n-words

Noun

n-word (plural n-words)

1. (euphemistic) The word nigger or nigga.
   • The prosecutor, his voice trembling, added that the "N-word" was so vile that he would not utter it.1995 January 14, Kenneth B. Noble, “Issue of Racism Erupts in Simpson Trial”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

   Synonyms:

   n-bomb

2. (euphemistic, by generalization) Any word, regardless of its starting letter, that is used oppressively, marginalizes or oppresses a group of people.
   • [It] has become ... an equivalent of the n word for Maori[s].2006, DLT, “Native Tongues”, in Total Chaos
3. (euphemistic) The word Nazi.
   • After that episode aired a new rule was posted: "Do not mention the N Word (Nazi)!"2009, Todd Wilbur, Top Secret Recipes Unlocked: All New Home Clones of America's Favorite Brand-Name Foods
4. The word nuclear.
   • Parkinson has to live with the dreaded “N” word. So feared is the word “nuclear” that there are those who balk at using such harmless phrases as “nuclear family”.1988 December 10, “Unclear Power”, in New Scientist, page 12
5. A negation word, such as not, nobody, or nothing.
   • Hence, the reasoning applied to (15) above extends to (20), leading us to conclude that the n-word rien,2011, Vivian Dèprez, The Evolution of Negation, page 242
6. A Danish/Swedish/Norwegian noun of the common gender (their indefinite article being en), as opposed to t-words, nouns of the neuter gender (their indefinite article being et).