单词 | niggergram |
释义 | niggergramn. Caribbean (chiefly Trinidad) slang (depreciative, frequently humorous). A piece of (frequently scandalous) information spread by word of mouth; a rumour, a piece of gossip.Likely to be considered offensive outside Caribbean usage. ΚΠ 1957 V. S. Naipaul Mystic Masseur viii. 149 The Niggergram said that it had more than a hundred windows and that if the Governor got to hear, there was going to be trouble. 1957 S. Selvon Ways of Sunlight ii. 177 I got a niggergram she was in Piccadilly the other night with a English fellow. 1993 TnT Mirror (Trinidad & Tobago) 19 Sept. 4 She again, according to ‘niggergram’ left home 27 times in the 16 or so years they lived together. 2007 www.reggaesoundsplash.com 3 May (O.E.D. Archive) Hey hey read back that—i said the niggergram in trinidad say he on drugs. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1957 |
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