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▪ I. nig-nog1 slang.|ˈnɪgnɒg| [Perh. f. nigmenog fool.] A foolish person; hence, a raw and unskilled recruit. Cf. ning-nong.
1953Punch 9 Dec. 692/3 All must be represented on a strict basis of proportion of the number of citizens for whom they cater: Football-pool promoters (six representatives), barrow-boys (two representatives), share-pushers, erks, nig-nogs, [etc.]. 1962A. Wesker Chips with Everything i. iii. 17 A straight line, you heaving nig-nogs, a straight line. 1967Times 30 Nov. 10/8 ‘Nig-nog’ was used on the railways and elsewhere long before coloured immigrants appeared... It is usually taken as a mildly contemptuous but good-humoured name for an unskilled man or novice. ▪ II. nig-nog2|ˈnɪgnɒg| [Redupl. shortened form of nigger n.] A coarsely abusive term for a Negro.
1959M. Pugh Chancer 85 First lot, and look lively. Lot of nig-nogs off the trees. 1971J. Gardner Every Night's a Bullfight xiii. 405 I'm talking about you and your precious Juliet, your beloved Carol bloody Evans that nig-nog tart. 1972D. Onyeama Nigger at Eton x. 199 The word ‘wog’..was one racial name which I always seemed to fear at Eton. Together with ‘nig-nog’, it was the term of abuse which..I did not, to start with, understand the meaning of. 1974Times 14 Feb. 16/8 I'm not going to vote until they get me a house and get rid of the nignogs. 1975J. Symons Three Pipe Problem v. 36 He wanted to send the nig nogs and the Pakis back where they belong, in the jungle. |