jigabooとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈd͡ʒɪɡəbuː/
• 韻: -ɪɡəbuː

語源

Possibly an African word akin to Bantu tshikabo (“they bow the head docilely”). Alternatively, perhaps from jig, formed similarly to bug and bugaboo.

名詞

jigaboo (plural jigaboos)

1. (offensive, slang, dated) A black person.
   • 2012, Michael Rogers, Coconut Shells (page 3)

     […] a thicklips, a jigaboo or a jungle bunny, a spook or a spearchucker. My least favourite of these names that people found for black people was the rancid and disgusting “munter”, a Bantu word which the Afrikaners used as an expletive […]

2. (offensive, slang, dated) Any dark-skinned person.

派生語

• jig
• nigaboo

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