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Definition of wigger
(Entry 1 of 2)
: wigmaker
wigger
noun (2)
plural wiggers
Definition of wigger (Entry 2 of 2)
slang, often offensive
: a usually young white person whose clothing, language, and mannerisms are regarded as imitative of those stereotypically associated with African-Americans : a white person who admires and seeks to emulate black culture
Wimsatt was deeply committed to hip-hop's transformative powers, going so far as to embrace the status of the lowly "wigger," a pejorative term popularized in the early 1990s to describe white kids who steep themselves in black culture.— Hua Hsu, The Atlantic, 1 Jan 2009 There's a term of art—"wigger"—that is used both proudly and derisively to describe white enthusiasts of black hip-hop culture …— Hank Stuever, Washington Post, 30 Jan. 2010
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The first known use of wigger was in 1979
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