925		Police Code in Suburban LA for "Suspicious Person"
AA		African American. Could also refer to double-A batteries, which you use for a while then throw away.
Abeed		Arabic term that means Black, many Middle Eastern immigrants to the United States use this
Ace Of Spades		Self Explanatory
African		Home continent.
African't		Unemployed/lazy
Africoon		Combination of African and Coon.
Afro		Referring to hairstyle
Americoon		Combination of American and Coon.
Angus		Angus are a black breed of beef cattle.
Antique Farm Equipment		Slaves being used for labor.
Ape		Self Explanatory.
Apple		Has to do with "hanging from a tree".
Arf		African Rock Fish. Jones Beach (NYC) term for  due to their poor swimming abilities.
Ashy		When their skin gets dry it can tend to look ashy.
Aunt Jemima		After the stereotypically Black trademark picture on "Aunt Jemima" brand breakfast foods.
Baboomba		From the "booming" of their car stereos.
Baboon		Another simian reference
Baluba		Name belonging to a tribe that killed Irish soldiers in Africa.
Baluga		Filipino equiv. to Nigger, known by all Filipinos
Banjo Lips		Big lips
Bantu		Comes from the apartheid racial classification for . Rarely used today. Derogatory
BAP		Means "Black American Princess". Arrogant female  who flaunt their money around and demand the finest things in life.
BBK		Big Black Cocks. Spelled with a K, as in the Korn song of the same title.
BDN		"Big Dummy Nigger" Comes from the movie "The Green Mile". A white prisoner calls a black prisoner a Big Dummy Nigger.
Bear		Black Educated And Rich
Bebe's Kids		Reference to a stand up comic's famous bit about Bebe's kids that inspired a movie years later.
Beggar		Black people often want "something for nothing."
Bergie		Originally referring to the primarily coloured hobos who live on Table Mountain near Cape Town.
BET		Black Entertainment Television
BFI		BFI, the name of a waste disposal company, is on the side of their dumpsters. Stands for Black Family Inside.
Billy Reuben		The pigment that makes feces brown is called "bilirubin"
Bingo-Bongo		Italian wordplay of African names/language
Biscuit Lip		Reference to large lips.
Bix Nood		From a racist cartoon spread on the internet where a black man is breaking into a house saying "mup da doo ditta po mo BIX NOOD"
Black Barbie		Refers to a black woman when she wears her hair and makeup to try and look like a white woman.
Black Magic		"It has always fascinated researchers how the black folk manage to get there hands on grog money daily." Specific words of the original submitter, of which I am fascinated by.
Black Time		Perceived tendency for  to be late
Blackie		Self-explanatory.
Blacky Chan		 who practice martial arts
Bleck		Sounds like the word "black" said with a South African accent.
Blockbuster		A real estate agent who sells a home in an upper-class white neighborhood to a black family, thus lowering the values of other homes in the neighborhood. (This can be stretched to include inviting a black or minority friend over for dinner.)
Blood		LA-based gang. Can be used offensively towards non-gang members.
Blow		Originated from  originally living in Africa and using blow guns.
BLT		"Big-Lipped Tyrone," or for female version "Big-Lipped Tyreesha." Inspired from the 80's version of Degrassi Jr. High where the black guy wore a shirt with the phrase "BLT," his initials.
Blue Gums		Old myth that if one were bitten by a nigger with blue gums, they would die.
BMW		"Black Mans Wish," referring to BMW automobiles.
Also: "Black Man, Working." Used by young Black women seeking a partner who is steadily employed. That such a code term was coined shows that a "BMW" must be something of a rarity.
Bo-Bo		Sounds like a monkeys name or implies stupidty.
Bobblehead		Black women have a tendency to violently shake their heads in heated conversations.
Boffer/Boofer		The Hawaiians or Polynesians call  this name. Same as nigger in the United States.
Bomb		Bombs in cartoons are typically black
Bonky		Name for  who act or talk white
Boogat		Comes from the similar idea of calling a black person a "Spook." C. 1940s
Boogie		Referring to "Boogie Woogie" form of jazz? Could come from W. African "Buuker" or "Buckra", meaning "Devil", "Boogie man" or "White Man". Turned around and used against  by Whites.
Boon		Probably a derivation of "Baboon" or the black "Boon Bug" beetle.
Bootlip		During the Industrial boom of the auto industry and OSHA'a requirement of safety precautions, workers were required to wear steel-toed boots. Common steel-toed boots are black in color and have large, bulky toes - referencing the size of black's lips.
Bounty Bar		The Bounty Bar is a coconut filled chocolate bar, so it's brown on the outside but white on the inside. An insult to (for example) black police officers in England.
Bourbon		Bourbon are brown coloured brown cream filled biscuits. Possibly a variant of eggplant. Bourbon is also a dark alchoholic drink
Boy		Originated during slavery. Used to belittle .
Bozak		Pronounced (bow-zack) southern term for a big black man. "thats one black bozak"
Branch Manager		Monkeys climb trees.
Brillo Pad		Hair reminiscent of a Brillo Pad.
Bro		Contraction of brother, see: Brother.
Brother		Used by  in an effort to help unify their race. Also used by non-black races to poke fun at or try to identify with the black race.
Brown Trumpet		Represents Black American jazz musicians.
Brownie		Skin color, like the favorite treat.
Bubb Rubb		Wooooo Wooooo.
Bubba		When referring to prison, the big guy who takes advantage of all the new prisoners is derogatorily called Bubba.
Bubbles		Big Black man from the film Lilo and Stitch
Buck/Buck Nigger		This word has been used since the 17th century to refer to a male Negro - no matter whether slave or not.
Buckwheat		Refers to Buckwheat, a Black character on "The Little Rascals."
Buffalo Soldier		When the U.S. government was clearing the West of Native Americans, they sent many black units to hunt them down. The Indians thought they looked like buffalo.
Bumper Lips		Self-explanatory.
Bun		Big Ugly Nigger.
Buppie		A (young) black upwardly professional person. Like yuppie, but refers to .
Burnt Cracker		Used as a response to  who call Whites crackers.
Burnt Match		Self-explanatory.
Burnt Toast		Skin color can resemble that of a burnt piece of bread.
Burr Head		Hair Texture.
Bush-Boogie		Derived from their jungle origins.
