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nilla

nilla noun: a white person. Also the clipping of vanilla.

Noun

nilla (countable and uncountable, plural nillas)

  1. (derogatory, ethnic, humorous, slur) A white person.
    • Getting with her would be just like fucking a white girl and I don't want no 'nilla2003, K. Broussard, What Looks Like Black, page 124
    • Yeah, Nilla, I like that." Sebastian was humored and enjoyed Jamal's free spirit, but had no intention of endorsing the new name he had been given, beyond the confines of this Buick.2003, Patricia Haley, Patricia Haley-Brown, Blind Faith, page 222

Also used as

nilla is also the clipping of vanilla.

Synonyms of nilla

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Forms of nilla

pluralnillas

Questions about nilla

What does nilla mean?
Nilla means a white person.
What part of speech is nilla?
Nilla is a noun.
What is the plural of nilla?
The plural of nilla is nillas.

Words near nilla in the dictionary

  1. Nilgiri
  2. Nilgiris
  3. Nili
  4. nilium
  5. nill
  6. nilla
  7. nillable
  8. nillae
  9. nillaes
  10. nillas
  11. nilled

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