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do u know what the word N i g g a actually mean?
i dont know the actual meaning
n some ppl find it offensive
cant figure out y?
does anybody know?
another one
im not sure bout the spelling
i think its khuuz or somethin like that

2007-01-13 01:52:57 · 3 answers · asked by Random Dude 3 in Education & Reference Words & Wordplay

3 answers

N I G G A is diminutive, and slightly less offensive version of n i g g e r.

Most of the romance languages (Italian, Spanish, Portuguese...) have the word "n e g r o" meaning "black" (in colour) derived from the Latin "niger". During the period in America's history when black workers were shipped to America to work as slaves, this word came to be adopted from the Hispanic South American languages to describe a person of dark skin. Essentially, a "n e g r o" person simply means a "black" person. Through constant repetition of the Spanish word in the American accent, it seems likely that the word was corrupted from "n e g r o" to "niggero" to simply "n i g g e r". The term "n i g g e r" has taken on pejorative qualities as it implies not only darkness of skin, but a general lack of intelligence and sophistication. At the time of the word's origin, various English speaking North American settlers who set cultural standards considered black people fundamentally inferior and less civilized. The term is generally considered offensive to black people not only because it singles them out on the basis of their skin colour, but also, because of its origin, it carries connotations of slavery, inferiority and oppression.

there is no such word as khuuz but there is khuz which means sugar cane, according to its etymology. It is likely an Elamite derivation. The province of Khuzestan, which means land or place of sugar cane, in modern Iran takes its name from this term. Khuzestan is today still a major sugar cane producer, especially in the city of Haft Tapeh, located in Northern Khuzestan.

then there is Khiz-crystal which is a black crystal with similar properties to bluestone. If specially modified the khiz-crystal can be used to control or steal people's memories and masks made of khiz-crystals can transfer thoughts from one to another.

then there is khaz which is In Dzorapor(a historic region of Armenia, it is located in the province of Gugark.) many spiritual chants transcribed in Khaz (Neumic notation) which soon spread throughout Eastern Armenia and raised an impenetrable bulwark against the foreign and pagan music of the time.

2007-01-13 01:57:16 · answer #1 · answered by samina m 3 · 1 0

Going back far enough, and I don't intend on using the words offensively here, but only to explain), the word ******* was a slang word referring to slaves, because many slaves were from Africa. Niger and Nigeria are two African countries. The term was used loosely, just like today we use the so called politically correct term African American to refer to black people, even though not all black people are from Africa. Not all slaves were from Niger or Nigeria either. The actual origin of the misspelling of the mispronounced word Niger to refer to slaves is unknown, but is believed due to illiteracy. The new format you use ****.a is a variant of the word *******, that is supposedly to have less drastic connotations than the word ******* in some American sub-cultures. The word ******* was taken as offensive, for the same reason why black people who are not from Africa, take offense at being called African American, but I do believe that more black people would probably take offense at being labeled a ******* or a ****.a by someone who is not black, simply because that word refers to a time of oppression and racial prejudice.

2007-01-13 10:14:42 · answer #2 · answered by The Lonely Skywolf 3 · 0 1

It's a racist derivative of the now defunct word "*****", which meant a person native to sub-Saharan Africa.

Don't know about the second one and am confused as to why you'd want to know more racist slurs.

2007-01-13 10:10:33 · answer #3 · answered by lazer 3 · 0 1

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