REVERSE DICTIONARY
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BLAB, BLABBER - person
• BABBLER one who tells too freely what he knows; a prating gossip; a teller of secrets; a blabber; a talebearer ...1555
• BALL OF YARN one who cannot be trusted with a secret ...Bk1942 US sl.
• BASKET a person who can't keep a secret ...1975 Amer. dial.
• BLOB-TALE † a telltale, talebearer, or blabber ...a1670
• BLOB-TONGUE one who blurts out a secret; a telltale; a blab; a gossip ...1886 Eng. dial.
• CACKLE one who chats or gossips; a telltale, tattler, or blabber; one who divulges a secret ...a1225 sl.
• CACKLER one who chats or gossips; a talkative person; a telltale, tattler, or blabber; one who divulges a secret ...a1400 sl.
• CHINA CHIPPER one who cannot be trusted with a secret ...Bk1942 US sl.
• CLATTERFART † a chatterer; a babbler; a blabber; a tale-teller ...1552
• CLICKER one who cannot be trusted with a secret ...Bk1942 US sl.
• CLIT-CLAT a talkative person; a gossip; a telltale; a blab ...1869 Eng. dial.
• GATEMOUTH one who cannot be trusted with a secret ...Bk1942 US sl.
• GURGLING GARGOYLE one who cannot be trusted with a secret ...Bk1942 US sl.
• GUSHY one who cannot be trusted with a secret ...Bk1942 US sl.
• LAB, LABBE † a blab; a telltale; a great talker; a chatterbox; a gossip; one who cannot keep a secret ...c1386 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• LAB-O’-THE-TONGUE a blab; a tittle-tattler; a chatterbox; one who cannot keep a secret ...1746 Eng. dial.
• LONG-TONGUE a chatterbox, talebearer, telltale, gossip, blabber, or a divulger of secrets - an unusually talkative woman - a scold ...1847
• SATCHEL one who cannot be trusted with a secret ...Bk1942 US sl.
• SATCHELMOUTH one who cannot be trusted with a secret ...Bk1942 US sl,
• TITTLE-GOOSE a foolish, tattling person; a telltale; a foolish blab ...1807 Eng. dial.
blab, blabber - verbs
• BLOB to talk indiscreetly or excessively; to blab out, to chat ...1899 Amer. dial.
• BLOW THE GAB to blab, to give information ...1785 sl.
• CACKLE to confess and/or to inform on others; to reveal secrets through indiscreet talk; to blab ...1698 US & UK criminals' sl.
• FATMOUTH to talk too much; to blabber ...1968 Amer. dial., esp. Black usage
• LAB † to blab, to let out secrets ...1377 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• LAB ONE'S MOUTH to chatter, to blab ...1966 Amer. dial.
• RASH OUT † to blab; to publish imprudently ...1708 Sc.
BLABBING - adjectives
• LEAKY not reticent; blabbing; of memory: not retentive ...1692
• TALEWISE † given to tales or talking; addicted to gossip; loquacious, garrulous, blabbing ...c1200
BLACK - adjectives (for skin colour, see BLACK PERSON)
• ATROUS †* very black; jet-black ...1830
• BLACK AS A COAL-MINER'S ASSHOLE AT MIDNIGHT utterly black ...1976 Amer. sl.
• BLACK AS NEWGATE, AS very black ...Bk1902 sl.
• BLACK AS OLD NICK very black ...1809 Amer. dial.
• BLACK AS ONE'S HAT absolutely black ...1710
• BLACK AS SIP extremely black ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• BLACK AS TAR very black ...1966 Amer. dial.
• BLACK AS THE CROOK very black (crook = a hook in a chimney for hanging a pot or kettle on) ...1826 Sc.
• BLACK AS THE DEVIL'S ARSE as black as can be; pitch-black ...1774 US sl.
• BLACK AS THE EARL OF HELL very black ...1952 Amer. dial.
• BLACK AS TOBEY'S BEHIND very black ...1958 Amer. dial.
• BLACK AS TOBY'S HILL very black ...1997 Amer. dial.
• BLACK AS ZIP extremely black ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• BLACKER THAN TOBY'S HEEL very black ...1901 Amer. dial.
• BLECK black ...Bk1911 Sc.
• DARK-GREEN black ..1991 US Vietnam usage
• DIRTIER THAN TOBY'S ASS very black ...2009 Amer. dial.
• EBON † of the colour of ebony; black, dark, sombre ...1607
• ELEELE dark; black ...1938 Hawaii
• INTERNIGRANT † having black interlaced among other colours ...1656
• NEGRE †* black ...a1400
• NERE †* black ...a1300
• NEYGER †* black ...a1400
• NIGRICANT black ...1772
• RAVEN-DARK black ...1901 Eng. dial.
• SABLE black ...1485-1509 chiefly poetical and rhetorical
• SALT AND PEPPER white and black ...1915 US sl.
• THUNDER-BLACK very black; dark with anger, angry ...1901 Eng. dial.
black - nouns (includes BLACKNESS)
• NIGREDITY †* blackness ...1547
• SABLE the colour black; black clothing, also, esp. as a symbol of mourning ...c1374
black - verbs
• SABLE * to blacken or darken ...1610 chiefly poetical
• SABLEIZE †* to make black ...1611
BLACKBALL - verbs
• PILL to blackball ...sl.
BLACKBERRY - nouns
• BERRY-MOUCHER the blackberry ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BLACK-BLUTTER a blackberry; a bramble ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLACKBOYD a blackberry ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOID a blackberry ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOYD a blackberry ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BRIERBERRY a blackberry ...1795 Amer. dial.
• BUMBLE-KITE a blackberry ...1691 Eng. dial.
• DEWBERRY a trailing blackberry ...1709 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• DRUMLIE-DROITS blackberries, bramble-berries ...19C Sc.
• FINGERBERRY a blackberry ...1893 Amer. dial.
