N-bomb

noun, slang

noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The word nigger or nigga. euphemistic, slang

    "ALF’s racist N-bomb blooper reel has inspired another member of the 1980s sitcom cast to air an expletive of his own."

  2. 2
    Abbreviation of neutron bomb abbreviation, alt-of
  3. 3
    Abbreviation of nuclear bomb abbreviation, alt-of
  4. 4
    Alternative letter-case form of n-bomb (“the word nigger”). alt-of, slang
  5. 5
    The synthetic hallucinogen 25I-NBOMe, used as a recreational drug.

Example

More examples

"ALF’s racist N-bomb blooper reel has inspired another member of the 1980s sitcom cast to air an expletive of his own."

Etymology

From n (“abbreviation of nigger”) + bomb (“(euphemism marker)”).

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.