List of ethnic slurs - Wikipedia American-Born Confused Desi, Indian Americans or other South Asian Americans, (desi) who were born in the United States Used chiefly by South Asian immigrants to imply confusion about cultural identity Now often used in a positive, reclaimed sense
Jigaboo - Etymology, Origin Meaning - Etymonline jigaboo (n ) insulting name for a black person, 1909, perhaps from jig (q v ), which had been applied insultingly to persons (regardless of race) since late 18c , and ending from bugaboo
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jigaboo - Wiktionary, the free dictionary Possibly an African word akin to Bantu tshikabo (“they bow the head docilely”) [1] Alternatively, perhaps from jig, formed similarly to bug and bugaboo jigaboo (plural jigaboos) […] a thicklips, a jigaboo or a jungle bunny, a spook or a spearchucker