Butter		Alternative to Nigger.
C-15		From some mythical form where the circle you filled out for "race = black" was column c, number 15.
Caffre		Derogatory term used by South African whites during the apartheid era, now considered an offense and beeped out from the media (like an ordinary curse in USA)
Calpurnia		Black women that are nannies. Comes from the character Calpurnia in the book "To Kill a Mocking Bird."
Camel Lips		Self Explanatory
Canadian		Used as a masked replacement for 'Nigger.'
Candy Man		Named after Sammy Davis Jr.'s famous song, the "Candy Man."
Canigger		Combination of Canadian and Nigger for black Canadians.
Cargo		Slave ship reference.
Carl Winslow		Obese black males. Reference to character from "Family Matters" TV show.
Carlton (Banks)		Black males who behave like whites or talk very proper. "Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" reference.
Casabooboo		From 1960s African leader Casavubu.
Cast Iron		The color of cast iron after weathering or "black" pipe - plumber's term for ungalvanized cast/ductile iron.
Chad		Chad is the country next to Niger in Africa
Chain Dragger		Refers to being on a prison chain gang.
Chalky		Heard throughout Ireland, extremely derogatory word for , who have an increasing number in the Irish population.
Chango		Used by Hispanics. Spanish word meaning monkey.
Charcoal Briquette		Used by Tony Soprano from The Sopranos to represent his daughter's half black boyfriend.
Chernozhopyi		Russian term literally translating as 'Black-Assed'. Found here
Cheshire Cat		From Alice In Wonderland. The only way you see them in the dark is if they open their eyes and smile.
Chicago Navajo		Heavy concentration of  in Chicago
Chicken Bandit		Refers to one of their favorite foods.
Chiquita		The chiquita bananas have the black woman on the sticker
Choco		Short for chocolate, in reference to skin color.
Chocolate Drop		Chocolate is brown.
Chocolate-Covered Marshmallow		A black guy who acts white.
Chombo		Panamanian derogatory jargon.
CHUD		From the monster movie "C.H.U.D.", starring primitive dark creatures that lived in sewers
Clicky		From that African language that all it is is clicks and whistles
Cliff Ape		Black/Simian/Primate eference
Clocker		A street term for lowest level crack dealer.
Clyde		Perhaps comes from the name of the monkey in the Clint Eastwood films
Coal-Miner		A Russian term for , which originated because of their dark skin which looks like it is covered in coal dust. Pronounced "shahktor" in Russian.
Cocoa		From southwestern area of the US, called  "cocoa" for very much disrespect. See Cocoa Puff.
Cocoa Puff		 with afros or puffy hair
Cocolo		Dominicans used this term for  because they look like "Coco"nuts and it sounds really African.
Coconut		, Hispanics, Filipino, Arabs, etc. Mainly used to describe dark-skinned people who are perceived as trying to be "white"...brown on the outside, white on the inside.
Cocoon		It's what you call a black guy that stutters
Cold Drink		In the South, some  refer to all beverages as "Cold Drinks." For example, "I want some cold drink!"
Colin		Black who act white: Colin Powell.
Colonel's Kids		Refers to Colonel Sanders.  are thought to love Kentucky Fried Chicken.
Colored		Skin color. Probably not a very good slur, as it's one of the words of NAACP.
Coltrane		In reference to John Coltrane, the famous Jazz saxophonist. Used in the film "The Royal Tenenbaum's"
Congo		Dark African Americans who act better than White people
Congo Lip		In reference to the ring-shaped objects primitive peoples from the South American jungles insert into their lips.
Conky		Derived from "conk", a lye-straightened hairdo popularized in the 1920s by Cab Calloway.
Conquistador		Refers to the Spanish conquerors who took over areas against the will of the current inhabitants.
Convict		Two-thirds of American inmates are Black.
Cookie		One of the few jobs  were allowed to do after enlisting in the U.S. Navy was food preparation. Referenced in "Men of Honor."
Coon		Probably refers to the Portuguese word for slave pens or barracks "baracoons". Could also have meaning as a shortening of "raccoon", as raccoons have a tendency to steal.

Possibly from Dr. Carleton Coon, who, in the mid-1960's, theorized that  were less evolved than whites.
Coonadian		Black people from Canada
Cooner		Black actor who sells out to get laughs from white people.
Coontang		Whenever a White man fucks a Black woman, he gets some Coontang
Cordon		Derivative of the name of a champagne; Cordon Negro.
Cornbread		It was in the movie "Shaft." Apparently Black people like Corn Bread.
Cornelius		Planet Of The Apes reference.
Cosby		Sitcom named the Cosby's. A family of all .
Cotton Ball		Nappy/frizzy hair esp. the 70's Afro style; bought to pick cotton in the Old South
Cotton-Picker		Originates from pre-Civil War US. Refers to the slaves who picked cotton all day at the plantations.
Craw		Fondness of "CRAW"dads.
Crayola		Black people are colored, as in crayons.
Cream Of Wheat		A famous black person in the world of advertising is the man on the Cream of Wheat box.
Cricket		Color of skin vs. cricket's color (brown/black). Pure blooded  having "large fish eyes, dark brown skin, and long legs like a cricket." Could also refer to  that stay up all night playing loud thumping music, real common in the industrial Midwest.
Crime		The high crime rate among .
Crimestopper		Refers to an African American woman who has an abortion
Criminal Factory		Refers to pregnant black women, thought to be breeding future criminals.
Crioulo		Brazilian slur for black people
Crispy		Very dark black people are refered to as crispy
Crow		Relatively large black bird. Could also be a reference to "Jim Crow", a popular 19th-century minstrel song that stereotyped African Americans, which later was used as the name of the Jim Crow laws, which enforced racial segregation in the South.
Cubs		Look like cartoon bear cubs.
Cuff		Heard used by white southern Georgia farmers to describe . The origin is that  are always being arrested and being hand"cuffed" by the police.
Curb-Biter		Having someone bite the curb and kicking him in the back of the head is a painful way to kill someone. Often, as in the movie American History X, it is used as punishment for insubordinate .
Czarnuch		In Polish 'black' (as a color) is 'czarny'. Strongly derogatory.
D.F.N.		Dumb Fucking Nigger
DAN		"Dumb Ass Nigger". Used to conceil racially discrimative remarks towards  when present.