• NIGGERS IN A BLANKET (derogatory) blackberries cooked in pastry turnovers ...1941 Amer. dial.
• OCTOBER BERRY a blackberry ...1916 Amer. dial.
• PENNY-MOUCHER the blackberry ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• PERRY-MOUCHER the blackberry ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• SCAURBERRY a blackberry ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
blackberry - person
• BERRY-MOUCHER a truant from school in blackberry season ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BLACKBIRD - nouns
• BLACKIE a blackbird ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLACK-MACK † a blackbird ...1519
• MERLE the common blackbird ...1725 Sc. & Ireland
BLACK EYE - see EYE
BLACKGUARD - adjectives
• BLACKGANG blackguardly ...Bk1911 Sc.
• THIEF-LIKE having the appearance of a blackguard ...Bk1905 Sc.
blackguard - nouns
• HAURRAGE a blackguard crew of people ...1824 Sc.
blackguard - person
• BLACK a shabby rogue; a blackguard ...1797 UK sl.
• BLACKGUARD a person, esp. a man, who behaves in a dishonourable or contemptible way; someone worthless or despicable; a villain; a rough; an open scoundrel; a term of the utmost opprobrium ...1732
• BLACK-HEART a blackguard ...Bk1886 Eng. dial.
• BLAGAIRD a blackguard ...Bk1892 Eng. dial.
• BLAGGARD a blackguard ...1902 Amer. dial.
• BORN-DEVIL a downright blackguard ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BUDZAT a low fellow; a blackguard ...Bk1892 Anglo-Indian sl.
• CAD (offensive) one who behaves dishonourably or who lacks the instincts of a gentleman; a low, vulgar, ill-mannered fellow; a base, vile person; an ill-bred person; an upper-class rogue; a blackguard; a term of abuse ...1838 colloq.
• CATAIAN † a rogue; a scoundrel; a rascal; a knave; a blackguard ..1598
• HADDIGAUD - a blackguard sort of person ...Bk1893 Eng. dial.
• HALLION - a term of contempt; a low or scurvy fellow; a coarse, idle, worthless fellow; a blackguard; a contemptible person; a good-for-nothing idler; a rascal, a clown, a clumsy fellow ...1787 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• HARRYGAD - a blackguard sort of person; a wild or reckless person ...Bk1893 Eng. dial.
• HARRYGAUD - a blackguard sort of person ...1721 Eng. dial.
• HEEL a contemptible man; a blackguard ...1925 US sl.
• LADRONE - a vague term of reproach - rogue, rascal, or blackguard - a lazy knave ...a1557 Sc.
• LATHERIN - a vague term of reproach - a rogue - a blackguard ...1789 Sc.
• LAYDRON - a vague term of reproach - a rogue - a blackguard ...1706 Sc.
• LOOCHA - a blackguard libertine - a lewd loafer ...19C Anglo-Indian
• LOOCHER - a low, lascivious blackguard ...Bk1892 Anglo-Indian sl.
• LOOTCHA - a blackguard libertine - a lewd loafer ...19C Anglo-Indian
• RADDIKAL - a blackguard ...Bk1914 Sc.
• RADICAL - a troublesome boy; an impudent, dissipated fellow; a wild, unruly fellow; a rogue, a blackguard; a rascal ...Bk1886 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SCALAWAG, SCALLAWAG, SCALLOWAG, SCALLYWAG - a disreputable or very mischievous fellow; a worthless, good-for-nothing, or contemptuous fellow; a good-tempered scamp; a ne'er-do-well; a scapegrace, a blackguard; a rascal; a naughty child ...1848
• SCOURY - a mean, disreputable person - a blackguard ...1721 Sc.
• SCOWRIE - a mean, disreputable person - a blackguard ...1721 Sc.
• WANGRACE - a blackguard; a scamp; a ne'er-do-well ...Bk1905 Sc.
BLACKHEAD - nouns
• ZAT a spot, a pimple, a blackhead ...1950s sl., orig. US teen
• ZIT a spot, a pimple, a blackhead ...1950s sl., orig. US teen
• ZITZ a spot, a pimple, a blackhead ...1950s sl., orig. US teen
• ZORT a spot, a pimple, a blackhead ...1950s sl., orig. US teen
BLACKJACK - nouns
• CALIFORNIA BLACKJACK in blackjack: an ace and a nine, which produce a score of 20, not 21 ...1982 US sl.
BLACK MAGIC - person
• BRUJA a witch, a sorcerer; one who practices black magic ...1940 Amer. dial.
• BRUJO a witch, a sorcerer; one who practices black magic ...1940 Amer. dial.
BLACKMAIL - nouns
• BADGER GAME luring men into (esp. sexually) compromising situations in order to blackmail them ...sl.
• FAIRY-SHAKING blackmailing married men who frequent gay bars and similar centres ...1990s US sl.
• SANCTIFICATION blackmail, esp. by secret services or foreign diplomats ...1970s sl.
blackmail - verbs
• BLACK to blackmail ...1928 sl.
• MOUSE to blackmail ...1970s US sl.
• PUT THE BITE ON to ask for a loan, to borrow money from someone; also, to threaten, to blackmail, to extort money from ...1933 sl., orig. US
• PUT THE BLACK ON to blackmail ...1924 sl.
• SANCTIFY to blackmail someone, esp. for the purposes of extracting political favours ...1970s sl.
• SHAKE DOWN to extort money from; to blackmail or otherwise pressurize a person for money, etc. ...1872 US sl.
BLACKMAILER - person
• BADGE a blackmailer; an extortioner ...Bk1914 criminals' sl.
• BADGER a thief or blackmailer whose speciality is the badger game (a racket where a prostitute's accomplice steals from or blackmails her customer, usually by posing as her wronged husband) ...1858 criminals' sl.
• BADGER WORKER a blackmailer who plays the badger game ...Bk1945 criminals' sl.
