wigger

== English == === Pronunciation === (US) IPA(key): /ˈwɪɡɚ/ (UK) IPA(key): /ˈwɪɡə/ Rhymes: -ɪɡə(ɹ) === Etymology 1 === From wig + -er. ==== Noun ==== wigger (plural wiggers) A maker of wigs. === Etymology 2 === Blend of white +‎ nigger. First use appears c. 1988. See cite below. ==== Noun ==== wigger (plural wiggers) (derogatory, ethnic slur) A white person, typically young and male, considered to be overly infatuated with African-American or (UK) Afro-Caribbean culture, a cultural appropriator. (by extension, imprecise) A nonblack person of any race considered to be inauthentically appropriating black culture and behavior. (African-American Vernacular, dated, now uncommon) A white person considered to be sincerely appreciative of black culture, as opposed to poseurs and wannabes. ===== Alternative forms ===== wigga, whigger, whigga ===== Hypernyms ===== (slur): race traitor ===== Related terms ===== white nigger witch, wapanese, weeaboo ===== Translations ===== === References === Roediger, David. "What to Make of Wiggers: A Work in Progress", Generations of Youth, 1998, pp. 358–366. “wigger, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2021.