Colloquial term derived from the ethnic slur against black people
This article is about the colloquial slang. For the racial slur from which "nigga" derives, see Nigger. For the singer also known as "Nigga", see Flex (singer).
"Nigga, please" redirects here. For the album by Ol' Dirty Bastard, see Nigga Please.
Nigga (/ˈnɪɡə/) is a colloquial and vulgar term used in African-American Vernacular English that began as a dialect form of the word nigger, an ethnic slur against black people. As a result of reappropriation, today the word is used mostly by African Americans and Latino Americans (particularly those of Puerto Rican and Dominican descent) in a largely non-pejorative sense as a slang term referring to another black person or to themselves, often in a neutral or friendly way.[1][2] The word is commonly associated with hip hop music and culture.
In dialects of English (including standard British English) that have non-rhotic speech, nigger and nigga are usually[a] pronounced the same.
^"Definition of NIGGA". www.merriam-webster.com. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
^"nigga". Dictionary.com. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
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