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JIGABOO
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Dictionary entry overview: What does jigaboo mean?
• JIGABOO (noun)
The noun JIGABOO has 1 sense:
1. (ethnic slur) extremely offensive name for a Black person
Familiarity information: JIGABOO used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
(ethnic slur) extremely offensive name for a Black person
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
jigaboo; nigga; nigger; nigra; coon; spade
Context example:
only a Black can call another Black a nigga
Hypernyms ("jigaboo" is a kind of...):
Black; Black person; blackamoor; Negro; Negroid (a person with dark skin who comes from Africa (or whose ancestors came from Africa))
Domain usage:
ethnic slur (a slur on someone's race or language)
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