Darkie		Skin color.
Darkness		Self Explanatory. Often used to describe a crowd of African Americans.
Dawg		Some  call other "Dawgs". See: Homie
Defendant		They are known often as this in a court of law
Democrats		A popular political affiliation among African Americans. Also in reference to always wanting stuff for free.
Destro		Destro is the evil Cobra character from G.I. Joe.
Deuce		On the Philadelphia police form, 1=white, 2=black
Ding Dong		Black on the outside, white on the inside.  who act white
Dinge		Used in the novel "To Kill a Mockingbird".
Do-Da		Black people stand by the mail box and ask the mailman, "Do 'da, do 'da welfare check come today?"
Donkey Kong		Donkey Kong was a large ape.
Dootie		Refers to their dootie-brown skin.
Dorito		 have a fondness for Doritos.
Double A		Shorter version of 'African American.'
Double Dip		Used for extra-dark , appearing as if they were dipped in chocolate twice.
Doujin		Japanese slur for . Dou means dirt, jin means person.
DWB		Driving While Black. Police-type term referring to  driving through white neighborhoods.
Egglet		Black Children -- "little eggplant."
Eggot		Tagalog word for black (Phillipines)
Eggplant		Slur used mainly by Italians. See: Moolie.
Egot		A derogatory term used by Filipinos meaning "nigger".
Egoy		Filipino racial slang for Black people
Eight Ball		Color of the eight ball in pool
Elevator Operator		Non-demanding job for education-less/trade-less person.
Eraser Head		During the late 80's and early 90's it was popular for  to cut their hair at an angle, forming a bevel that look similar to those pink erasers that you used in grade school.
Es-obe		Meaning "Apes Obey!" Used by British Colonial masters in Africa commanding the African workers to get to work. The early colonized Africans, not knowing the meaning of the command also cultivated it into their language- using it among themselves to gather themselves to work efficiently.
Extra Crispy		A southern exspression that represents their burnt appearence, as well as their stereotypical love of fried chicken.
Fahim		Arabs use this word meaning charcoal to describe  and very dark arabs
Fakey Jamaikey		 who try to act Jamaican, but actually aren't. Mostly used on TV or for musical purposes. For example, Miss Cleo: psychic advisor and tarot card reader.
Fat Albert		Used against overweight African American males in reference to a popular 1980's cartoon created by Bill Cosby (for example, saying "hey hey hey" around a fat black man could be considered offensive by some)
Feargal		Short for Feargal Sharkey (a UK Pop singer from late 70's and 80's) which rhymes with Darkie.
Feb		February is Black history month.
Field Nigger		Field nigger is the term used to label  who choose not to identify with popular white society and culture, as opposed to house niggers-- who bend over backwards to win or maintain favor with whites while relishing in the fact that they at least reside in the house with the master rather then outside with the majority of .
FILA		Finally I Left Africa, popular clothing brand
Floppy		In Zimbabwe, the  are referred to as floppies because of the floppy hats they wear on their heads.
Foedy		Black people are known to drink "40"oz beers
Franklin		The only black kid from the Peanuts series.
Frasier		Term that represents people with big "packages."
FroBro		From Afro hair style and Bro for brother.
Frostbite		when one gets frostbite, their skin becomes dark
FUBU		As in the clothing line F.U.B.U., or known by African Americans as "For Us, By Us." Racially translated to "Farmers Used to Buy (or Beat) Us"
Future Inmate		Two-thirds of American inmates are Black.
G/Gee		Shortened from Gangster or OG (Original Gangster). Used as a greeting between gang members ("Yo, G, what up?"). Used in a derogatory fashion by members of other races or non-gang members.
Gar		Redneck term. Short for nig-GAR. Could also refer to the Gar, a fish similar to the piranha, found in streams in the Southern US and eating by many Southern .
Gatorbait		Dark meat of the chicken that was fed to alligators.
GED		The highest level of education many  get to.
Geechee		Specifically a derogatory term referring to the Gullah culture of African ex-slaves on the Atlantic coast of South Carolina/Georgia/Northern Florida.
Ghetto		Many Black people are forced into poor, crowded neighborhoods, like Jews were during the Holocaust. The crowded, poor Jewish neighborhoods were called "Ghettoes." So are the poor, crowded neighborhoods that  are forced into.
Ghetto Hamster		Black Children. A disposable pet.
Ghetto Monkey		 tend to live in ghettos.
Ghost Rider		 who have sex with whites.
Gimpy		It is an often stereotype that most people who collect unemployment are black. And  pretend they are injured so they can collect.
Glocky		Always carry Glocks when the go dealing
Golliwog		Refers to an old black caricature doll.
Gor		Rodney Gor (ney-gor)
Gorilla		Another Black-primate reference.
Grapico		It is said that  have an affinity for grape soda. Grapico is a popular brand in the South.
Greaser		Refers to the oily nature of a black person's hair.
Gro		From neGRO.
Groid		Short for Negroid.
Gronesha		Black Women. Used at the Battle of Valley Forge to describe the Black women who prepared the cannons.
GTA		Grand Theft Auto games are said to represent the lifestyle of black males.
Guttermonkey		Monkeys that live in the gutter.
Hagwei/Hayquay		Cantonese for "black ghost."
Hakui		Word means 'burnt' in Chinese
Half-Human		Reference to when  were counted as half a human for voting purposes.
Hambone		Refers to overweight black men.
Harlem		Harlem's (NY) residents are primarily Black.
Haunt		See: Spook
Hendrix		Black people who are able to play an electric guitar. Found offensive among certain groups.
High Yellow		Light-skinned black person. Adjective, generally used by  in describing  with a light complexion
HNIC		Acronym for "Head Nigger In Charge." Used by Morgan Freeman's character in "Lean on Me."
Ho Baas		Words uttered when a gun is pointed at  in old South Africa. "Baas" being Afrikaans for boss.
Ho De Doz		They work in large hotels and "hold the door" to let white folks in
Holy Shit		Black Priests only
Homey/Homie		Synonymous with friend in the black community, used by other races to poke fun at that.
Hoopty		Black people in the United States and Canada use this term to refer to an older, beaten up, junky car.
Hootie		From the pop band of the 1980's Hootie and the Blowfish. The lead singer was black (obviously Hootie). The other members of the band were white (Blowfish).
