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wigger

/ˈwɪɡə/US/ˈwɪɡɚ/

wigger noun: a maker of wigs.

Noun (1)

wigger (plural wiggers)

  1. A maker of wigs.
    • I flounder about for my diplomacy and give up; it is simply one man against four wiggers, that much is clear, and they are going to fight me down to the wire. "This girl does not need a wig at all," I am forced to say yet once more.1984, Arthur Miller, Salesman in Beijing, page 184

Noun (2)

wigger (plural wiggers)

  1. (derogatory, ethnic, slur) A white person, typically young and male, considered to be overly infatuated with African-American or (UK) Afro-Caribbean culture, a cultural appropriator.
    • I have often heard the word "wigger" used to describe a white person who supposedly acts and talks "black," while the same type of taunting is put upon a black person who supposedly acts "white."1988 April 20, “How race-conscious are high school students today?”, in The Washington Post, number ?, Washington, D.C., →ISSN, →OCLC, column ?
    • To some extent wiggers are simply the most visible examples of a very American brand of teenage rebellion.1999, Leonard Steinhorn et al., By the Color of Our Skin: The Illusion of Integration and the Reality of Race, page 178
  2. (broadly, imprecise) A nonblack person of any race considered to be inauthentically appropriating black culture and behavior.
  3. (dated, uncommon, African-American Vernacular) A white person considered to be sincerely appreciative of black culture, as opposed to poseurs and wannabes.
    • The Oprah people were on the phone with my mom. Someone had given them my name as an expert on wiggers. You know, Wiggers. White kids who identify themselves with hip-hop. I was an expert on that.1994 July 7, William Upski Wimsatt, “Wigger”, in Chicago Reader

Proper noun capitalized: Wigger

Wigger (plural Wiggers)

  1. A surname.

Forms of wigger

Noun
pluralwiggers
alternative formwigga
alternative formwhigger
alternative formwhigga
Proper noun
pluralWiggers

Origin of wigger

From wig + -er.

Blend of white + nigger. First use appears c. 1988. See cite below.

Words that rhyme with wigger

9 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about wigger

What does wigger mean?
Wigger means a maker of wigs.
What part of speech is wigger?
Wigger can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce wigger?
Wigger is pronounced /ˈwɪɡɚ/ (US).
What is the plural of wigger?
The plural of wigger is wiggers.

Words near wigger in the dictionary

  1. wigged
  2. wigged on to
  3. wigged onto
  4. wigged out
  5. wigged-out
  6. wigger
  7. wiggeries
  8. wiggerish
  9. wiggers
  10. wiggery
  11. wiggier

Source and license

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