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| Kenneth G. Wilson (1923–). The Columbia Guide to Standard American English. 1993. |
| nigger (n.) |
| is dialectal slang, originally a spoken variant, in Southern and South Midland dialects in particular, of negro, but today taboo in Standard and most Common and Vulgar English as well. See AFRICAN(-)AMERICAN; RACIST LANGUAGE. | 1 |
| The Columbia Guide to Standard American English. Copyright © 1993 Columbia University Press. |
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