Niggerball
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A large black gobstopper (long-lasting candy). South-Africa, countable, dated, offensive
"1972, Contrast, Volume 8, South African Literary Journal Nigger-balls are the best sweets. You get four for a penny. When the black is sucked off you get pink and blue and blue-green, but you can't bite them until you've sucked them small or you'll chip your teeth."
- 2 The sport of basketball. US, derogatory, ethnic, offensive, slur, uncountable
"It's easy to see how Amerika's so easily turning into a police state, give the unwashed masses their television and some niggerball and they'll ignore the fact that they're slaves."
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More examples"1972, Contrast, Volume 8, South African Literary Journal Nigger-balls are the best sweets. You get four for a penny. When the black is sucked off you get pink and blue and blue-green, but you can't bite them until you've sucked them small or you'll chip your teeth."
Etymology
From nigger + ball.
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