• BEETLE-MAN one who blackmails ...1930 criminals' sl.
• BLACK a blackmailer ...1931 UK sl.
• BLACKBIRD a blackmailer or confidence man ...1895 criminals' sl.
• BLACKMAILER one who extorts, or endeavours to extort money by blackmailing ...1833
• GHOUL † a man who watches houses where lovers meet, then follows the woman home to demand money and/or sex to keep the news from her husband ...1859 US criminals' sl.
• HIGHBIND † a blackmailer who victimizes gamblers and prostitutes by threatening death, esp. such a person, often Chinese, in San Francisco ...1930 criminals' sl.
• HIGHBINDER one of a secret society or gang said to exist among the Chinese in California and other parts of the United States for the purpose of blackmailing and even of assassination; an extortioner or an assassin ...1875 hist.
• SANDBAGGER - † a blackmailer ...Bk1891 US criminals' sl.
• STRIKER - a blackmailer ...Bk1904 sl.
• SUCKER - a blackmailer ...Bk1904 Amer. political usage
• VAMPIRE - † one who blackmails men and women he sees entering and exiting whorehouses ...1859 criminals' sl.
BLACK MARKET - person
• BLACKETEER a trader in black-market goods ...1942 colloq.
• BLACK MARKETEER a person engaged in trading on the black market ...1941
• BLACK MARKETER a black marketeer, a person engaged in trading on the black market ...1942
• DABBLER a black marketeer in furniture ...1940s furniture trade usage
• SNOUTER one who brings wares in from the continent, and sells them on the black market to people who refuse to pay exorbitant retail prices ...Brit. sl.
BLACK PERSON, DISTRICT, ETC. - adjectives (also see MIXED RACE)
• AFRO African; Black ...E20 US sl.
• AFRO-AMERICAN pert. to an American Black ...E20 US sl.
• ASH-FACED of a Black person: having an ashen complexion; light-skinned ...1902 Amer. dial.
• ASHY pale as ashes: usually of Blacks ...1952 Amer. dial.
• ASHY-PALE pale as ashes: usually of Blacks ...1952 Amer. dial.
• BLUE of a Black person: (usually depreciative or derogatory) having a very dark complexion ...1893 US sl.
• BLUE-GUMMED (derogatory) of a Black person: having bluish gums ...1908 Amer. dial.
• BOOJY bourgeois, refers to Blacks whose money and position make them think they're White ...1970 Amer. Black sl.
• BRIGHT of a Black person: having light-coloured skin ...1768
• BRIGHT-SKIN of a Black person: having light-coloured skin ...1911 Amer. dial., now chiefly Black usage
• BRIGHT-SKINNED of a Black person: having light-coloured skin ...1970 Amer. dial., now chiefly Black usage
• BRIGHT, WHITE AND DEAD WHITE of a Black person: very light-skinned ...1945 US sl.
• CAFÉ AU LAIT of a Black person: light-skinned ...1940s sl.
• COCONUT-HEADED (derogatory) Black ...20C US sl.
• DARK (derogatory) pert. to Black people ...L19 sl.
• DARKEY (derogatory) pert. to Black people or culture ...M19 US sl.
• DARKIE (derogatory) in a stereotypically Black manner ...1920s US sl.
• DARKIE (derogatory) pert. to Black people or culture ...M19 US sl.
• DARKY (derogatory) pert. to Black people or culture ...M19 US sl.
• DEEP YELLOW of a Black person: light-skinned ...1974 Amer. dial.
• DIPPED mulatto; having some Black heritage ...20C US colloq.
• EBONY pert. to a Black person ...M19 colloq.
• ETHIOPIAN (not necessarily derogatory) pert. to a Black person ...19C US colloq.
• LEMON of a Black person: light-skinned ...1900s US sl.
• LIGHT, BRIGHT, DAMN NEAR WHITE of a Black person: very light-skinned ...1945 US sl.
• NEGRINE * resembling a Black person ...1857
• NEGRISH †* used by Black people ...1735
• NEGROLOID * negroid; resembling the Black people or having some of their characteristic features ...1842
• NEGROTIC * pert. to Black people ...1876
• NEW JACK in tune with the contemporary young Black culture ...1980s US Black sl.
• NIGGALICIOUS of a Black woman: heavily built ...2000s US Black sl.
• OREOLIZED (derogatory) having adapted oneself to White society ...1960s US Black sl.
• SAMBO (derogatory) pert. to Black people or culture ...1950s sl.
• SCHVARTZ (derogatory) black, esp. as a skin colour ...2002 UK sl.
• SCHVARTZE (derogatory) black, esp. as a skin colour ...2002 UK sl.
• SCHWARTZ (derogatory) black, esp. as a skin colour ...2002 UK sl.
• SHITSKIN (derogatory) pert. to Black people ...1960s US Black sl.
• SHVARTZ (derogatory) black, esp. as a skin colour ...2002 UK sl.
• SPADE (derogatory, offensive) pert. to Black people ...E20 sl.
• YELLER (derogatory) pert. to mulattoes or light-skinned Black people ...20C US sl.
Black person, district, etc. - nouns
• AFRICA anywhere mainly populated or used by the Black community ...L19 US sl.
• AFFRISHY TOWN a Black neighbourhood or district ...1936 Amer. dial.
• AFRO SET anywhere that Blacks used for talking or acting in furtherance of their own social and political betterment ...1970s US Black sl.
• AUNT HAGAR the Black race ...1942 Amer. Black usage
• AUNT HAGAR'S CHILDREN the Black race ...1935 Amer. Black usage
• BABYLON any oppression or the forces that oppress the Black man, esp. Rastafarian ...1970s sl.
• BACK STREET a predominantly Black neighbourhood ...1968 Amer. dial.
• BLACK BELT the section of a city which is populated predominantly by Blacks; the poor section of a city; a ghetto ...1970 Amer. dial.
