Jigaboo


[jig-uh-boo] /ˈdʒɪg əˌbu/

noun, plural jigaboos. Slang: Extremely Disparaging and Offensive.
1.
a contemptuous term used to refer to a black person.
n.

insulting name for “a black person,” 1909, perhaps from jig (q.v.), which had been applied insultingly to persons since late 18c., and ending from bugaboo.

modifier

: a jig band

noun

A black person (1909+)

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