Horse-Gums		Self-explanatory.
Hotel		Ebonics: "I gave the bitch crabs and the hotel everybody."
Hotnot		Probably derived from Afrikaans "Hottentot", a name for a very traditional Khoisan group generally recognized as among the most primitive on earth.
House Nigger		The slaves called the butlers house niggers, basic Uncle Tom reference.
Huey		Black Panther founder Huey P. Newton
Hutch		Used by some southern people to refer to black people. May reference the type of cage used to keep small animals.
Huxtable		Taken from the Cosby show. A commentary on rich black people living like whites.
I P's		stands for Indigenous Population
Inky		Referring to the color of skin. Used mainly by darker-skinned  to lighter-skinned . Also Ink Baby or Inkspot.
J.J.		A goofy black guy, like the guy from Good Times.
Jackamammy		Combination of 'jack rabbit' and 'Aunt Jemima.' People have said that jack rabbits looked like 'lynched' black people.
Jackpot		Cause they always want to hit the jackpot
Jambo		Refers to  from Africa who are considered by other  as unsophisticated. Comes from 'Jambo Kenya' in the Kenya National Anthem
Jar Jar		In Star Wars Episode 1, the computer-generated character Jar Jar Binks was filled with stereotypical black behavior. The actor who did the voice was also Black.
Jellybean		"Everyone hates the black ones."
Jerry Curl		Popular black hairstyle.
Jersey-Dweller		New Jersey = the arm pit of America, this does not mean that African Americans live in Jersey. However, in any city in America, African Americans can be found in the worst parts (or arm pits) of that city. Therefore making them Jersey-dwellers.
Jet		For their "jet black" skin. Also for the black-orienied weekly magazine JET.
Jiffy Pop		Specifically Rastifarians. The traditional Rastafarian hat resembles a popped container of Jiffy Pop popcorn
Jig		Short for Jigaboo.
Jig And A Pig		Black men go for fat white chicks
Jigaboo		Very dark-skinned Black people. Usually used among lighter-skinned African-Americans to refer to ones of very dark complexion. Made popular in the 1975 movie "Cooley High." Often shortened to "Jig."
Jigga		Shortening of Jigaboo used in pop culture today,
Jim		Heard it used by Renko on Hill Street Blues. He called an older black man "Jim" and the guy flipped out and roared, "Who are you callin' Jim?" Most likely comes from the old Black slave character Jim in the book _Tom Sawyer_.
Jim Crow		Used a lot during the Civil War. He was a stereotypical minstrel show character, history described here. Also used to describe segregationist laws in the south, but I recently read about a bus driver who was fired for using the term to describe a black person.
Jr. Mint		White on inside, black on outside.
Juba		The black slave from the movie "Gladiator."
July Ham		July Ham is a Watermelon
June Bug		They come out in great numbers in the summer, and sit in the middle of the road.
Jungle Bunny		Jungle is referred to their jungle origins and bunny is referred to some people saying that jack rabbits looked like 'lynched' black people.
Justin Igger		Ie. "Hey I know that guy, he's Justin Igger"
Kaffer/ir		Afrikaaner word for , very derogatory. Made popular by Lethal Weapon 2.
Kaffir		In apartheit South Africa, it meant much the same as 'nigger' does in the United States.
Kala		Indian word for the color black. Used by Indians as a slur for black people.
KFC		Black people like fried chicken.
Kingfish		From Amos & Andy. Usually in reference to a poor, older black man.
Kirby		Cuban slur for . Kirby is a popular black bean manufacturer amongst cubans.
Kizzy		Kunta Kinte's daughter from the movie Roots.
Knees Grow		Comes from Negro.
Knuckle-Dragger		Often believed that black people have longer arms than other races and therefore their knuckles would drag.
Kobe		The popular black basketball player recently embroiled in a rape trial.
Koku-jin		Japanese term for  or anyone of African descent.
Koolaid		Black people are stereotypically partial to the red Koolaid.
Kooshi		Hebrew word for Africa or a black person
Kunta (Kinte)		From Kunta Kinte in the book/movie "Roots."
Kurochan		Japanese derogatory term-"kuro"=black color; "chan"=suffix used for children or someone younger
Kurombo		Used in Japan; considered very derogatory. Comes from "kuro" (=black color) and "bo" (casual suffix meaning young man).
Kushi		Israelis call black ethiopians kushi and  period. Means nigger. Originated from Cush.
Lando		"Lando" is the token Black character in both the original Star Wars Trilogy, and in Clerks: The Animated Series (Which lampoons that aspect of Star Wars)
Latifah		Reference to famous black actor/singer.
Lawn Jockey		Most all Lawn Jockeys are Black, sometimes also known as Porch Monkey. Author Ralph Ellison used the term to describe black people who felt/were treated as if they were speaking on behalf of the black race.
Leprecoon		Combination of Leprechaun and Coon for  of Irish descent.
Leroy		A stereotypically black name. Typically used as the name of a character is a racial joke, e.g.
LeRoy Rogers		Black cowboys.
Levar		Educated . Refers to Levar Burton of "Reading Rainbow" and "Star Trek: The Next Generation" fame.
Lincoln's Mistake		US President Abraham Lincoln is known to have freed the slaves.
Little (Black) Sambo		As with the Golliwog, originated as a relatively benign though mildly offensive characterization and was adapted by other writers to embody many black stereotypes of the time. Currently embodies stereotypes of docility, laziness, stupidity, and disloyalty.
Liver Lips		Self Explanatory
Liverlips		because it looks like they have liver on thier faces (originates in the southern US)
Lucius		Commonly used on poor black people. During the period prior to the Civil War, many  were named after famous Romans (e.g. Lucius, Marcus, Scipio, etc.)
Lugz		Named after the brand of footwear who's ad campaign is targeted towards .
Ma Se Poes		Comes from the general curse used by Afrikaans-speaking South Africans (mainly coloureds in Cape Town), "Jou ma se poes", which means "Your mother's cunt". Not that common anymore
Magila Gorilla		Term for a Huge, Fat, Black man.
Mammy		Similar to Aunt Jemima. Stereotype of black women as nannies to white children, especially overweight black women - see "Gone With The Wind".
Mandingo		In reference to the 1975 ploitation movie with the same name.
