a Black character on "The Little Rascals." |
Buffalo Soldier | Blacks | 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 | Blacks | Self-explanatory. |
Bun | Blacks | Big Ugly Nigger. |
Buppie | Blacks | A (young) black upwardly professional person. Like yuppie, but refers to blacks. |
Burnt Cracker | Blacks | Used as a response to Blacks who call Whites crackers. |
Burnt Match | Blacks | Self-explanatory. |
Burnt Toast | Blacks | Skin color can resemble that of a burnt piece of bread. |
Burr Head | Blacks | Hair Texture. |
Bush-Boogie | Blacks | Derived from their jungle origins. |
Butter | Blacks | Alternative to Nigger. |
C-15 | Blacks | From some mythical form where the circle you filled out for "race = black" was column c, number 15. |
Caffre | Blacks | 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 | Blacks | Black women that are nannies. Comes from the character Calpurnia in the book "To Kill a Mocking Bird." |
Camel Lips | Blacks | Self Explanatory |
Canadian | Blacks | Used as a masked replacement for 'Nigger.' |
Candy Man | Blacks | Named after Sammy Davis Jr.'s famous song, the "Candy Man." |
Canigger | Blacks | Combination of Canadian and Nigger for black Canadians. |
Cargo | Blacks | Slave ship reference. |
Carl Winslow | Blacks | Obese black males. Reference to character from "Family Matters" TV show. |
Carlton (Banks) | Blacks | Black males who behave like whites or talk very proper. "Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" reference. |
Casabooboo | Blacks | From 1960s African leader Casavubu. |
Cast Iron | Blacks | The color of cast iron after weathering or "black" pipe - plumber's term for ungalvanized cast/ductile iron. |
Chad | Blacks | Chad is the country next to Niger in Africa |
Chain Dragger | Blacks | Refers to being on a prison chain gang. |
Chalky | Blacks | Heard throughout Ireland, extremely derogatory word for blacks, who have an increasing number in the Irish population. |
Chango | Blacks | Used by Hispanics. Spanish word meaning monkey. |
Charcoal Briquette | Blacks | Used by Tony Soprano from The Sopranos to represent his daughter's half black boyfriend. |
Chernozhopyi | Blacks | Russian term literally translating as 'Black-Assed'. Found here |
Cheshire Cat | Blacks | From Alice In Wonderland. The only way you see them in the dark is if they open their eyes and smile. |
Chicago Navajo | Blacks | Heavy concentration of blacks in Chicago |
Chicken Bandit | Blacks | Refers to one of their favorite foods. |
Chiquita | Blacks | The chiquita bananas have the black woman on the sticker |
Choco | Blacks | Short for chocolate, in reference to skin color. |
Chocolate Drop | Blacks | Chocolate is brown. |
Chocolate-Covered Marshmallow | Blacks | A black guy who acts white. |
Chombo | Blacks | Panamanian derogatory jargon. |
CHUD | Blacks | From the monster movie "C.H.U.D.", starring primitive dark creatures that lived in sewers |
Clicky | Blacks | From that African language that all it is is clicks and whistles |
Cliff Ape | Blacks | Black/Simian/Primate eference |
Clocker | Blacks | A street term for lowest level crack dealer. |
Clyde | Blacks | Perhaps comes from the name of the monkey in the Clint Eastwood films |
Coal-Miner | Blacks | 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 | Blacks | From southwestern area of the US, called blacks "cocoa" for very much disrespect. See Cocoa Puff. |
Cocoa Puff | Blacks | Blacks with afros or puffy hair |
Cocolo | Blacks | Dominicans used this term for Blacks because they look like "Coco"nuts and it sounds really African. |
Coconut | Blacks | 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 | Blacks | It's what you call a black guy that stutters |
Cold Drink | Blacks | In the South, some Blacks refer to all beverages as "Cold Drinks." For example, "I want some cold drink!" |
Colin | Blacks | Black who act white: Colin Powell. |
Colonel's Kids | Blacks | Refers to Colonel Sanders. Blacks are thought to love Kentucky Fried Chicken. |
Colored | Blacks | Skin color. Probably not a very good slur, as it's one of the words of NAACP. |
Coltrane | Blacks | In reference to John Coltrane, the famous Jazz saxophonist. Used in the film "The Royal Tenenbaum's" |
Congo | Blacks | Dark African Americans who act better than White people |
Congo Lip | Blacks | In reference to the ring-shaped objects primitive peoples from the South American jungles insert into their lips. |
Conky | Blacks | Derived from "conk", a lye-straightened hairdo popularized in the 1920s by Cab Calloway. |
Conquistador | Blacks | Refers to the Spanish conquerors who took over areas against the will of the current inhabitants. |
Convict | Blacks | Two-thirds of American inmates are Black. |
Cookie | Blacks | One of the few jobs blacks were allowed to do after enlisting in the U.S. Navy was food preparation. Referenced in "Men of Honor." |
Coon | Blacks | Probably refers to the Portuguese word for slave pens or barracks "baracoons". Could also have meaning as a shortening of "raccoon", as raccoons have a tendency to steal. Possibly from Dr. Carleton Coon, who, in the mid-1960's, theorized that blacks were less evolved than whites. |
Coonadian | Blacks | Black people from Canada |
Cooner | Blacks | Black actor who sells out to get laughs from white people. |
Coontang | Blacks | Whenever a White man fucks a Black woman, he gets some Coontang |
Cordon | Blacks | Derivative of the name of a champagne; Cordon Negro. |
Cornbread | Blacks | It was in the movie "Shaft." Apparently Black people like Corn Bread. |
Cornelius | Blacks | Planet Of The Apes reference. |
Cosby | Blacks | Sitcom named the Cosby's. A family of all blacks. |
Cotton Ball | Blacks | Nappy/frizzy hair esp. the 70's Afro style; bought to pick cotton in the Old South |
Cotton-Picker | Blacks | Originates from pre-Civil War US. Refers to the slaves who picked cotton all day at the plantations. |
Craw | Blacks | Fondness of "CRAW"dads. |
