nig-nog
Noun
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Noun
nig-nog (plural nig-nogs)
- (slang) A foolish person; hence, a raw and unskilled recruit.
- 1953, Punch 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.].
- 1962 A. Wesker, Chips with Everything i. iii. 17
- A straight line, you heaving nig-nogs, a straight line.
- 1967 Times, 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.
- 1953, Punch 9 Dec. 692/3
nig-nog (plural nig-nogs)
- (slang, offensive, ethnic slur) A person of color, especially, a black person.
- 2002, Vron Ware, Les Back, Out of Whiteness: Color, Politics, and Culture
- We didn't touch their area before but we ran through Brixton and you couldn't see a nig-nog on the street. Any nig-nog walked on the street was dead.
- 2002, Vron Ware, Les Back, Out of Whiteness: Color, Politics, and Culture
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