• BLACK BOTTOM the part of a town where Black people live ...1915 Amer. dial.
• BLOCKBUSTER the first Black family to move into a formerly all-White inner city area ...1950s sl.
• BUTTERMILK BOTTOM the Black area of town ...1920s US Black sl.
• CATFISH ROW a section of a town where Black residents live ...1937 Amer. dial.
• CIPHER a circle of Black friends; a group of people, as marijuana smokers, rap MC's ...1990s US Black & teen sl.
• CYPHER a circle of Black friends; a group of people, as marijuana smokers, rap MC's ...1990s US Black & teen sl.
• DARKTOWN a Black neighbourhood or town; used especially in titles ...1884 Amer. dial.
• DARKYTOWN a neighbourhood with a large population of Black people ...L19 US sl.
• DINGE ALLEY (derogatory) the Black district of a town ...20C US sl.
• EBONY the quintessence of Black sensibility ...20C US Black sl.
• GALLION the slave quarters; hence, the Black ghetto; the Black world ...1940s US Black sl.
• HAGAR RACE the Black race ...1965 Amer. Black usage
• HAGAR'S CHILDREN the Black race ...1954 Amer. Black usage
• HAITI a section of a town where Black people live ...1857 Amer. dial.
• HAYTI a section of a town where Black people live ...1857 Amer. dial.
• LAND OF DARKNESS Harlem, New York City; hence, the Black district of any city ...1930s US sl.
• LOAD OF COAL. (derogatory) a group of Black people ...20C US sl.
• NAIL KEG the Black district of a town or city ...1968 Amer. dial.
• NEGERY a Black village or compound ...1814 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• NEGROCIDE the killing of a Black person ...1852
• NEGRODOM the region or community of Black persons ...1862
• NEGROHOOD the Black race or stock ...1863
• NEGROLAND the land or region inhabited by Black people ...1764
• NEGROLATRY excessive admiration of Black people ..1862
• NEGROMANIA extravagant fondness for the Black people ...1851
• NEGRO-NEWS (now derogatory) the Black grapevine, a rapid way of spreading news among Blacks ...19C US colloq.
• NEGROPHILISM fondness for the Black people; zealous advocacy of Black rights ...1865
• NEGROPHOBIA intense dislike of the Black people ...1833
• NIGGERDOM (derogatory) the life and culture of the American Black people ...M19 US sl.
• NIGGER IN THE WOODPILE (derogatory) a degree of Black ancestry in one who is apparently White ...1986 Amer. dial.
• NIGGERTOWN (derogatory) a Black neighbourhood or district ...1942 Amer. dial.
• NIGGERVILLE (derogatory) a Black neighbourhood or district ...1857 Amer. dial.
• SIDE the Black area of town; the original was Chicago's 'South Side' ...1960s US Black sl.
• SOUL POWER the political and cultural influence wielded by the Black community ...1960s US Black sl.
• SOUL SESSION a gathering of Black people ...1960s US Black sl.
• SOULVILLE part of a city inhabited largely by Black people ...1975 US sl.
Black person, district, etc. - person (a man of 'black' skin; a member of a dark-skinned race, esp. a person of sub-Saharan African origin or descent; also, a person of Australian Aboriginal origin or descent ...1614)
• ACE (sometimes derogatory) a Black person, but often used by Blacks themselves to designate a friend ...1940s sl.
• ACE OF SPADES (sometimes derogatory) a Black person, but often used by Blacks themselves to designate a friend; a loyal, trustworthy person ...1943 sl.
• AFFIE (derogatory) a Black person ...2000s sl.
• AFRAMERICAN an American Black person ...20C US sl.
• AFRICAN APE (derogatory) a Black person ...1966 Amer. dial.
• AFRO an English or American person of African descent; a Black person ...1930s sl.
• AFRO-AMERICAN an American Black person ...E20 US sl.
• AFRO-SAXON a Black person who behaves like or aspires to be like Caucasians ...M20 US Black sl.
• ALLIGATOR BAIT (derogatory) a Black person, esp. a Black child; a Black person from Florida or Louisiana ...1901 Amer. dial.
• ANN (derogatory) a Black woman who apes her White sisters ...1970s sl.
• APE (derogatory) a Black person ...1941 Amer. dial.
• APPLE IN THE WHITE FOLK'S YARD an expression used by one Black person to refer to another who is looked upon with unusual favour by White folk ...1900s US Black sl.
• ASH-CAT a gaunt Black person ...1909 Amer. dial.
• AUNT (now considered offensive) an older Black women, used as a term of respect or affection, esp. by White children ...1835 colloq.
• AUNTIE, AUNTY an elderly Black woman; used as a term of respectful address ...1835 Amer. dial.
• AUNT JANE (derogatory) a Black woman with a servile attitude toward Whites; a Black female who is a traitor to her race ...1963 Amer. sl.
• AUNT JEMIMA (derogatory) a Black woman, esp. one considered submissive or servile towards White people ...1897 colloq.
• AUNT MARY a Black woman who is subservient to Whites ...1974 US sl.
• AUNT SALLY a subservient Black woman, happy to curry favour with Whites at the price of her autonomy ...E19 US Black sl.
• AUNT THOMASINE (derogatory) a Black woman with a servile attitude toward Whites ...1970 Amer. dial.
• AUNT TOM a subservient, obsequious Black woman ...1960s sl., orig. US Black
• BABOON a term of abuse for a Black or coloured person ...1909 sl.
• BACKRA one who, while Black, moves in White society and sees themselves as the White man's equal ...1926 US Black sl.
• BACKRA JOHNNY a light-skinned Black person ...1970 W. Indies
• BAD-ASS BITCH an aggressive, tough Black woman, who rejects the constraints and humiliation of the role the White authorities have selected for her ...1980s US Black sl.
