nig-nog
Meaning
Noun
- A foolish person; hence, a raw and unskilled recruit.
- A person of color, especially, a black person.
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Origin
- From Cant. Crew nigmenog, a very silly fellow. Compare ning-nong.
- Reduplicative from nigger that became a part of the slang lexicon of people from Maine and other parts of the United States around the middle of the 20th century. It has also been applied to any persons of color, including East Asians, but this is largely exclusive to the UK.
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