Crayola | Blacks | Black people are colored, as in crayons. |
Cream Of Wheat | Blacks | A famous black person in the world of advertising is the man on the Cream of Wheat box. |
Cricket | Blacks | Color of skin vs. cricket's color (brown/black). Pure blooded Blacks having "large fish eyes, dark brown skin, and long legs like a cricket." Could also refer to Blacks that stay up all night playing loud thumping music, real common in the industrial Midwest. |
Crime | Blacks | The high crime rate among Blacks. |
Crimestopper | Blacks | Refers to an African American woman who has an abortion |
Criminal Factory | Blacks | Refers to pregnant black women, thought to be breeding future criminals. |
Crioulo | Blacks | Brazilian slur for black people |
Crispy | Blacks | Very dark black people are refered to as crispy |
Crow | Blacks | Relatively large black bird. Could also be a reference to "Jim Crow", a popular 19th-century minstrel song that stereotyped African Americans, which later was used as the name of the Jim Crow laws, which enforced racial segregation in the South. |
Cubs | Blacks | Look like cartoon bear cubs. |
Cuff | Blacks | 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 | Blacks | Having someone bite the curb and kicking him in the back of the head is a painful way to kill someone. Often, as in the movie American History X, it is used as punishment for insubordinate blacks. |
Czarnuch | Blacks | In Polish 'black' (as a color) is 'czarny'. Strongly derogatory. |
D.F.N. | Blacks | Dumb Fucking Nigger |
DAN | Blacks | "Dumb Ass Nigger". Used to conceil racially discrimative remarks towards blacks when present. |
Darkie | Blacks | Skin color. |
Darkness | Blacks | Self Explanatory. Often used to describe a crowd of African Americans. |
Dawg | Blacks | Some blacks call other "Dawgs". See: Homie |
Defendant | Blacks | They are known often as this in a court of law |
Democrats | Blacks | A popular political affiliation among African Americans. Also in reference to always wanting stuff for free. |
Destro | Blacks | Destro is the evil Cobra character from G.I. Joe. |
Deuce | Blacks | On the Philadelphia police form, 1=white, 2=black |
Ding Dong | Blacks | Black on the outside, white on the inside. Blacks who act white |
Dinge | Blacks | Used in the novel "To Kill a Mockingbird". |
Do-Da | Blacks | Black people stand by the mail box and ask the mailman, "Do 'da, do 'da welfare check come today?" |
Donkey Kong | Blacks | Donkey Kong was a large ape. |
Dootie | Blacks | Refers to their dootie-brown skin. |
Dorito | Blacks | Blacks have a fondness for Doritos. |
Double A | Blacks | Shorter version of 'African American.' |
Double Dip | Blacks | Used for extra-dark Blacks, appearing as if they were dipped in chocolate twice. |
Doujin | Blacks | Japanese slur for blacks. Dou means dirt, jin means person. |
DWB | Blacks | Driving While Black. Police-type term referring to blacks driving through white neighborhoods. |
Egglet | Blacks | Black Children -- "little eggplant." |
Eggot | Blacks | Tagalog word for black (Phillipines) |
Eggplant | Blacks | Slur used mainly by Italians. See: Moolie. |
Egot | Blacks | A derogatory term used by Filipinos meaning "nigger". |
Egoy | Blacks | Filipino racial slang for Black people |
Eight Ball | Blacks | Color of the eight ball in pool |
Elevator Operator | Blacks | Non-demanding job for education-less/trade-less person. |
Eraser Head | Blacks | 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 | Blacks | Meaning "Apes Obey!" Used by British Colonial masters in Africa commanding the African workers to get to work. The early colonized Africans, not knowing the meaning of the command also cultivated it into their language- using it among themselves to gather themselves to work efficiently. |
Extra Crispy | Blacks | A southern exspression that represents their burnt appearence, as well as their stereotypical love of fried chicken. |
Fahim | Blacks | Arabs use this word meaning charcoal to describe blacks and very dark arabs |
Fakey Jamaikey | Blacks | 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 | Blacks | Used against overweight African American males in reference to a popular 1980's cartoon created by Bill Cosby (for example, saying "hey hey hey" around a fat black man could be considered offensive by some) |
Feargal | Blacks | Short for Feargal Sharkey (a UK Pop singer from late 70's and 80's) which rhymes with Darkie. |
Feb | Blacks | February is Black history month. |
Field Nigger | Blacks | Field nigger is the term used to label blacks who choose not to identify with popular white society and culture, as opposed to house niggers--blacks who bend over backwards to win or maintain favor with whites while relishing in the fact that they at least reside in the house with the master rather then outside with the majority of blacks. |
FILA | Blacks | Finally I Left Africa, popular clothing brand |
Floppy | Blacks | In Zimbabwe, the blacks are referred to as floppies because of the floppy hats they wear on their heads. |
Foedy | Blacks | Black people are known to drink "40"oz beers |
Franklin | Blacks | The only black kid from the Peanuts series. |
Frasier | Blacks | Term that represents people with big "packages." |
FroBro | Blacks | From Afro hair style and Bro for brother. |
Frostbite | Blacks | when one gets frostbite, their skin becomes dark |
FUBU | Blacks | 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 | Blacks | Two-thirds of American inmates are Black. |
G/Gee | Blacks | 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 | Blacks | 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 | Blacks | Dark meat of the chicken that was fed to alligators. |
GED | Blacks | The highest level of education many Blacks get to. |
Geechee | Blacks | Specifically a derogatory term referring to the Gullah culture of African ex-slaves on the Atlantic coast of South Carolina/Georgia/Northern Florida. |
