Niggerball

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 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. 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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"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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