Mandinka		Reference to the motion picture "Roots": A Mandinka warrior was a 'Big Black Buck'.
Mangro-Monkey		Monkeys live in mangroves.
Maroon		When the slave ships had a troublemaking slave-to-be they would drop him off on a small island or rock in the middle of the ocean thus 'marooning' him.
MARTA		Metro Atlanta Regional Transit Authority. Or as it's sometimes known: Moving Africans Rapidly Through Atlanta.
Mavro/Mav		Greek word for black
Mayate		Hispanic term for 'Nigger.'
McNigga		Reference to McDonald's new line of advertising campaigns marketed towards .
Mechanical		English rhyming slang - Mechanical digger = Nigger
Melanzana		Italian for "eggplant" - very dark black people have a purplish tint to their skin, so does eggplant.
Mellanoid		Dictionary: one having dark pigmentation.
Melon Johnny		Italian slang for .
Meshky		Translated into Farsi (Persian language) means "black". Used commonly among young white boys as undercover means of saying "nigger"
Mi Dang		The Vietnamese term for African Americans.
Midnight		Self-explanatory.
Milk Dud		A black person with a shaved head.
Milkman		Black men who prefer white women. Used by .
Mishwa		Means "barbequed" or "grilled" in Arabic,  for their dark skin. Mishweya for females.
Miss Cleo		A reference to the (in)famous commercial personality.
Missippi Tree Emblem		Due to when they were hung in the Southern states.
Mississippi Blue Lip		Old redneck term.
Miyate		Mexican/Latino slang for "minority".
MLK		Pronouced "milk," made due to misrepresentation of national holidays
Mo And Yo		2 of the more common sounds they make in their general street slang.
Moanback		From Southern black garbage men giving the driver directions on when to back up (Come on back, or 'mon back).
Monday		Nobody likes Mondays.
Monkey		Similar appearance/genetics.
Monkeyboy		People once believed, because of their high cranium,  were close cousins to primates.
Mono		A hispanic term for  meaning monkey in most dialects.
Montu		Old African word that refers to tribes people.
Mooliachi		Female version of Mooley. Used in The Godfather.
Moolie		Shortened from Melanzane, meaning "eggplant" in Italian. Eggplants have black skin.
Moolignon		Italian for eggplant (technically Mulignane). Could be combination of Moolie and hooligan.
Moon Cricket		See Cricket. Possibly derived from the "MC" often used after many black nicknames. Also a possible reference to the minoral aspect of the African race in the United States. A black person(cricket) in a sea of white(the moon).
Mottisa		Back in slave days the Black servants would ask "Mo tee Sah", which in proper English translates to "More tea Sir?"
Mow-Mow		Refers to the Mau Mau movement in Kenya , that rose up in protest to the theft of their land by the British. Mau Mau is european-invented name; the Gikuyu people is the Kenyan name.
Mr. Big		From Yaphet Kotto's Character in the Bond film "Live and Let Die."
Mr. Bojangles		William "Bojangles" Robinson was a famous black dancer.
Muckadoo		Shawnee, Native American term for "Mud person"
Mud Duck		Dark skin. See Mud People.
Mud Flaps		Black people who have large lips.
Mud People		Sentiment that only Wasps are born with souls, everyone else God made from mud. Also suggests life without meaning, value or worth. Used by the church that was attended by Mr. Smith - the hate killer that shot up a bunch of Jews and  in the summer of '99.
Mud Turtle		Being bottom-feeders; Mud "musk" turtles have a distinct odor and are mud-colored
Mufasa		James Earl Jones' character from The Lion King.
Muffin-head		Reference to the popular black hair style of afro's.
Mulunyan		Italian word for egg plant, which is black when uncooked.
Munt		Rhodesian. Comes from the African word for "person"
N'er		Nonchalant way of saying "nigger."
Naca		North American Concrete Ape
NAGA		North American Ground Ape; Affectionately used by the LAPD during the Watts riot in Los Angeles.
Nagur		The Irish-Americans called black people "Nagurs" because they could not pronounce the word "Nigger" with their accent.
NAHA		North American Hairless Apes
Nanner		Banana/Monkey/etc related. Also a way to mask the word Nigger
NAPA		Nother American Pavement Apes.
Nappy Head		Refers to hair type.
Nappy-headed Ho		Black female basketball players (Thanks Don Imus, you racist douchebag)
Neekeri/Nekru		Finnish for "nigger."
Negative		South African - Referred to as undeveloped (as in film negatives).
Negress		Black female. Adapted from "nigger".
Negro		Once acceptable, it is now often taken derogatorily by .
Negroid		Negro + oid; +oid being a general english suffix meaning related to.
Nelly		Like Mammy. Common black name/character in Antebellum South.
NFT		NFT is the name of the MetroBus system in Buffalo, the initials came to represent Nigger Freight Train
Ni-ni		Used instead of "nigger" in potentially sensitive company, to avoid being overheard, or to appear politically correct.
Niche		Used by Cubans regarding .
Nig-nog		Used in England. Probably from the Dutch "niknok" (nigger) by way of South Africa.
Niggabyte		A computer geek who happens to be Black.
Niggapotomous		An extremely fat nigger.
Nigger		Most likely originates with the Latin word "niger" which translates to "black". Similar words for "black" exist in other languages (Spanish, for example, is "negro"). Also somewhat relates to the African country Nigeria, which is primarily black. Many variations exist, including "Nig", "Nigel", "Niggy", "Niggly", etc. Some interesting history.
Nigger mortis		It's like rigor mortis, except you're just too lazy to move.
Niggerachi		Black person who acts Hispanic
Niggerette		Black women. Adapted from: Nigger, See: Nigger.
Niggerino		A little nigger
Niggeroid		Usually light skinned mixed breed black and any other race.
Nigglet		Black children. Adapted from mixing Nigger with the word piglet (a baby pig)
Nightcrawler		Out at night,
Niglige		This describes the snow that piles up on the side of the street that turns black. To make a black snowman, you use niglige.
Nigloo		In northern Canada, it refers to  living way up north in the cold with the Eskimos.
Nignorant		Nigger + ignorant.
Nigonometry		 who are scholars at math.
Nigra		Used by Whites in the Jim Crow South who were too lace-curtain to say "nigger" but too racist to say "Negro."