Ghetto | Blacks | Many Black people are forced into poor, crowded neighborhoods, like Jews were during the Holocaust. The crowded, poor Jewish neighborhoods were called "Ghettoes." So are the poor, crowded neighborhoods that Blacks are forced into. |
Ghetto Hamster | Blacks | Black Children. A disposable pet. |
Ghetto Monkey | Blacks | Blacks tend to live in ghettos. |
Ghost Rider | Blacks | Blacks who have sex with whites. |
Gimpy | Blacks | It is an often stereotype that most people who collect unemployment are black. And blacks pretend they are injured so they can collect. |
Glocky | Blacks | Always carry Glocks when the go dealing |
Golliwog | Blacks | Refers to an old black caricature doll. |
Gor | Blacks | Rodney Gor (ney-gor) |
Gorilla | Blacks | Another Black-primate reference. |
Grapico | Blacks | It is said that blacks have an affinity for grape soda. Grapico is a popular brand in the South. |
Greaser | Blacks | Refers to the oily nature of a black person's hair. |
Gro | Blacks | From neGRO. |
Groid | Blacks | Short for Negroid. |
Gronesha | Blacks | Black Women. Used at the Battle of Valley Forge to describe the Black women who prepared the cannons. |
GTA | Blacks | Grand Theft Auto games are said to represent the lifestyle of black males. |
Guttermonkey | Blacks | Monkeys that live in the gutter. |
Hagwei/Hayquay | Blacks | Cantonese for "black ghost." |
Hakui | Blacks | Word means 'burnt' in Chinese |
Half-Human | Blacks | Reference to when blacks were counted as half a human for voting purposes. |
Hambone | Blacks | Refers to overweight black men. |
Harlem | Blacks | Harlem's (NY) residents are primarily Black. |
Haunt | Blacks | See: Spook |
Hendrix | Blacks | Black people who are able to play an electric guitar. Found offensive among certain groups. |
High Yellow | Blacks | Light-skinned black person. Adjective, generally used by blacks in describing blacks with a light complexion |
HNIC | Blacks | Acronym for "Head Nigger In Charge." Used by Morgan Freeman's character in "Lean on Me." |
Ho Baas | Blacks | Words uttered when a gun is pointed at Blacks in old South Africa. "Baas" being Afrikaans for boss. |
Ho De Doz | Blacks | They work in large hotels and "hold the door" to let white folks in |
Holy Shit | Blacks | Black Priests only |
Homey/Homie | Blacks | Synonymous with friend in the black community, used by other races to poke fun at that. |
Hoopty | Blacks | Black people in the United States and Canada use this term to refer to an older, beaten up, junky car. |
Hootie | Blacks | 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 | Blacks | Self-explanatory. |
Hotel | Blacks | Ebonics: "I gave the bitch crabs and the hotel everybody." |
Hotnot | Blacks | Probably derived from Afrikaans "Hottentot", a name for a very traditional Khoisan group generally recognized as among the most primitive on earth. |
House Nigger | Blacks | The slaves called the butlers house niggers, basic Uncle Tom reference. |
Huey | Blacks | Black Panther founder Huey P. Newton |
Hutch | Blacks | Used by some southern people to refer to black people. May reference the type of cage used to keep small animals. |
Huxtable | Blacks | Taken from the Cosby show. A commentary on rich black people living like whites. |
I P's | Blacks | stands for Indigenous Population |
Inky | Blacks | Referring to the color of skin. Used mainly by darker-skinned Blacks to lighter-skinned Blacks. Also Ink Baby or Inkspot. |
J.J. | Blacks | A goofy black guy, like the guy from Good Times. |
Jackamammy | Blacks | Combination of 'jack rabbit' and 'Aunt Jemima.' People have said that jack rabbits looked like 'lynched' black people. |
Jackpot | Blacks | Cause they always want to hit the jackpot |
Jambo | Blacks | Refers to Blacks from Africa who are considered by other Blacks as unsophisticated. Comes from 'Jambo Kenya' in the Kenya National Anthem |
Jar Jar | Blacks | 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 | Blacks | "Everyone hates the black ones." |
Jerry Curl | Blacks | Popular black hairstyle. |
Jersey-Dweller | Blacks | New Jersey = the arm pit of America, this does not mean that African Americans live in Jersey. However, in any city in America, African Americans can be found in the worst parts (or arm pits) of that city. Therefore making them Jersey-dwellers. |
Jet | Blacks | For their "jet black" skin. Also for the black-orienied weekly magazine JET. |
Jiffy Pop | Blacks | Specifically Rastifarians. The traditional Rastafarian hat resembles a popped container of Jiffy Pop popcorn |
Jig | Blacks | Short for Jigaboo. |
Jig And A Pig | Blacks | Black men go for fat white chicks |
Jigaboo | Blacks | Very dark-skinned Black people. Usually used among lighter-skinned African-Americans to refer to ones of very dark complexion. Made popular in the 1975 movie "Cooley High." Often shortened to "Jig." |
Jigga | Blacks | Shortening of Jigaboo used in pop culture today, |
Jim | Blacks | Heard it used by Renko on Hill Street Blues. He called an older black man "Jim" and the guy flipped out and roared, "Who are you callin' Jim?" Most likely comes from the old Black slave character Jim in the book _Tom Sawyer_. |
Jim Crow | Blacks | Used a lot during the Civil War. He was a stereotypical minstrel show character, history described here. Also used to describe segregationist laws in the south, but I recently read about a bus driver who was fired for using the term to describe a black person. |
Jr. Mint | Blacks | White on inside, black on outside. |
Juba | Blacks | The black slave from the movie "Gladiator." |
July Ham | Blacks | July Ham is a Watermelon |
June Bug | Blacks | They come out in great numbers in the summer, and sit in the middle of the road. |
Jungle Bunny | Blacks | 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 | Blacks | Ie. "Hey I know that guy, he's Justin Igger" |
Kaffer/ir | Blacks | Afrikaaner word for blacks, very derogatory. Made popular by Lethal Weapon 2. |
