Jigaboo
/ˈd͡ʒɪɡəbuː/ noun, slang
noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A black person. dated, offensive, slang
"[…] a thicklips, a jigaboo or a jungle bunny, a spook or a spearchucker. My least favourite of these names that people found for black people was the rancid and disgusting “munter”, a Bantu word which the Afrikaners used as an expletive […]"
- 2 (ethnic slur) extremely offensive name for a Black person wordnet
- 3 Any dark-skinned person. dated, offensive, slang
Example
More examples"[…] a thicklips, a jigaboo or a jungle bunny, a spook or a spearchucker. My least favourite of these names that people found for black people was the rancid and disgusting “munter”, a Bantu word which the Afrikaners used as an expletive […]"
Etymology
Possibly an African word akin to Bantu tshikabo (“they bow the head docilely”). Alternatively, perhaps from jig, formed similarly to bug and bugaboo.