Phrases
the N-word
or less commonly the n-word
—used euphemistically to refer to the word nigger
A suburban Philadelphia school expelled "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" from its curriculum over the book's overuse of the N-word.—
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The N-word also has been spray-painted and nooses have been hung on Black students’ dorms, on Black culture centers and on portraits and statues of influential Black people across campuses.
—Shaun Harper, Mercury News, 25 Aug. 2025
Last weekend, Cano was filmed hurling the N-word at a production team member, before a physical altercation with the individual onstage, over seeming sound issues.
—Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 16 Aug. 2025
The council voted in 2014 to settle a free speech lawsuit brought by a man who was kicked out of a city commission meeting for wearing a Ku Klux Klan hood and shirt emblazoned with the N-word.
—Brieanna J. Frank, USA Today, 13 Aug. 2025
The story also highlights Braun’s successful gambit in getting TMZ to not post video of Bieber using the N-word.
—Zoe Guy, Vulture, 25 July 2025
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Shaun Harper, Mercury News, 25 Aug. 2025
Last weekend, Cano was filmed hurling the N-word at a production team member, before a physical altercation with the individual onstage, over seeming sound issues.
—Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 16 Aug. 2025
The council voted in 2014 to settle a free speech lawsuit brought by a man who was kicked out of a city commission meeting for wearing a Ku Klux Klan hood and shirt emblazoned with the N-word.
—Brieanna J. Frank, USA Today, 13 Aug. 2025
The story also highlights Braun’s successful gambit in getting TMZ to not post video of Bieber using the N-word.
—Zoe Guy, Vulture, 25 July 2025
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“N-word.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/N-word. Accessed 8 Sep. 2025.
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