• BAD-ASS NIGGER an aggressive, tough Black man who rejects the constraints and humiliation of the role of the White authorities have selected for him ...1954 US Black usage
• BAD BOY a Black who rejects the second-class role offered by the dominant White society ...1956 US Black & W. Indies sl.
• BAD MAN a tough, intransigent Black man who rejects the constraints and demands of establishment society ...1980 UK Black sl.
• BAD NIGGER 1. a Black who rejects the second-class role offered by the dominant White society ...1901 US Black usage
2. a violent, amoral Black person, as seen by his Black peers ...1909 US Black sl.
3. a Black person who commands the respect of other Blacks ...1965 Amer. Black usage
• BAD-DOING NIGGER a Black person who commands the respect of other Blacks ...1965 Amer. Black usage
• BANANA a light-skinned Black person, esp. an attractive woman ...1944 US Black sl.
• BANANA BOY a Black male who prefers White girls ...1979 US Black sl.
• B.A.P. an upwardly mobile Black achiever, usually from the Black middle class (Black American Prince/Princess) ...1992 US sl.
• BEAN a Black person ...1927 US Black sl.
• BEAR an African-American ...1968 US sl.
• BEIGE a light-skinned Black person ...1945 US sl.
• BEIGE FRAME - light-skinned Black woman ...1953 US sl.
• BERKSHIRE HOG a very dark-complexioned Black man ...1958 W. Indies
• BETTY a light-skinned Black man ...1970s S. Afr. homosexual sl.
• BEULAH a Black man ...Bk1972 Black homosexual sl.
• BIF (derogatory) a Black man (Black Ignorant Fucker) ...1999 UK sl.
• BIG DADDY any influential Black man, a power in his own community, aged 30 and more; a respected person ...1971 US Black sl.
• BIGGER a rebellious Black man, who refuses to abide by White society's rules and struggles against them ...1967 US sl.
• BIGGER THOMAS a rebellious Black man, who refuses to abide by White society's rules and struggles against them ...Bk1994 US sl.
• BIG NIGGER IN CHARGE a sarcastic reference to any Black authority figure ...1973 US Black sl.
• BIG POPPA an influential Black man, a power in his own community, aged 30 and over ...1994 US Black teen sl.
• BIG WILLIE a sophisticated, successful urban Black male ...1996 US Black sl.
• BIRD'S-EYE MAPLE a light-skinned attractive Black woman ...c1925 Amer. sl.
• BITCH-ASS a term of black-on-black abuse; a Black person who complains ...1996 US Black teen sl.
• BIT OF EBONY a Black person ...Bk1891 sl.
• BIT OF VELVET any dark-skinned woman ...1950s Aust. & NZ sl.
• BLACK AMERICAN a native or inhabitant of the United States who is Black; an African-American ...1818
• BLACKAMOOR a black-skinned African; an Ethiopian; a Black person; any very dark-skinned person; formerly used without depreciatory force ...1525
• BLACK-A-MOORE a black-skinned African; an Ethiopian; a Black person; any very dark-skinned person; formerly used without depreciatory force ...1547
• BLACKAMORE a black-skinned African; an Ethiopian; a Black person; any very dark-skinned person; formerly used without depreciatory force ...1525
• BLACKAMORIAN † a black-skinned African; an Ethiopian; a Black person; any very dark-skinned person ...1526
• BLACK ANGEL a Black man ...Bk1972 homosexual sl.
• BLACK APE (derogatory) a Black person ...1884 Amer. dial.
• BLACK BACKRA a respected Black man ...1958 W. Indies
• BLACK BALL a dark-complexioned Black person ...1980 US sl.
• BLACK BELLY (derogatory) a Black person ...1952 US sl.
• BLACKBERRY a Black person; used contemptuously ...1859 US sl.
• BLACKBIRD 1. (usually derogatory) a Black person ...1894 sl.
2. a Black child ...1903 US sl.
3. a dark-complexioned Black person ...1980 US sl.
• BLACK BITCH a Black man ...Bk1972 homosexual sl.
• BLACK BOY † a Black man, esp. a Black manservant ...1594
• BLACK CLOUD a Black person; used derisively ...1938 US sl.
• BLACK DOLL a Black woman ...Bk1945 criminals' sl.
• BLACK DUST an extremely dark-skinned person ...Bk1984 US Black sl.
• BLACKED EBONY a Black person ...Bk1945 criminals' sl.
• BLACKEE, BLACKEY, BLACKIE, BLACKY (offensive) a Black person; usually African, but also Indian, Aboriginal ...1732 colloq.
• BLACKFACE * (offensive) a dark-skinned person ...1704 orig. & chiefly US
• BLACK FAY a Black person who is deferential or subservient toward Whites ...1964 Amer. dial.
• BLACK FELLOW orig. any dark-skinned man ...1598
• BLACK FLESH Black slaves ...1827 US
• BLACK HEAD a Black person ...Bk1945 criminals' sl.
• BLACK MAN a dark-skinned man, esp. a man of sub-Saharan African or Australian Aboriginal origin or descent ...a1398
• BLACK MEAT a Black woman ...Bk1945 criminals' sl.
• BLACK MOKE (usually derogatory) a Black person ...1950 Amer. dial.
• BLACKMOOR(E) a black-skinned African; an Ethiopian; a Black person; any very dark-skinned person; formerly used without depreciatory force ...1547
• BLACK MORIAN † a Black African; a dark-skinned person ...1526
• BLACKNECK a rural Black Southerner who is opposed to various politically liberal programs ...1978 US Southern political sl.
• BLACK NIGGER IN CHARGE any Black authority figure; used sarcastically ...1973 US Black sl.
• BLACKOUT a very dark-skinned person; a Black person ...1947 US Black sl.
• BLACK RASCAL a Black person: used jocosely ...Bk1914 Amer. dial.