Kaffir | Blacks | In apartheit South Africa, it meant much the same as 'nigger' does in the United States. |
Kala | Blacks | Indian word for the color black. Used by Indians as a slur for black people. |
KFC | Blacks | Black people like fried chicken. |
Kingfish | Blacks | From Amos & Andy. Usually in reference to a poor, older black man. |
Kirby | Blacks | Cuban slur for blacks. Kirby is a popular black bean manufacturer amongst cubans. |
Kizzy | Blacks | Kunta Kinte's daughter from the movie Roots. |
Knees Grow | Blacks | Comes from Negro. |
Knuckle-Dragger | Blacks | Often believed that black people have longer arms than other races and therefore their knuckles would drag. |
Kobe | Blacks | The popular black basketball player recently embroiled in a rape trial. |
Koku-jin | Blacks | Japanese term for Blacks or anyone of African descent. |
Koolaid | Blacks | Black people are stereotypically partial to the red Koolaid. |
Kooshi | Blacks | Hebrew word for Africa or a black person |
Kunta (Kinte) | Blacks | From Kunta Kinte in the book/movie "Roots." |
Kurochan | Blacks | Japanese derogatory term-"kuro"=black color; "chan"=suffix used for children or someone younger |
Kurombo | Blacks | Used in Japan; considered very derogatory. Comes from "kuro" (=black color) and "bo" (casual suffix meaning young man). |
Kushi | Blacks | Israelis call black ethiopians kushi and blacks period. Means nigger. Originated from Cush. |
Lando | Blacks | "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 | Blacks | Reference to famous black actor/singer. |
Lawn Jockey | Blacks | Most all Lawn Jockeys are Black, sometimes also known as Porch Monkey. Author Ralph Ellison used the term to describe black people who felt/were treated as if they were speaking on behalf of the black race. |
Leprecoon | Blacks | Combination of Leprechaun and Coon for blacks of Irish descent. |
Leroy | Blacks | A stereotypically black name. Typically used as the name of a character is a racial joke, e.g. |
LeRoy Rogers | Blacks | Black cowboys. |
Levar | Blacks | Educated blacks. Refers to Levar Burton of "Reading Rainbow" and "Star Trek: The Next Generation" fame. |
Lincoln's Mistake | Blacks | US President Abraham Lincoln is known to have freed the slaves. |
Little (Black) Sambo | Blacks | As with the Golliwog, originated as a relatively benign though mildly offensive characterization and was adapted by other writers to embody many black stereotypes of the time. Currently embodies stereotypes of docility, laziness, stupidity, and disloyalty. |
Liver Lips | Blacks | Self Explanatory |
Liverlips | Blacks | because it looks like they have liver on thier faces (originates in the southern US) |
Lucius | Blacks | 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 | Blacks | Named after the brand of footwear who's ad campaign is targeted towards blacks. |
Ma Se Poes | Blacks | 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 | Blacks | Term for a Huge, Fat, Black man. |
Mammy | Blacks | Similar to Aunt Jemima. Stereotype of black women as nannies to white children, especially overweight black women - see "Gone With The Wind". |
Mandingo | Blacks | In reference to the 1975 blacksploitation movie with the same name. |
Mandinka | Blacks | Reference to the motion picture "Roots": A Mandinka warrior was a 'Big Black Buck'. |
Mangro-Monkey | Blacks | Monkeys live in mangroves. |
Maroon | Blacks | 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 | Blacks | Metro Atlanta Regional Transit Authority. Or as it's sometimes known: Moving Africans Rapidly Through Atlanta. |
Mavro/Mav | Blacks | Greek word for black |
Mayate | Blacks | Hispanic term for 'Nigger.' |
McNigga | Blacks | Reference to McDonald's new line of advertising campaigns marketed towards blacks. |
Mechanical | Blacks | English rhyming slang - Mechanical digger = Nigger |
Melanzana | Blacks | Italian for "eggplant" - very dark black people have a purplish tint to their skin, so does eggplant. |
Mellanoid | Blacks | Dictionary: one having dark pigmentation. |
Melon Johnny | Blacks | Italian slang for Blacks. |
Meshky | Blacks | Translated into Farsi (Persian language) means "black". Used commonly among young white boys as undercover means of saying "nigger" |
Mi Dang | Blacks | The Vietnamese term for African Americans. |
Midnight | Blacks | Self-explanatory. |
Milk Dud | Blacks | A black person with a shaved head. |
Milkman | Blacks | Black men who prefer white women. Used by blacks. |
Mishwa | Blacks | Means "barbequed" or "grilled" in Arabic, blacks for their dark skin. Mishweya for females. |
Miss Cleo | Blacks | A reference to the (in)famous commercial personality. |
Missippi Tree Emblem | Blacks | Due to when they were hung in the Southern states. |
Mississippi Blue Lip | Blacks | Old redneck term. |
Miyate | Blacks | Mexican/Latino slang for "minority". |
MLK | Blacks | Pronouced "milk," made due to misrepresentation of national holidays |
Mo And Yo | Blacks | 2 of the more common sounds they make in their general street slang. |
Moanback | Blacks | From Southern black garbage men giving the driver directions on when to back up (Come on back, or 'mon back). |
Monday | Blacks | Nobody likes Mondays. |
Monkey | Blacks | Similar appearance/genetics. |
Monkeyboy | Blacks | People once believed, because of their high cranium, blacks were close cousins to primates. |
Mono | Blacks | A hispanic term for blacks meaning monkey in most dialects. |
Montu | Blacks | Old African word that refers to tribes people. |
Mooliachi | Blacks | Female version of Mooley. Used in The Godfather. |
Moolie | Blacks | Shortened from Melanzane, meaning "eggplant" in Italian. Eggplants have black skin. |
Moolignon | Blacks | Italian for eggplant (technically Mulignane). Could be combination of Moolie and hooligan. |