Nigress		Black women. Nigress is to Nigger as Tigris is to Tiger.
Niknok		Dutch version of Nigger.
Nineteens (19's)		When choosing an exterior color for a Cadillac, a popular car amongst , the color code for black is 19.
Ninja		Ninjas wear black clothing.
Nitch		The females. Nigger-Bitch.
Nog		Stands for "Nigger Out of Gas". Used by White police officers to describe  who run out of gas and wait for the police to supply them some, which, supposedly, by law they have to do.
NOLA		Hurricane Katrina evacuees
Nonswimmer		You don't often see Black swimming
Nooc		Coon backwards
November		In the phonetic alphabet, "nigger" is spelled: November - India - Golf - Golf - Echo - Romeo
Nubian Princess		Originally was a compliment for Black women, grew popularity from the movie "Friday" then was commonly used mockingly under mentality that a Nubian meaning African even with a title of princess is still a Nigger.
Number 2		Usually when checking off racial or ethnic background African-American is the second choice.
Nurple		African , specifically. "So black they appear purple."
O.J.		From the football star/accused murderer O.J. Simpson.
O.T.W.		Other Than White. Could be used for any non-caucasian race
Oar Tuggers		Self explanatory
OBG		Original Blue Gums. Refering to the color of thier gums
Oil Slick		A very dark skinned black person who is sweaty, making his skin slippery.
Old Brown Tucker		Slur for an old African American man. Comes from a popular song during the time of the Civil War.
Omarosa		Bitchy black woman from the TV show "The Apprentice"
Orb		The word 'bro' backwards.
Oreo		A black person who acts white. Black on the outside, white on the inside. Or a person who half black/half white.
Orlando		Used by other black people to refer to the 'old-school'  who do not keep current with the 'gansta' styles of music or clothing.
Othello		Refers to black men who only date white women. Reference to the Shakespearean play of the same title about a black man named Othello married to a white woman.
P.O.A.		Previously Owned American
Palta		Means avocado in south american spanish, referring to the color of a ripe avocado
Papolo		Hawaiian word for "purple."
Patio Primate		Politically-correct version of "Porch Monkey"
Pez Dispenser		Used to refer to black women who have a great deal of children.
Pickaninny		From the days of slavery. Three possible origins: The slave owners would "pick a nincompoop" from the lineup of slaves; or the slave children who couldn't pick cotton "ain't pickaninny"; in some parts of the south, breasts are referred to as ninnys, so pickaninny was a reference to  being used as wetnurses.
Pine Sol		A fat black woman - inspired by the Pine Sol commercials.
Pine Tree Ornament		Pine trees were the tree of choice to hang
Pineapple		 who act like Asians, or is very into Asian culture. Black on the outside, yellow on the inside
Pink-Heel		Color of heel is pink.
Pit		Black Children. Stands for 'Perpetrator In Training.'
Platneus		Afrikaans. Means flat nose
Plow Jockey		 used to work the plows before the Civil War.
POC		Person Of Color
Point-Six (.6)		Reference to the 3/5ths Compromise, where the US Gov't decided that slaves () only counted as 3/5ths of a person for population reasons. (3/5=.6)
Pontiac		Stands for "poor old nigger thinks it's a Cadillac"
Poo		Poo-Poo (Feces are black or brown in color.)
Pookie		In the movie "New Jack City" Chris Rock played a black/crack-head named Pookie
Popolo		Hawaiian for 'black person.'
Porch Monkey		Low-income housing with no air conditioning led to many  in the projects sitting on the porch to stay cool. It was said that they looked like monkeys at the zoo. The adults were called "porch monkeys," and the children were "yard apes."
Prapper		A Gang known as the Bloods, say PRAAAAAP! sounding like a machine gun. It is used when 2 Bloods meet and greet.
Pretzel		Used in situations when saying the word "Nigger" would be inappropriate
Prieto		Used by hispanics in conjunction with nigger, but not just for black people.
Primate		Ape reference
Property		 were regarded as property and openly bought or traded before the Yankees won.
Pube Head		Black persons hair appears to be pubic.
Pubie		Refers to the pubic-like hair on ' heads.
Puddle Duck		From "Jemima Puddle Duck," a Peter Rabbit character
Pusher-Man		Drug dealing is the popular occupation in urban ghettos.
Quashee		Used by British to refer to  (originally slaves) in the West Indies; derived from Quassi, name of slave from Surinam who became famous
Ragoona		New Orleans white slang refering to the "doo-rag" which  frequently wear to keep their hair in place.
Raisinhead		Used on the TV show "Rescue Me"
Re-nigg		Explains a shift change at any of your local popular fast food establishments.
Redbone		Used by darker-colored  to refer to  with a very light complexion. Origin unknown. Link
Reggie		Common name, especially for famous Black sports stars.
Reggin		Nigger spelled backwards
Reggina		"A Nigger" spelled backwards
Remote Control		Remotes are black and they do things for you. (slavery)
Roach		They come out at night to raise hell - turn on the lights and they scatter
Rock		Used by lifeguards, because they're always rescuing ; they sink like rocks.
Rockfish		Plays on the stereotype that  cannot swim, and will "sink like a rock." Also: "African rockfish."
Roid		Short for Negroid.
Rope-Head		Name for younger black women who use thick, braided hair weaves because the end result often looks like rope.
Rope-Straightener		Self explanatory
Royal Hawaiian		 in Hawaii who attempt to pass themselves off as ethnically Hawaiian.
Rufus		After the character "Rufus Xavier Sasparilla" from schoolhouse rock.
Runs, The		The "runs" is a term commonly used to speak of diahrrea; also because black people are known to excel in running
Safe		Because the government gives them food, housing, money and protects them from "hate".
Sailor		Because they constantly wear the clothing line Nauitica, yet very, very few own a boat.
Sambo		See Little (Black) Sambo.
San		(S)tupid (A)ss (N)igger .. see Dan
Sanford		From Sanford and Son.
Satchmo		Originally Louis Armstrong's nickname. Can be heard amongst other slurs in the People Haters song, "You're A Nigger"
Scat		Scat is also known as animal fecal matter, which is brown; also for Scat music which is from black origin
Schwartza		(sh-var-tza) Stems from the Yiddish word schvartz, or black. It is not derogatory in nature, but usually ends up being used in not the nicest of ways.