• BLACK SCOUNDREL a Black person: used jocosely ...Bk1914 Amer. dial.
• BLACK STUFF a Black person in a sexual context ...1907 sl.
• BLACK VELVET (offensive) a Black, Aboriginal, or Maori woman, esp. as the focus of a White man's sexual interest ...1899 Aust. & NZ sl.
• BLACK WOMAN a black-skinned or coloured woman ...1788
• BLACKY-MOOR a man of colour ...Bk1849 Eng. dial.
• BLACKYMORE a Black person ...1825 Sc.
• BLOOD a fellow Black person ...1967 Amer. Black usage
• BLOOD BROTHER a fellow Black male ...Bk2006 US sl.
• BLUE (usually depreciative or derogatory a Black person, esp. one having a very dark complexion ...1926 US sl.
• BLUE GUM (usually derogatory) a Black person who has bluish gums and whose bite, according to superstition, is poisonous ...1927 Amer. dial.
• BLUE LIPS a Black person ...1968 Amer. dial.
• BONE a Black person ...1992 US sl.
• BOOGIE (derogatory or offensive) a Black person ...1923 Amer. dial., orig. criminals' and tramps' usage
• BOON a Black person ...1967 Amer. dial.
• BOOT (sometimes derogatory) a Black person ...1954 sl., chiefly Black
• BOUNTY a Black person who sides with the White authorities ...1996 UK sl.
• BOY formerly a slave or servant; later sometimes used of a Black adult male; usually considered insulting when the speaker is White ...1764 Amer. dial.
• BUCK (usually considered derogatory) a Black man, esp. a young, strong one ...1835 Amer. dial.
• BUDDY GEE a friend; a buddy; a fellow Black ...1946 Amer. Black usage
• BUDDY GHEE a friend; a buddy; a fellow Black ...1946 Amer. Black usage
• BUFFALO a Black person ...Bk1914 criminals' sl.
• BUMPIE a Black upwardly mobile young professional ...1980s sl., orig. US
• BUNGO a crude, boorish, ignorant Black person - a country bumpkin ...20C W. Indies & Jamaica
• BUPPIE, BUPPY a Black upwardly mobile young professional ...1984 sl., orig. US
• BURRHEAD (derogatory) a Black person ...1927 Amer. dial.
• CAFÉ AU LAIT a person of mixed race with skin the shade of milky coffee; a mulatto; a light-skinned Black woman ...1920s US Black sl.
• CALEDONIA a Black woman who refuses to accept the traditional role into which her birth is supposed to have thrust her ...1920s US Black sl.
• CARAMEL CLONE a light-skinned Black person ...2000s US Black sl.
• CARAMEL SUNDAE an attractive, sexy, medium- to light-skinned Black woman ...1990s US Black teen sl.
• CASPER a particularly light-skinned Black person ...1950s US Black sl.
• CHARCOAL (derogatory) a Black person - one with dark skin ...1900 Amer. dial.
• CHARCOAL BLOSSOM (derogatory) a young Black woman ...1900 Amer. dial.
• CHARCOAL-LILY (derogatory) a Black boy very dark in colour ...1900 Amer. dial.
• CHARCOAL NIGGER (derogatory) a very dark Black person ...20C US sl.
• CHEESE a light-skinned Black person - a person of mixed blood ...1970 Amer. dial.
• CHICKABOO (usually offensive) a Black person ...1965 Amer. dial.
• CHOC (derogatory & offensive) a non-White, esp. an African ...1978 S. Afr. sl.
• CHOCOLATE BAR (derogatory) a Black person ...1970 Amer. dial.
• CHOCOLATE BUNNY (derogatory) a Black person ...1965 Amer. dial.
• CHOCOLATE DROP (offensive) a Black person ...1900 US sl.
• CLINK (derogatory) a Black person ...20C US sl.
• CLUCK (derogatory) a very dark Black person ...20C US sl.
• COCOLA a Black person ...1990s US prison sl.
• COCONUT a Black person who has 'sold out' to White values ...1970s W. Indies, UK. & Aust. Black teen usage
• COCONUT-DODGER a South American or African Black person ...1920s US Black sl.
• COCONUT HEAD 1. a Black person ...1965 Amer. dial.
2. (derogatory) a servile Black person ...1988 sl.
• COOLIE (derogatory) a Black person - sometimes an Indian ...M19 Aust. &S. Afr. sl.
• COOLIE-BOY (derogatory) a male Black person - sometimes an Indian ...M19 Aust. &S. Afr. sl.
• COOLIE-GIRL (derogatory) a female Black person - sometimes an Indian ...M19 Aust. &S. Afr. sl.
• COON (derogatory or offensive) a Black person ...1735 sl.
• COVESS DINGE (derogatory) a Black woman ...1848 Amer. thieves' sl.
• CUFFEE a Black person ...Bk1892 W. Indian sl.
• CUFFY - a Black person ...Bk1892 W. Indian sl.
• DAKHI - a Black person ...2005 S. Afr. sl.
• DANGE BROAD - a sexually attractive Black girl or young woman ...M20 Amer. sl.
• DAPTO DOG - (derogatory) a Black or Asian person ...1970s Aust. rhyming sl. for 'wog'
• DARK - (now considered offensive) a Black person ...1862 US sl.
• DARK BLACK - any very Back person ...1930s US Black sl.
• DARK CLOUD - (derogatory) a Black person ...1909 US sl.
• DARKEE - a Black person - an Australian aborigine - any person having very dark skin as a racial trait ...L18
• DARKEY - (now offensive and derogatory) a Black person - also used ironically by Blacks as a self-description ...1775 sl.
• DARK GABLE - a suave, handsome Black man - a ladies' man ...1959 US sl.
• DARKIE - (now derogatory or offensive) a Black person - a person of colour ...1775 sl.
• DARK MEAT - (usually derogatory) a Black person - esp. a woman regarded solely as a sex partner ...1888 Amer. sl.