Moon Cricket | Blacks | See Cricket. Possibly derived from the "MC" often used after many black nicknames. Also a possible reference to the minoral aspect of the African race in the United States. A black person(cricket) in a sea of white(the moon). |
Mottisa | Blacks | Back in slave days the Black servants would ask "Mo tee Sah", which in proper English translates to "More tea Sir?" |
Mow-Mow | Blacks | 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 | Blacks | From Yaphet Kotto's Character in the Bond film "Live and Let Die." |
Mr. Bojangles | Blacks | William "Bojangles" Robinson was a famous black dancer. |
Muckadoo | Blacks | Shawnee, Native American term for "Mud person" |
Mud Duck | Blacks | Dark skin. See Mud People. |
Mud Flaps | Blacks | Black people who have large lips. |
Mud People | Blacks | Sentiment that only Wasps are born with souls, everyone else God made from mud. Also suggests life without meaning, value or worth. Used by the church that was attended by Mr. Smith - the hate killer that shot up a bunch of Jews and Blacks in the summer of '99. |
Mud Turtle | Blacks | Being bottom-feeders; Mud "musk" turtles have a distinct odor and are mud-colored |
Mufasa | Blacks | James Earl Jones' character from The Lion King. |
Muffin-head | Blacks | Reference to the popular black hair style of afro's. |
Mulunyan | Blacks | Italian word for egg plant, which is black when uncooked. |
Munt | Blacks | Rhodesian. Comes from the African word for "person" |
N'er | Blacks | Nonchalant way of saying "nigger." |
Naca | Blacks | North American Concrete Ape |
NAGA | Blacks | North American Ground Ape; Affectionately used by the LAPD during the Watts riot in Los Angeles. |
Nagur | Blacks | The Irish-Americans called black people "Nagurs" because they could not pronounce the word "Nigger" with their accent. |
NAHA | Blacks | North American Hairless Apes |
Nanner | Blacks | Banana/Monkey/etc related. Also a way to mask the word Nigger |
NAPA | Blacks | Nother American Pavement Apes. |
Nappy Head | Blacks | Refers to hair type. |
Nappy-headed Ho | Blacks | Black female basketball players (Thanks Don Imus, you racist douchebag) |
Neekeri/Nekru | Blacks | Finnish for "nigger." |
Negative | Blacks | South African - Referred to as undeveloped (as in film negatives). |
Negress | Blacks | Black female. Adapted from "nigger". |
Negro | Blacks | Once acceptable, it is now often taken derogatorily by Blacks. |
Negroid | Blacks | Negro + oid; +oid being a general english suffix meaning related to. |
Nelly | Blacks | Like Mammy. Common black name/character in Antebellum South. |
NFT | Blacks | NFT is the name of the MetroBus system in Buffalo, the initials came to represent Nigger Freight Train |
Ni-ni | Blacks | Used instead of "nigger" in potentially sensitive company, to avoid being overheard, or to appear politically correct. |
Niche | Blacks | Used by Cubans regarding Blacks. |
Nig-nog | Blacks | Used in England. Probably from the Dutch "niknok" (nigger) by way of South Africa. |
Niggabyte | Blacks | A computer geek who happens to be Black. |
Niggapotomous | Blacks | An extremely fat nigger. |
Nigger | Blacks | Most likely originates with the Latin word "niger" which translates to "black". Similar words for "black" exist in other languages (Spanish, for example, is "negro"). Also somewhat relates to the African country Nigeria, which is primarily black. Many variations exist, including "Nig", "Nigel", "Niggy", "Niggly", etc. Some interesting history. |
Nigger mortis | Blacks | It's like rigor mortis, except you're just too lazy to move. |
Niggerachi | Blacks | Black person who acts Hispanic |
Niggerette | Blacks | Black women. Adapted from: Nigger, See: Nigger. |
Niggerino | Blacks | A little nigger |
Niggeroid | Blacks | Usually light skinned mixed breed black and any other race. |
Nigglet | Blacks | Black children. Adapted from mixing Nigger with the word piglet (a baby pig) |
Nightcrawler | Blacks | Out at night, |
Niglige | Blacks | 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 | Blacks | In northern Canada, it refers to Blacks living way up north in the cold with the Eskimos. |
Nignorant | Blacks | Nigger + ignorant. |
Nigonometry | Blacks | Blacks who are scholars at math. |
Nigra | Blacks | Used by Whites in the Jim Crow South who were too lace-curtain to say "nigger" but too racist to say "Negro." |
Nigress | Blacks | Black women. Nigress is to Nigger as Tigris is to Tiger. |
Niknok | Blacks | Dutch version of Nigger. |
Nineteens (19's) | Blacks | When choosing an exterior color for a Cadillac, a popular car amongst Blacks, the color code for black is 19. |
Ninja | Blacks | Ninjas wear black clothing. |
Nitch | Blacks | The females. Nigger-Bitch. |
Nog | Blacks | 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 | Blacks | Hurricane Katrina evacuees |
Nonswimmer | Blacks | You don't often see Black swimming |
Nooc | Blacks | Coon backwards |
November | Blacks | In the phonetic alphabet, "nigger" is spelled: November - India - Golf - Golf - Echo - Romeo |
Nubian Princess | Blacks | Originally was a compliment for Black women, grew popularity from the movie "Friday" then was commonly used mockingly under mentality that a Nubian meaning African even with a title of princess is still a Nigger. |
Number 2 | Blacks | Usually when checking off racial or ethnic background African-American is the second choice. |
Nurple | Blacks | African Blacks, specifically. "So black they appear purple." |
O.J. | Blacks | From the football star/accused murderer O.J. Simpson. |
O.T.W. | Blacks | Other Than White. Could be used for any non-caucasian race |
Oar Tuggers | Blacks | Self explanatory |
OBG | Blacks | Original Blue Gums. Refering to the color of thier gums |
Oil Slick | Blacks | A very dark skinned black person who is sweaty, making his skin slippery. |
Old Brown Tucker | Blacks | Slur for an old African American man. Comes from a popular song during the time of the Civil War. |
Omarosa | Blacks | Bitchy black woman from the TV show "The Apprentice" |
