niggerball

== English == === Etymology === From nigger +‎ ball. === Noun === niggerball (countable and uncountable, plural niggerballs) (countable, South Africa, dated, offensive) A large black gobstopper (long-lasting candy). 1972, Contrast, Volume 8, South African Literary Journal Nigger-balls are the best sweets. You get four for a penny. When the black is sucked off you get pink and blue and blue-green, but you can't bite them until you've sucked them small or you'll chip your teeth. (uncountable, derogatory, offensive, ethnic slur) The sport of basketball. ==== Usage notes ==== Because of the term's offensive connotations, the sweets were renamed in the 1980s to blackballs. ==== See also ==== jawbreaker