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单词 wigger
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wiggern.

Brit. /ˈwɪɡə/, U.S. /ˈwɪɡər/
Forms: 1900s– whigga, 1900s– whigger, 1900s– wigga, 1900s– wigger.
Origin: Formed within English, by blending. Etymons: white adj. and n., nigger n.
Etymology: Blend of white adj. and n. and nigger n. Compare white nigger n..
A white or other non-black person who identifies with aspects of African-American culture, esp. hip-hop, and behaves or is perceived to behave in a manner associated with those cultural forms. Occasionally derogatory, often offensive, even as a self-designation.
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1988 Washington 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’.
1994 Los 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’.
2000 A. 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.
2003 Philadelphia Apr. 224/2 If you're white, don't try to be black. There's nothing more insulting to black people than a wigger.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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