Orb | Blacks | The word 'bro' backwards. |
Oreo | Blacks | A black person who acts white. Black on the outside, white on the inside. Or a person who half black/half white. |
Orlando | Blacks | 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 | Blacks | 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. | Blacks | Previously Owned American |
Palta | Blacks | Means avocado in south american spanish, referring to the color of a ripe avocado |
Papolo | Blacks | Hawaiian word for "purple." |
Patio Primate | Blacks | Politically-correct version of "Porch Monkey" |
Pez Dispenser | Blacks | Used to refer to black women who have a great deal of children. |
Pickaninny | Blacks | From the days of slavery. Three possible origins: The slave owners would "pick a nincompoop" from the lineup of slaves; or the slave children who couldn't pick cotton "ain't pickaninny"; in some parts of the south, breasts are referred to as ninnys, so pickaninny was a reference to blacks being used as wetnurses. |
Pine Sol | Blacks | A fat black woman - inspired by the Pine Sol commercials. |
Pine Tree Ornament | Blacks | Pine trees were the tree of choice to hang blacks |
Pineapple | Blacks | Blacks who act like Asians, or is very into Asian culture. Black on the outside, yellow on the inside |
Pink-Heel | Blacks | Color of heel is pink. |
Pit | Blacks | Black Children. Stands for 'Perpetrator In Training.' |
Platneus | Blacks | Afrikaans. Means flat nose |
Plow Jockey | Blacks | Blacks used to work the plows before the Civil War. |
POC | Blacks | Person Of Color |
Point-Six (.6) | Blacks | 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 | Blacks | Stands for "poor old nigger thinks it's a Cadillac" |
Poo | Blacks | Poo-Poo (Feces are black or brown in color.) |
Pookie | Blacks | In the movie "New Jack City" Chris Rock played a black/crack-head named Pookie |
Popolo | Blacks | Hawaiian for 'black person.' |
Porch Monkey | Blacks | Low-income housing with no air conditioning led to many blacks in the projects sitting on the porch to stay cool. It was said that they looked like monkeys at the zoo. The adults were called "porch monkeys," and the children were "yard apes." |
Prapper | Blacks | A Gang known as the Bloods, say PRAAAAAP! sounding like a machine gun. It is used when 2 Bloods meet and greet. |
Pretzel | Blacks | Used in situations when saying the word "Nigger" would be inappropriate |
Prieto | Blacks | Used by hispanics in conjunction with nigger, but not just for black people. |
Primate | Blacks | Ape reference |
Property | Blacks | Blacks were regarded as property and openly bought or traded before the Yankees won. |
Pube Head | Blacks | Black persons hair appears to be pubic. |
Pubie | Blacks | Refers to the pubic-like hair on blacks' heads. |
Puddle Duck | Blacks | From "Jemima Puddle Duck," a Peter Rabbit character |
Pusher-Man | Blacks | Drug dealing is the popular occupation in urban ghettos. |
Quashee | Blacks | 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 | Blacks | New Orleans white slang refering to the "doo-rag" which blacks frequently wear to keep their hair in place. |
Raisinhead | Blacks | Used on the TV show "Rescue Me" |
Re-nigg | Blacks | Explains a shift change at any of your local popular fast food establishments. |
Redbone | Blacks | Used by darker-colored Blacks to refer to Blacks with a very light complexion. Origin unknown. Link |
Reggie | Blacks | Common name, especially for famous Black sports stars. |
Reggin | Blacks | Nigger spelled backwards |
Reggina | Blacks | "A Nigger" spelled backwards |
Remote Control | Blacks | Remotes are black and they do things for you. (slavery) |
Roach | Blacks | They come out at night to raise hell - turn on the lights and they scatter |
Rock | Blacks | Used by lifeguards, because they're always rescuing blacks; they sink like rocks. |
Rockfish | Blacks | Plays on the stereotype that blacks cannot swim, and will "sink like a rock." Also: "African rockfish." |
Roid | Blacks | Short for Negroid. |
Rope-Head | Blacks | Name for younger black women who use thick, braided hair weaves because the end result often looks like rope. |
Rope-Straightener | Blacks | Self explanatory |
Royal Hawaiian | Blacks | Blacks in Hawaii who attempt to pass themselves off as ethnically Hawaiian. |
Rufus | Blacks | After the character "Rufus Xavier Sasparilla" from schoolhouse rock. |
Runs, The | Blacks | The "runs" is a term commonly used to speak of diahrrea; also because black people are known to excel in running |
Safe | Blacks | Because the government gives them food, housing, money and protects them from "hate". |
Sailor | Blacks | Because they constantly wear the clothing line Nauitica, yet very, very few own a boat. |
Sambo | Blacks | See Little (Black) Sambo. |
San | Blacks | (S)tupid (A)ss (N)igger .. see Dan |
Sanford | Blacks | From Sanford and Son. |
Satchmo | Blacks | Originally Louis Armstrong's nickname. Can be heard amongst other slurs in the People Haters song, "You're A Nigger" |
Scat | Blacks | Scat is also known as animal fecal matter, which is brown; also for Scat music which is from black origin |
Schwartza | Blacks | (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 | Blacks | A black man who is extremely muscular. |
Schwarzie | Blacks | 'Schwarz' is German for 'black.' |
Schwoogie | Blacks | Believed to be contraction of Yiddish/German schwatrz (black) and boogie. |
Semi-Simian | Blacks | Simian meaning of, relating to, or resembling monkeys or apes. |
Shade | Blacks | Old-fashioned term derived because blacks are dark like a shade |
Shadow | Blacks | Refers to color of skin |
Shadow-Smurf | Blacks | They the darkest of all Smurfs. |
Shaft | Blacks | Black man, from black exploitation film "Shaft" |
Shaka Zulu | Blacks | Leader of the Zulu tribe in Africa located in present day Zimbabwe |
