Phrases
the N-word
or less commonly the n-word
—used euphemistically to refer to the word nigger
A suburban Philadelphia school expelled "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" from its curriculum over the book's overuse of the N-word.—
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Consider two recent events that occurred soon after the film’s release in mid-April:
A White woman in Minnesota appears to have admitted to hurling a racial slur at a young Black boy on a public playground — calling him the N-word — after accusing him of stealing from her child’s diaper bag.
—John Blake, CNN Money, 16 May 2025
In the late twenty-tens, there was an energetic effort to police the bounds of acceptable speech, and a growing consensus that non-Black people should never utter the N-word.
—Kelefa Sanneh, New Yorker, 15 May 2025
That didn't square with her experiences at school, getting called the N-word.
—David Oliver, USA Today, 9 May 2025
Shiloh Hendrix, the Minnesota mom filmed repeatedly saying the N-word after being accused of using that epithet to berate a child, has raised more than $750,000 since launching a fundraising campaign one week ago.
—Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 8 May 2025
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John Blake, CNN Money, 16 May 2025
In the late twenty-tens, there was an energetic effort to police the bounds of acceptable speech, and a growing consensus that non-Black people should never utter the N-word.
—Kelefa Sanneh, New Yorker, 15 May 2025
That didn't square with her experiences at school, getting called the N-word.
—David Oliver, USA Today, 9 May 2025
Shiloh Hendrix, the Minnesota mom filmed repeatedly saying the N-word after being accused of using that epithet to berate a child, has raised more than $750,000 since launching a fundraising campaign one week ago.
—Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 8 May 2025
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“N-word.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/N-word. Accessed 1 Jun. 2025.
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