• DARK SHANKS - Black people, esp. as sex objects ...L19 sl.
• DARK STUFF - a Black person, usually a woman, in a sexual context ...1960s US sl.
• DARK-SKINNED MEAT - Black people, esp. as sex objects ...L19 sl.
• DARKY - (now derogatory or offensive) a Black person - a person of colour ...1775 sl.
• DAY AND MARTIN - (derogatory) a Black person ...c1840 sl.
• DEWBABY - (not necessarily derogatory) a dark-skinned Black man ...M20 US Black sl.
• DINGE - (derogatory or offensive) a Black person ...1848 US sl.
• DINGE KINCH - (derogatory) a Black child ...1848 Amer. thieves' sl.
• DINGY - (derogatory or offensive) a Black person ...1895 US sl.
• DINK - (derogatory) a nickname for a Black person ...20C US sl.
• DINKEY - (derogatory) a Black child ...20C US sl.
• DR. THOMAS - a subservient Black person, fitting willingly into the stereotyped and inferior image refined by generations of White supremacy - a middle-class Black who wishes to distance himself from the ghetto - an affected or pretentious Black person ...20C sl.
• EBON - a Black person ...M19 US sl.
• EBONY - a Black person ...1820 Amer. colloq. arch.
• EBONY CHICK - a Black girl ...M19 US sl.
• EBONY PIDGEON - a Black girl ...M19 US sl.
• EGGPLANT - a Black person; used derisively ...1968 Amer. sl.
• EIGHT BALL - a Black person; used contemptuously ...1919 US sl.
• EIGHT-ROCK - a Black person; used contemptuously ...1935 US sl.
• ETHIOPIAN - (not necessarily derogatory) a Black person ...1719 Amer. dial.
• ETHY MEAT - a Black woman ...20C sl.
• FADE - a Black person who becomes immersed in the White world and thus 'fades away' - one who tries to lose his identity as a Black person and to assume an identity more pleasing to the dominant White society ...1970s sl.
• FADED BOGEY - a Black who apes Whites and loses his own ethnicity ...1920s US Black sl.
• FADED BOOGIE - a Black who apes Whites and loses his own ethnicity - one who has taken on (undesirable) Caucasian characteristics ...1920s US Black sl.
• FAIR - a light-skinned Black person ...20C US Black sl.
• FAIR-SKIN - a light-skinned Black person ...20C US Black sl.
• FAY - (derogatory) a Black person who acts like a Caucasian ...E20 US Black usage
• FELLOW - a Black man ...1842 Amer. dial.
• FROSTY - a Black person who prefers to act like a Caucasian ...M20 US Black usage
• FUZZY - (usually offensive) a member of any of various dark-skinned ethnic groups who wear their hair in a very thick and full fashion, esp. (in US nautical & military use) a Papuan or Fijian ...1890 sl.
• FUZZY-WUZZY - (usually offensive) a member of any of various dark-skinned ethnic groups who wear their hair in a very thick and full fashion, esp. (in US nautical & military use) a Papuan or Fijian ...1890 sl.
• GANGE - (derogatory) a nickname for a Black person ...Bk1975 Amer. sl.
• GAR - (derogatory) a nickname for a Black person ...1962 US sl.
• 'GATOR BAIT - (derogatory) a Black person, esp. a Black child ...1970 Amer. dial.
• GEECHEE - a Gullah-speaking Black person; hence, a Black speaker of any unfamiliar or hard-to-understand dialect of English; also, a contemptuous term for a poor, uneducated Black person of the rural south ...1917 US sl.
• GEECHIE - a Gullah-speaking Black person; hence, a Black speaker of any unfamiliar or hard-to-understand dialect of English; also, a contemptuous term for a poor, uneducated Black person of the rural south ...1917 US sl.
• GENERIC - a Black person, with the implication that the person is not a quality individual ...1992 US sl.
• GEORGE - a generic name for a Black man ...1908 US sl.
• GEORGIA PEACH - a Black man ...Bk1972 US homosexual sl.
• GERTRUDE BROWN - a Black man ...1960s Black homosexual sl.
• GIG-A-BOO - (derogatory) a Black person ...1924 sl., orig. US
• GIN - a Black woman ...1925 US sl.
• GINGERSNAP - a Black person ...1962 US Black sl.
• GIP - (derogatory) a woman, esp. a Black woman ...1846 US sl.
• GIRL - (derogatory & offensive) a Black female servant or domestic employee ...1835 orig. US usage, later chiefly S. Afr.
• GOLLY - a Black person ...1976 UK sl.
• GOOFY - a Black person ...1965 Amer. dial.
• GREASE - a Black person ...1971 Amer. dial.
• GUINEA a Black person; originally one from the Guinea region of the West African coast ...1748 Amer. dial.
• GUMBO a Black person; also used as a nickname ...1858 Amer. dial.
• HAM - a Black male ...Bk1971 US Black sl.
• HAMBONE - a Black person ...1973 sl., orig. US Black
• HAMFAT - (derogatory) a Black person ...1903 US sl.
• HAM-HOCK - a Black person ...1995 US sl.
• HAMMA - a very attractive Black woman, occasionally a man ...1970 US Black sl.
• HAMMER - a very attractive Black woman, occasionally a man ...1970 US Black sl.
• HAMMERHEAD - a Black person ...1970 US sl.
• HAM'S GRANDSON - a Black person ...1970 Amer. dial.
• HANDKERCHIEF HEAD 1. (derogatory & offensive) a Black person who is submissive or servile toward White people, or who adopts White culture ...1917 chiefly U.S.
2. a Black male who wears a scarf or handkerchief to protect his 'conk' or processed hairdo ...1972 US Black sl.
• HARDHEAD - a rebellious, non-conformist Black person; a hot-tempered or pugnacious person; a troublemaker ...1935 US Black sl.
