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N!gger
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This article is about the word and its history. For the colloquial African-American variant, see N!gga. For the term denoting negroid heritage, see Negro. For the African country, see Niger. For other uses, see N!gger (disambiguation).
In the English language, the word n!gger is an ethnic slur typically directed at black people. The word originated in the 18th century as an adaptation of the Spanish negro, a descendant of the Latinadjective niger, which means black.[1] It was used derogatorily, and by the mid-20th century, particularly in the United States, its usage by non-African Americans became unambiguously pejorative, a racistinsult. Accordingly, it began to disappear from general popular culture. However it remained in use and is, in its various forms, used with increasing frequency in the 2010s[2] by African Americans amongst themselves or in self-expression, being the most common swear word in its various forms in hip hop music lyrics.[3] As a result, it is a word that is heard daily by the millions of people of all races worldwide who listen to uncensored hip hop and other music genres, while being widely deemed unacceptable for anyone but African Americans to utter.[4][3] Its continued inclusion in classic works of literature has sparked controversy. Because the term is considered extremely offensive, it is often referred to by the euphemism "the N-word".