Words similar to nigger
Example sentences for: nigger
How can you use “nigger” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:
No one I associate with uses the term "nigger" to describe each other or any other black person for that matter.
For example, the Eagles called the Rattlers the "nigger campers," even though all the boys were white.
The Post notes that "niggardly" is etymologically completely unrelated to "nigger" (it has Middle English roots and means stingy) and says that if in fact the man used the word innocently and in its correct context, then the loss of his job is "truly remarkable."
Lenny Bruce built a routine around the idea that repeating the word "nigger" over and over and over very, very fast could strip it of its cruel power, reducing it to an impotent sound.
A piece on the WP front reports on an organized protest campaign of thousands of angry phone calls, letters and e-mails directed at Merriam-Webster because of its current dictionary's definition of "nigger" as "a black person--usually taken to be offensive."