Shine/Shiner | Blacks | In reference to the shine their skin can sometimes give off. Also a 1920's main occupation, shoe shiners. |
Shipping Cargo | Blacks | Refers to slave trading. Slaves to be shipped were packed inhumanly close. |
Shit-Slinger | Blacks | A typical behavior of monkeys is to throw feces. |
Shitheel | Blacks | Slang term for a Black servant. Southern origins. |
Shitskin | Blacks | Color of skin. |
Shoe Shiner | Blacks | Many shoe shiners in cities are black. |
Shuffalong | Blacks | Supposed to mean "shuffle along." Refering to lazy slaves. |
Shvartz | Blacks | Yiddish (German origin) word for Black. Used neutrally and disparagingly. |
Shvatsa | Blacks | Yiddish word for nigger |
Shvooga | Blacks | Another word in Yiddish that means nigger |
Silverback | Blacks | Old Black. Silverbacks are the leaders in a pack of gorillas. |
Silvery | Blacks | Cockney rhyming slang for Coon - Silvery Moon - Silvery. |
Simian | Blacks | Primate |
Sir Mix A Lot | Blacks | They like big butts and they cannot lie... |
Six | Blacks | In the times of political correctness this is a good way to say Nigger without getting jumped. I belive it has to do with 6 letters in the word nigger. To use in a sentence; "Hey, look at that 6 over there." |
Sixer | Blacks | On the U.S. census, African American is code number six on the list of ethnicities. |
Skillet | Blacks | Refers to the color of iron skillets. |
Skinflint | Blacks | Skin appearance related. |
Slave | Blacks | Self-explanatory. |
Slave Ships | Blacks | Refers to pregnant black women. The idea is that they are carrying many children packed tightly inside. Similar to a slave ship. |
Sleestack | Blacks | From "Land of the Lost." The Sleestacks were stupid, slow, and apparently very lazy. They could never catch Chaka. |
Slide | Blacks | 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, "part of the White Castle family" ('sliders'). |
Smigger | Blacks | From the joke "what do you call a Black Smurf?" |
Smoke | Blacks | 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 | Blacks | 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 | Blacks | Color of feet. |
Smokestack | Blacks | Believed to originate in pre WW II Detroit. Comparison to the blackened smokestacks of the manufacturing plants. |
Smokey | Blacks | Self explanatory |
Sneakers | Blacks | They always come in pairs |
Snigger | Blacks | "Snow nigger." Black people seen on the ski slopes; a stereotype that they generally don't go skiing because they dislike the cold. |
Snipes | Blacks | Wesley Snipes is the blackest of the Black people. |
Snob | Blacks | Blacks who can't afford cars and are always seen riding bikes: (S)illy (N)iggers (O)n (B)ikes |
Snowflake | Blacks | 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 | Blacks | Refers to the way blacks speak Ebonics and append the word "son" to every phrase/sentence. |
Sooty | Blacks | Self-explanatory |
Soul Food | Blacks | From the black drama "Soul Food." |
Southern Windchime | Blacks | During the days of the KKK many black people were hanged from th same tree. |
Spabook | Blacks | Used by Michael Jackson for some unknown reason |
Spade | Blacks | The spades in decks of cards are black. |
Spear-Chucker | Blacks | Comes from the hunting styles of African tribal natives. |
Splib | Blacks | Most likely origin comes from the 1960's as an acronym for: South Philadelphia Lower-Income Blacks. |
Spliv | Blacks | Washington DC area police term |
Spoda | Blacks | How blacks talk (ex.) "We ain't Spoda be here." (we aren't supposed to be here) |
Sponge Head | Blacks | 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 | Blacks | Because of their dark skin, which can blend into the night, making them ghost-like. |
Spoon | Blacks | From the reflection you see when looking at a spoon. Originates from the shape of a Black person's nose |
Spoonbill | Blacks | A spoonbill is a type of bird. Look at one and the origin will be obvious. |
Spota | Blacks | (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 | Blacks | From the movie Goodfellas, character Stacks Edwards, the only black character, manages to fuck up the heist. |
Stepn Fetchit | Blacks | Stage name of American actor Lincoln Perry, type cast as a slow, uneducated & easily frightened Black man. Derogatory term also used to suggest the toady behavior of Black civil servants. |
Stovelid | Blacks | A book from the 1950's set in Florida (_The Lotus Eaters_) used Stovelid, which makes some sense if you've ever operated a big wood stove - the lids are the disks set into the big holes on top (these eventually became burners when the design was refined to use gas or electric). |
Stovepipe | Blacks | Stovepipes from wood-fired stoves get encrusted with black soot, hence the association. |
Strange Fruit | Blacks | 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 | Blacks | When the whites were sitting on the bus, the blacks had to stand and hold onto the strap. |
Street Cheetah | Blacks | A reference to the ghetto, i.e. uneducated Black criminals hanging around the streets day and night, along with the speed of young black males, like Cheetahs, the fastest animals in the jungle. |
Sub-Human | Blacks | They are said to be the missing link between apes and humans. |
Suntan | Blacks | Refers to their dark skin color. |
Suspect | Blacks | Self-explanatory. |
Swamp Donkey | Blacks | Blacks from rural areas |
Swamp-Runner | Blacks | Blacks running from slavery |
Swamper | Blacks | Refers to poor blacks who live in rural areas, especially if the area is predominantly white |
Sway | Blacks | They tended to sway from trees back in the Civil War days. |
Sweaty | Blacks | Perception that blacks appear sweaty and greasy. |
Sweetback | Blacks | 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 | Blacks being hung |
Tagger | Blacks | They often leave the tags on clothing. |
Tar Baby | Blacks | Skin color. From the "Uncle Remus" (Br'er Rabbit) story. |
