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N-word
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- 1 The word nigger or nigga or nigra. euphemistic
"The prosecutor, his voice trembling, added that the "N-word" was so vile that he would not utter it."
- 2 Alternative letter-case form of n-word. alt-of
"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."
- 3 Any word, regardless of its starting letter, that is used oppressively, marginalizes or oppresses a group of people. euphemistic
"[It] has become ... an equivalent of the n''' word for Maori[s]."
- 4 The word Nazi. euphemistic
"After that episode aired a new rule was posted: "Do not mention the N Word (Nazi)!""
- 5 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”."
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- 6 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,"
- 7 A Danish/Swedish/Norwegian noun of the common gender (their indefinite article being en), as opposed to t-words, nouns of the neuter gender (their indefinite article being et).
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