jigaboo

English

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Etymology

Possibly an African word akin to Bantu tshikabo (“they bow the head docilely”).[1] Alternatively, perhaps from jig, formed similarly to bug and bugaboo.

Pronunciation

Noun

jigaboo (plural jigaboos)

  1. (offensive, slang, dated) A black person.
    • 2012, Michael Rogers, Coconut Shells, page 3:
      […] 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. (offensive, slang, dated) Any dark-skinned person.

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References

  1. ^ Holloway, Joseph E, ed. (13 July 2005). Africanisms in American Culture: jiggabo
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