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In some senses, n-word is marked as euphemistic. Watch for register when choosing this word.
ADJ.
celebrated, derogatory, equivalent, printed, public, used, vile
VERB + N-WORD
added, called, heard, kept, said, say, use, uses
N-WORD + NOUN
context, mary, video
PREP.
after, in
ADV.
inadvertently
noun
The word nigger or nigga or nigra.
The prosecutor, his voice trembling, added that the "N-word" was so vile that he would not utter it.
I do not use “children”, because I see that word as being an equivalent to the N-word in this context [the out-right slavery that those under 18 face]. “Childish”, “child-like”, etc. usually have very negative or derogatory connotations.
Any word, regardless of its starting letter, that is used oppressively, marginalizes or oppresses a group of people.
[It] has become ... an equivalent of the n''' word for Maori[s].
"It's important to understand that for Indigenous people, this word is our N-word," said Douglas Stewart, an Indigenous teacher at Harrison Trimble High School in Moncton.
The word Nazi.
After that episode aired a new rule was posted: "Do not mention the N Word (Nazi)!"
The preceding poem inspired the “Not Say Nazi” movement to stamp out widespread ignorance and to abolish the N-word and the F-word.
The word nuclear.
Parkinson has to live with the dreaded “N” word. So feared is the word “nuclear” that there are those who balk at using such harmless phrases as “nuclear family”.
—and there is a large tendency, I think, to think of our sites totally in terms of the “n” word, the nuclear radioactive word, but 80 percent of the waste that we have on these sites is chemical hazardous waste , which makes us no different in that respect from all of the major industrial companies in the United States who have to deal with this problem.
A negation word, such as not, nobody, or nothing.
Hence, the reasoning applied to (15) above extends to (20), leading us to conclude that the n-word rien,
noun
Alternative letter-case form of n-word.
Some middle schoolers are learning that history isn’t always meant to be celebrated after the N-word was inadvertently printed on the front cover of their yearbooks.
The prosecutor, his voice trembling, added that the "N-word" was so vile that he would not utter it.
WiktionaryI do not use “children”, because I see that word as being an equivalent to the N-word in this context [the out-right slavery that those under 18 face]. “Childish”, “child-like”, etc. usually have very
WiktionaryThat well-spoken token, who ain't been heard / The only white rapper who's allowed to say the N-word
WiktionarySome middle schoolers are learning that history isn’t always meant to be celebrated after the N-word was inadvertently printed on the front cover of their yearbooks.
WiktionaryTom used the n-word.
Tatoeba · #6028943Sami used the N-word.
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In some senses, n-word is marked as euphemistic. Watch for register when choosing this word.