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▪ I. wigger
obs. dial. form of wicker; var. widger.
▪ II. wigger, n.
Brit. |ˈwɪgə|, U.S. |ˈwɪgər|
Forms: 19– whigga, 19– whigger, 19– wigga, 19– wigger
[Blend of white adj. and nigger n. Compare white nigger n. at white adj. Special uses 1e.]
A white or other non-black person who identifies with aspects of urban African-American culture, esp. hip-hop, and behaves or is perceived to behave in a manner associated with those cultural forms. Occas. derogatory, often offensive, even as a self-designation.
1988Washington Post 21 Apr. (Maryland section) 8/3, I have often heard the word ‘wigger’ used to describe a white person who supposedly acts and talks ‘black’, while the same type of taunting is put upon a black person who supposedly acts ‘white’. 1994Los Angeles Times (Electronic ed.) 4 Oct. The premiere issue features the article ‘Nigger, please’, which traces the history of the ‘N-word’ and its acceptance among some African Americans, in rap music and among white kids who want to be known as ‘wiggers’. 2000A. Calcutt Brit Cult 37/1 Although there are still plenty of young Asians who pretend to be American blacks (‘wiggas’, as Pervaiz Khan describes them..), being ostentatiously Asian is increasingly acceptable. 2003Philadelphia Apr. 224/2 If you're white, don't try to be black. There's nothing more insulting to black people than a wigger. |