the N word

H   Thu Apr 16, 2009 4:25 am GMT
Hi,

I wonder what word is that. It was mentioned in BBC’s Hard Talk with Whoopie Goldberg yesterday. Can it be “negro”?

Thanks
Trimac20   Thu Apr 16, 2009 4:46 am GMT
Sure, go to downtown Cleveland at midnight and shout that word at the top of your lungs. You'll be the centre of attention!

I won't be liable for medical costs, or, more likely, undertaker/funeral expenses. lol
GLBT   Thu Apr 16, 2009 7:35 am GMT
N as in nose
I as in ice cream
G as in guy
G as in gay
E as in elephant
R as in robot

What do you get?
.   Thu Apr 16, 2009 9:57 am GMT
Troll.
John   Thu Apr 16, 2009 12:25 pm GMT
The word in question is ''niggerfaggot''.
Skippy   Thu Apr 16, 2009 2:27 pm GMT
The "n word" is "nigger." It's an extremely volatile racial slur (almost always directed at African-Americans, often black people in general, and very rarely to other races), and I recommend you never use it (unless you have a death wish).
tok   Thu Apr 16, 2009 2:44 pm GMT
Right, only black people may use that word impunity.
tok   Thu Apr 16, 2009 2:55 pm GMT
-> with impunity.
Guest   Thu Apr 16, 2009 3:37 pm GMT
<,almost always directed at African-Americans, often black people in general, and very rarely to other races), and I recommend you never use it (unless you have a death wish>>

The "other" word, directed at non-African Americans, is "w(h)igger"

go figure
Leasnam   Thu Apr 16, 2009 3:43 pm GMT
<<w(h)igger>>

To be more precise, a 'wigger' or a 'whigger' if you will, is a white person, usually a male, who wants to be the N word

Eminem is a good example
Guest   Thu Apr 16, 2009 10:25 pm GMT
<<To be more precise, a 'wigger' or a 'whigger' if you will, is a white person, usually a male, who wants to be the N word>>

You must be racist. If you weren't, you'd say "who wants to be black".
razdf   Thu Apr 16, 2009 10:47 pm GMT
<<You must be racist. If you weren't, you'd say "who wants to be black".>>

No, that would be more racist, because then you're saying all blacks act like niggas (gangstas). The wiggers don't want to act black in a normal sense but they want to act black in the gangsta sense. A white guy who wants to be like Barak Obama is NOT a wigger. A white guy who wants to be like Snoop Dogg is.
CID   Thu Apr 16, 2009 10:53 pm GMT
Barak Obama's BLACK??? :-o
razdf   Thu Apr 16, 2009 11:08 pm GMT
<<Barak Obama's BLACK??? :-o >>

The word 'nigger' has more than one meaning. There is the general offensive slur against any black person, but there is also a more specialised meaning of 'gangsta'. 'Wigger' is based on the second meaning and not the first.
Skippy   Thu Apr 16, 2009 11:25 pm GMT
<<'Wigger' is based on the second meaning and not the first.>>

I'm actually inclined to agree with this.