nigga

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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.

Scrabble points
7
Words With Friends
10
Letters
5
Pronunciation
/ˈnɪɡə/

Definition of nigga

6 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (alt-of, dated, ethnic, offensive, pronunciation-spelling, slur, vulgar)Pronunciation spelling of nigger.
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noun

  1. (alt-of, dated, ethnic, offensive, pronunciation-spelling, slur, vulgar)Pronunciation spelling of nigger.
  2. (offensive, often, slang, vulgar)A close and loyal friend.
    “I'd never betray you, 'cause you my nigga, man.”
  3. (offensive, often, slang, vulgar)A black person (usually a male friend), especially an African American.
    “As soon as I walked into the class and saw that sea of white faces, I felt alone, so I sat next to the only other nigga there.”
    “"I mean, if you're not interested, it ain't nothing but a thang, baby girl. Just let a nigga know."”
  4. (offensive, often, slang, vulgar)Any person, though chiefly male.
    “White niggas do be like, this is too spicy.”
    “All these freshman niggas are so annoying.”
    “These niggas out here bein' fake.”
  5. (offensive, often, slang, vulgar)A male, especially an adult one, as opposed to a female.
    “Niggas on my dick more than my bitches.”
    “I read somewhere I'm homophobic. Shit, go through the hood. There's mad niggas on my dick.”
    “Now if you go to a party, and it's straight niggas, then I say a good 7 times out of 10, it's bouta get LIT UP! Like bro, dudes don't go to parties for other dudes. Nobody wants to pull up to a sausage fest. Like nothing is worse than pulling up to a party that was promoted to have hella joints there, for there to be no females there!”
  6. (vulgar)A type of acrographic lexical list included in Old Babylonian scribal curriculum.

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Etymology

From a dialectal non-rhotic pronunciation of nigger.

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