Ted Stevens | Blacks | A brand of candied chocolate in England; Quite dull and worthless. |
Terrence | Blacks | Likely comes from the black singer Terence Trent D'Arby, who claimed that his debut album was the most important album since "Sgt. Pepper" and then bored his audience with self-important lyrics, losing major credibility in the process. |
The Element | Blacks | 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 | Blacks | The oldest living black person in a community. |
Thick Lips | Blacks | Originates from Shakespeare's Othello |
Thief | Blacks | Common stereotype |
Thing-a-manigger | Blacks | Used when talking about a third(black) person you don't know. |
Thirty-Six-Thirty (36-30) | Blacks | The latitude line between slave and free states |
Three-Fifth (3/5) | Blacks | 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 | Blacks listen to loud "thumping" music in their cars. |
Tibbs | Blacks | Reference to one of the cast members of "In the Heat of the Night." |
Tifuti | Blacks | Black Brazilians. Word for "niggar" in Brazil, pronounced CHEE-foo-CHEE |
Tigger | Blacks | A "typical nigger" |
Tizzun | Blacks | Neapolitan derogatory term for black person. |
Toad | Blacks | In prison, this is a widely used word for blacks. |
Toby | Blacks | Reference to the character in "Roots." |
Toilet Swimmer | Blacks | When sitting on the toilet, reference to large genetalia |
Token | Blacks | 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 | Blacks | For blacks that ride in hoopties with loud systems and smoke marijuana |
Tom Robinson | Blacks | Black criminals. Comes from "To Kill a Mockingbird" |
Tootsie Rolls | Blacks | Black children. Tootsie rolls are small and brown. |
Tounge-Clicker | Blacks | The Language for som African Peoples involves clicking of the tounge |
Tree Hockey | Blacks | Used by hockey players to make fun of blacks playing basketball. |
Tree Ornament | Blacks | Hanging reference. |
Tree-Jumper | Blacks | 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 | Blacks | Either from monkeys or the victim of a lynching. |
Trigger | Blacks | Rerence to high murder rate. Sounds like Nigger |
Tripod | Blacks | Stereotypical large penises |
Tutsoon/Tootsoon | Blacks | Origins in Chicago (particularly Italians). |
Tycoon | Blacks | A black man from Thailand |
Tyrone | Blacks | Popular Black name |
Tyvek | Blacks | Refers to unusual names given to many black men; actually, a material used by Du Pont for large mailing envelopes. |
Ubangi | Blacks | A river in Africa. |
Uncle Ben | Blacks | Black man on the famous rice box. |
Uncle Tom | Blacks | 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 | Blacks | Genus & species. Scientific name. self explanatory |
Urkel | Blacks | Nerdy Blacks. Character from "Family Matters" TV show. |
Vacuum Cleaner | Blacks | Their noses represent a vacuum. Also used because they "vacuum up" much cocaine. |
Vanilla Coke | Blacks | Black people with white personalities. |
Vanilla Gorilla | Blacks | A black guy who acts white. Used mostly to describe unathletic blacks, who, according to stereotypes, should be naturally good at sports |
Velcro-head | Blacks | Characteristics of the hair. |
Vinny Del | Blacks | Vinny del Negro was a basketball player |
Voodoo | Blacks | Stereotypical thought of blacks using voodoo. |
Water Buffalo | Blacks | Originally meant for noisy people but gained notoriety when a Jewish University of Pennsylvania student used it to describe members of a black sorority who held a loud party while he was trying to study. It turned into a hate crime case. |
Watermelon | Blacks | For their fondness for watermelon. Used in the movie "48 Hours". |
Wayans | Blacks | The whole "Wayans" family was on In Living Color |
Webe | Blacks | 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 | Blacks | See Welfare Mother. |
Welfare Mother | Blacks | Common stereotype representing that large, black, single-parent families are disproportionately represented on welfare rolls. |
Whale Turd | Blacks | Derived from the joke - Q. What do you call a black in the ocean? A. A whale turd. |
Whipping Post | Blacks | Black people were whipped while they were slaves. |
White Wall | Blacks | White wall tires have a thin line of white. Used for blacks who pretend to be white. |
Whose My Daddy? | Blacks | Common question among black children. |
Wikki Wikki | Blacks | DJ turntable scratching noise, often heard in rap music. |
Windchimes | Blacks | 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. |
Wog | Blacks | British, short for Golliwogg, a stuffed doll that mimicked Blacks. Recently was dropped (ref) as the logo used on jars of Robertson's jams and marmalades. |
Wookie | Blacks | In reference to the big brown Chewbacca the Wookie |
Wool Head | Blacks | Self-explanatory. |
Yam | Blacks | 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 | Blacks | 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 | Blacks | Young Black Male, police terminology. |
Yen | Blacks | 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 | Blacks | "Yo Yo's hang from strings." |
Yom | Blacks | In Brooklyn is short for melanzane. |
Yombo | Blacks | 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 | Blacks | Korean for "coal person" |
You People | Blacks | Ross Perot, while at the 1992 NAACP convention in Nashville TN, frequently addressed his audience as "you people." Revitalized again in April, 2007 when Don Imus said "I can't get any place with you people" on the Rev. Al Sharpton's radio show. |
Ze Goggles | Blacks | They do nothing. |
Zigaboo | Blacks | Variant of Jigaboo. |
Zip Coon | Blacks | Black stereotypical character from Antebellum South. |
Zoo Ape | Blacks | Ape in a zoo = Nigger in jail |
Zoot | Blacks | Blacks in the 1930s/1940s used to wear snazzy suits called zoot suits. |
Zulu | Blacks | Tribe name in Africa |
Willy B. | Blacks | famous gorilla from the Atlanta Zoo |
TNB | Blacks | Acronym for "Typical Nigger Behaviour" |