Definition of "n-word" []

• The words nigger and nigga. (noun)
• Any word beginning with n that is not normally taboo but is considered (often humorously) to be so in the given context. (noun)
• Negation words, such as not, nobody, and nothing. (noun)
• Danish nouns of the common gender (their indefinite article being en), as opposed to t-words, nouns of the neuter gender (their indefinite article being et). (noun)

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• "Dear Mexican: These days, using the word "nigger" is considered so offensive that, in its place, we now use the term "n-word.""
• "Sure, we all have our own race narrative about the first time we were called the "n-word" or treated poorly in a store or other public place."
• "Charles, 27, interviewed in Emerging Adulthood, recalls being called the n-word while at sports camp as a kid, and as a teenager, he got pulled over for “Driving While Black.”"