Schwarzenigger		A black man who is extremely muscular.
Schwarzie		'Schwarz' is German for 'black.'
Schwoogie		Believed to be contraction of Yiddish/German schwatrz (black) and boogie.
Semi-Simian		Simian meaning of, relating to, or resembling monkeys or apes.
Shade		Old-fashioned term derived because  are dark like a shade
Shadow		Refers to color of skin
Shadow-Smurf		They the darkest of all Smurfs.
Shaft		Black man, from black exploitation film "Shaft"
Shaka Zulu		Leader of the Zulu tribe in Africa located in present day Zimbabwe
Shine/Shiner		In reference to the shine their skin can sometimes give off. Also a 1920's main occupation, shoe shiners.
Shipping Cargo		Refers to slave trading. Slaves to be shipped were packed inhumanly close.
Shit-Slinger		A typical behavior of monkeys is to throw feces.
Shitheel		Slang term for a Black servant. Southern origins.
Shitskin		Color of skin.
Shoe Shiner		Many shoe shiners in cities are black.
Shuffalong		Supposed to mean "shuffle along." Refering to lazy slaves.
Shvartz		Yiddish (German origin) word for Black. Used neutrally and disparagingly.
Shvatsa		Yiddish word for nigger
Shvooga		Another word in Yiddish that means nigger
Silverback		Old Black. Silverbacks are the leaders in a pack of gorillas.
Silvery		Cockney rhyming slang for Coon - Silvery Moon - Silvery.
Simian		Primate
Sir Mix A Lot		They like big butts and they cannot lie...
Six		In the times of political correctness this is a good way to say Nigger without getting jumped. I belive it has to do with 6 letters in the word nigger. To use in a sentence; "Hey, look at that 6 over there."
Sixer		On the U.S. census, African American is code number six on the list of ethnicities.
Skillet		Refers to the color of iron skillets.
Skinflint		Skin appearance related.
Slave		Self-explanatory.
Slave Ships		Refers to pregnant black women. The idea is that they are carrying many children packed tightly inside. Similar to a slave ship.
Sleestack		From "Land of the Lost." The Sleestacks were stupid, slow, and apparently very lazy. They could never catch Chaka.
Slide		Used by some police. It was created so that they could refer to  in a derrogatory way and not get in trouble. Said because  'slide' through everything - they're lazy. Also said, "part of the White Castle family" ('sliders').
Smigger		From the joke "what do you call a Black Smurf?"
Smoke		From the similarity between their skin color and the color of smoke. Also from the way that they were said to be able to sneak around quietly, entering a room "like smoke".
Smoked Irish		Irish, especially during the late 19th early 20th century, were thought of as no better than "niggers," and conversely,  were associated with them.
Smokefoot		Color of feet.
Smokestack		Believed to originate in pre WW II Detroit. Comparison to the blackened smokestacks of the manufacturing plants.
Smokey		Self explanatory
Sneakers		They always come in pairs
Snigger		"Snow nigger." Black people seen on the ski slopes; a stereotype that they generally don't go skiing because they dislike the cold.
Snipes		Wesley Snipes is the blackest of the Black people.
Snob		 who can't afford cars and are always seen riding bikes: (S)illy (N)iggers (O)n (B)ikes
Snowflake		Was used to indicate an educated black man during the civil war; white collar  were pretty rare - only white people had desk jobs.
Son		Refers to the way  speak Ebonics and append the word "son" to every phrase/sentence.
Sooty		Self-explanatory
Soul Food		From the black drama "Soul Food."
Southern Windchime		During the days of the KKK many black people were hanged from th same tree.
Spabook		Used by Michael Jackson for some unknown reason
Spade		The spades in decks of cards are black.
Spear-Chucker		Comes from the hunting styles of African tribal natives.
Splib		Most likely origin comes from the 1960's as an acronym for: South Philadelphia Lower-Income .
Spliv		Washington DC area police term
Spoda		How  talk (ex.) "We ain't Spoda be here." (we aren't supposed to be here)
Sponge Head		African's naturally bouncy/kinky hair, when uncut, tends to be big and poofy when dried out. When you sqeeze it it seems as if it would bounce back at release
Spook		Because of their dark skin, which can blend into the night, making them ghost-like.
Spoon		From the reflection you see when looking at a spoon. Originates from the shape of a Black person's nose
Spoonbill		A spoonbill is a type of bird. Look at one and the origin will be obvious.
Spota		(Pronounced Spoh-tuh) Stereotype of dumb inner city ' slang for supposed to. "Spota get a job. Spota take care of the kids. Spota not break the law."
Stacks		From the movie Goodfellas, character Stacks Edwards, the only black character, manages to fuck up the heist.
Stepn Fetchit		Stage name of American actor Lincoln Perry, type cast as a slow, uneducated & easily frightened Black man. Derogatory term also used to suggest the toady behavior of Black civil servants.
Stovelid		A book from the 1950's set in Florida (_The Lotus Eaters_) used Stovelid, which makes some sense if you've ever operated a big wood stove - the lids are the disks set into the big holes on top (these eventually became burners when the design was refined to use gas or electric).
Stovepipe		Stovepipes from wood-fired stoves get encrusted with black soot, hence the association.
Strange Fruit		Coined by  during slavery to refer to other  who were hanged from trees. Used in a Billie Holiday song during the Civil Rights movement. See: Apple (2).
Strap Hangers		When the whites were sitting on the bus, the  had to stand and hold onto the strap.
Street Cheetah		A reference to the ghetto, i.e. uneducated Black criminals hanging around the streets day and night, along with the speed of young black males, like Cheetahs, the fastest animals in the jungle.
Sub-Human		They are said to be the missing link between apes and humans.
Suntan		Refers to their dark skin color.
Suspect		Self-explanatory.
Swamp Donkey		 from rural areas
Swamp-Runner		 running from slavery
Swamper		Refers to poor  who live in rural areas, especially if the area is predominantly white
Sway		They tended to sway from trees back in the Civil War days.
Sweaty		Perception that  appear sweaty and greasy.
Sweetback		Name of Black Pimp in Melvin Van Peebles movie who kills white police and gets away with it, common aspiration of black ghetto youths
Swinger		 being hung
Tagger		They often leave the tags on clothing.
