Nigger (disambiguation)

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Nigger is a highly pejorative term for a black person, derived from the word "negro"

Nigger may also refer to:

• Orsotriaena medus, or the smooth-eyed bushbrown, a butterfly historically referred to as the "nigger"
• Nigger (dog) (died 1943), Wing Commander Guy Gibson's dog at time of Operation Chastise, portrayed in the 1955 film The Dam Busters
• Steam nigger or nigger engine, a steam-powered tool formerly used in sawmills to turn logs^[1][2][3]
• Boss Nigger, a 1974 film directed by Jack Arnold

Writing

• The Nigger, a 1909 play by Edward Sheldon exploring black–white relationships
• Nigger: An Autobiography by Dick Gregory, comedian and activist Dick Gregory's autobiography
• Nigger: The Strange Career of a Troublesome Word, by Randall Kennedy, about the word "nigger"
• The Nigger of the Narcissus, a novel by Joseph Conrad

Music

• "Nigger" (Clawfinger song), first single by the Swedish band Clawfinger
• Untitled Nas album, an untitled album by the musician Nas, originally titled Nigger
• "Rock N Roll Nigger", a song by the Patti Smith Group from the album Easter
• Nigger, Nigger, and other Johnny Rebel songs using "nigger" in their title
• Nigger Fucker, and other David Allan Coe songs using "nigger" in their title

See also

• Nigga, within some contexts a non-pejorative colloquialism, derived from nigger
  • Félix Danilo Gómez, who uses the stage name "Nigga" in Mexico
• Niggerhead (disambiguation)

References