Tar Baby		Skin color. From the "Uncle Remus" (Br'er Rabbit) story.
Ted Stevens		A brand of candied chocolate in England; Quite dull and worthless.
Terrence		Likely comes from the black singer Terence Trent D'Arby, who claimed that his debut album was the most important album since "Sgt. Pepper" and then bored his audience with self-important lyrics, losing major credibility in the process.
The Element		Used in reference to minorities in terms of location. Example: This neighborhhod was nice until the element moved in. Not necessarily specific to .
The Missing Link		The oldest living black person in a community.
Thick Lips		Originates from Shakespeare's Othello
Thief		Common stereotype
Thing-a-manigger		Used when talking about a third(black) person you don't know.
Thirty-Six-Thirty (36-30)		The latitude line between slave and free states
Three-Fifth (3/5)		Same vain as Point-Six. In reference to the 3/5ths Compromise, where the US Gov't decided that slaves () only counted as 3/5ths of a person for population reasons.
Thumper		 listen to loud "thumping" music in their cars.
Tibbs		Reference to one of the cast members of "In the Heat of the Night."
Tifuti		Black Brazilians. Word for "niggar" in Brazil, pronounced CHEE-foo-CHEE
Tigger		A "typical nigger"
Tizzun		Neapolitan derogatory term for black person.
Toad		In prison, this is a widely used word for .
Toby		Reference to the character in "Roots."
Toilet Swimmer		When sitting on the toilet, reference to large genetalia
Token		Indicates that a person is unqualified for his/her position and received it on racial grounds. One of the two black characters on the show South Park is named Token. Could be used for any race.
Tokenbump		For  that ride in hoopties with loud systems and smoke marijuana
Tom Robinson		Black criminals. Comes from "To Kill a Mockingbird"
Tootsie Rolls		Black children. Tootsie rolls are small and brown.
Tounge-Clicker		The Language for som African Peoples involves clicking of the tounge
Tree Hockey		Used by hockey players to make fun of  playing basketball.
Tree Ornament		Hanging reference.
Tree-Jumper		Mike Tyson in an interview referred to others calling him a "tree jumper", obviously because monkeys in the jungle jump between trees in the forest canopy
Tree-Swinger		Either from monkeys or the victim of a lynching.
Trigger		Rerence to high murder rate. Sounds like Nigger
Tripod		Stereotypical large penises
Tutsoon/Tootsoon		Origins in Chicago (particularly Italians).
Tycoon		A black man from Thailand
Tyrone		Popular Black name
Tyvek		Refers to unusual names given to many black men; actually, a material used by Du Pont for large mailing envelopes.
Ubangi		A river in Africa.
Uncle Ben		Black man on the famous rice box.
Uncle Tom		 who suck up to white people. In reference to the Uncle Tom character in the famous 1852 book "Uncle Tom's Cabin" by Harriet Beecher Stowe.
Unemployus Africanus		Genus & species. Scientific name. self explanatory
Urkel		Nerdy . Character from "Family Matters" TV show.
Vacuum Cleaner		Their noses represent a vacuum. Also used because they "vacuum up" much cocaine.
Vanilla Coke		Black people with white personalities.
Vanilla Gorilla		A black guy who acts white. Used mostly to describe unathletic , who, according to stereotypes, should be naturally good at sports
Velcro-head		Characteristics of the hair.
Vinny Del		Vinny del Negro was a basketball player
Voodoo		Stereotypical thought of  using voodoo.
Water Buffalo		Originally meant for noisy people but gained notoriety when a Jewish University of Pennsylvania student used it to describe members of a black sorority who held a loud party while he was trying to study. It turned into a hate crime case.
Watermelon		For their fondness for watermelon. Used in the movie "48 Hours".
Wayans		The whole "Wayans" family was on In Living Color
Webe		Pronounced "we be", this refers to the inability of most  to conjugate the "be" verb, thus resulting in "we be" instead of "we are" when making references to themselves.
Welfare Monkey		See Welfare Mother.
Welfare Mother		Common stereotype representing that large, black, single-parent families are disproportionately represented on welfare rolls.
Whale Turd		Derived from the joke - Q. What do you call a black in the ocean? A. A whale turd.
Whipping Post		Black people were whipped while they were slaves.
White Wall		White wall tires have a thin line of white. Used for  who pretend to be white.
Whose My Daddy?		Common question among black children.
Wikki Wikki		DJ turntable scratching noise, often heard in rap music.
Windchimes		A common practice of southerners was to hang . When the wind blew and swung them back and forth against each other southerners would refer to them as windchimes.
Wog		British, short for Golliwogg, a stuffed doll that mimicked . Recently was dropped (ref) as the logo used on jars of Robertson's jams and marmalades.
Wookie		In reference to the big brown Chewbacca the Wookie
Wool Head		Self-explanatory.
Yam		Term used extensively by the military in Robert O'Connors novel "Buffalo Soldiers" about US Soldiers stationed in Germany. Originates probably with the food which is a staple of southern cooking.
Yard Ape		Low-income housing quite often has no air conditioning. Thus, people who live in housing projects often sit out front to keep cool. This slur originated in the 60's and 70's.
YBM		Young Black Male, police terminology.
Yen		Yellow Eyed Nigger. These are , usually male, that due to a life of hard substance abuse have the whites of their eyes turn a hepatitis yellow.
Yo Yo		"Yo Yo's hang from strings."
Yom		In Brooklyn is short for melanzane.
Yombo		The Yombo was a sandwich way back when that was the first to come in a styrofoam box. Spelled "Yumbo" or "Yambo"
Yont'an Saram		Korean for "coal person"
You People		Ross Perot, while at the 1992 NAACP convention in Nashville TN, frequently addressed his audience as "you people." Revitalized again in April, 2007 when Don Imus said "I can't get any place with you people" on the Rev. Al Sharpton's radio show.
Ze Goggles		They do nothing.
Zigaboo		Variant of Jigaboo.
Zip Coon		Black stereotypical character from Antebellum South.
Zoo Ape		Ape in a zoo = Nigger in jail
Zoot		 in the 1930s/1940s used to wear snazzy suits called zoot suits.
Zulu		Tribe name in Africa
Willy B.		famous gorilla from the Atlanta Zoo
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