• HARVEST - (derogatory) a Black person ...1992 UK rhyming sl. for 'coon' (Harvest Moon)
• HARVEST MOON - (derogatory) a Black person ...1992 UK rhyming sl. for 'coon'
• HEADLIGHT - a light-skinned Black person ...1934 Amer. dial.
• HEADLIGHT TO A SNOWSTORM - a very dark Black person ...1920 US sl.
• HEAD NEGRO - a sarcastic reference to any Black authority figure ...1992 US Black sl.
• HEAD NEGRO IN CHARGE - a sarcastic reference to any Black authority figure ...2002 US Black sl.
• HEAD NIGGA IN CHARGE, HEAD NIGGER IN CHARGE - a sarcastic reference to any Black authority figure; the leader of an enterprise ...1973 US Black sl.
• HIGH BROWN - (usually considered offensive) a Black or mixed race person having medium-brown or light-brown skin ...1910 orig. & chiefly US
• HIGH COLOUR - (usually considered offensive) a Black or mixed race person having medium-brown or light-brown skin ...1910 orig. & chiefly US
• HIGH CREAM - a Black person with an especially light complexion ...1934 Amer. dial.
• HIGH YALLA, HIGH YALLER, HIGH YELLA, HIGH YELLOW (now considered offensive) a light-skinned Black person, esp. female; a Creole, a mulatto ...1910 US sl.
• HIPPED SPADE a smart Black man ...Bk1945 jive usage
• H.N. a 'house nigger'; a subservient Black person, an 'Uncle Tom' ...1982 US sl.
• H.N.I.C. - a Black person in a position of authority; a Head Nigger in Charge ...1972 US sl.
• HOMEBOY - a fellow Black person ...1980s US Black sl.
• HOPPER a young Black man ...1990s US Black sl.
• HOT CHOCOLATE a sexually attractive Black woman ...M20 US sl.
• INK (sometimes derogatory) a Black person, esp. one with very dark skin ...1915 Amer. dial.
• INKFACE (derogatory) a Black person ...E20 US sl.
• INK SPOT (sometimes derogatory) a Black person, esp. one with very dark skin ...1966 Amer. dial.
• INKY DINK (sometimes derogatory) a Black person, esp. one with very dark skin ...1942 Amer. dial.
• INKY DINKY (sometimes derogatory) a Black person, esp. one with very dark skin ...1970 Amer. dial.
• JA-BAAS - a servile, subservient Black person ...1960s S. Afr. sl.
• JACK - (derogatory) a Black man ...20C US sl.
• JACKIE ROBINSON - any Black person who is the first to gain entry to a profession ...1940s US Black sl.
• JARHEAD - (derogatory) a Black man ...1942 Amer. sl.
• JASBO - a Black person, esp. a man: used derisively ...1918 Amer. sl.
• JAYBEE - (derogatory) a Black person (Jet Black) ...20C colloq.
• JAZZBO 1. a Black person, esp. a man: used derisively ...1918 Amer. sl.
2. (not necessarily derogatory) a Black man, particularly if up-to-date and stylish ...E20 US sl.
• J.B. - (derogatory) a Black person (Jet Black) ...20C colloq.
• JEFF - a Black person who is obsequious towards Whites ...1960s sl.
• JEFF ARTIST - a Black person who behaves subserviently towards Whites ...1960s US Black sl.
• JEFF DAVIS - a Black person who behaves subserviently towards Whites ...1960s US Black sl.
• JIG - (derogatory or offensive) a Black person ...1924 US sl.
• JIGABOO - (derogatory or offensive) a Black person ...1909 US sl.
• JIGGS (usually offensive) a Black person ...1924 Amer. dial.
• JIGWALKER (usually offensive) a Black person ...1928 Amer. dial.
• JIGWAWK (usually offensive) a Black person ...1942 Amer. dial.
• JIJJIBOO - (derogatory or offensive) a Black person ...1909 US sl.
• JIM CROW - derogatory or offensive) a Black person ...1838 sl., orig. & chiefly US
• JIT - (derogatory or offensive) a Black person ...1931 US sl.
• JUGHEAD - a Black person ...1965 Amer. dial.
• JUNGLE BUNNY - (derogatory or offensive) a person of colour ...1966 sl.
• JUNGLE MEAT - a Black man ...1960s homosexual usage
• KABUKI - a Black man ...1960s homosexual sl.
• KACK - a Black person ...1920s US Black sl.
• KAFFIR - (derogatory) a Black person ...M19 sl., orig. S. Afr.
• KELT - (derogatory) a very light mulatto ...M20 US sl.
• KELTCH - (derogatory) a very light mulatto ...M20 US sl.
• KING - (derogatory) a Black person ...20C US colloq.
• KINK - (derogatory or offensive) a Black person - used contemptuously ...1865 Amer. sl.
• KINKHEAD - (derogatory) a Black person - used contemptuously ...1936 Amer. sl.
• KINKY - (derogatory or offensive) a Black person - used contemptuously ...1926 Amer. sl.
• KINKYHEAD (derogatory) a Black person ...1860 Amer. sl.
• KINKY-NOB (derogatory) a Black person ...20C US colloq.
• KLUCK (derogatory) a very dark Black person ...20C US sl.
• LAM BLACK a very dark-skinned Black person ...1930s US Black sl.
• LAMPBLACK a very dark-skinned Black person ...1942 Amer. dial.
• LAUNDRY QUEEN a Black woman ...E20 US sl.
• LEMON (not necessarily derogatory) a light-skinned Black person; a mulatto ...1920s US Black sl.
• LIVER-CHOPS a person having very thick and dark lips; a Black person (derisive) ...1839 US sl.
• LOG OF EBONY a stupid Black person ...M19 Aust. sl.
• LONG-HEEL a Black person ...1955 Amer. dial.
• MABEL a Black man ...Bk1972 homosexual sl.
• MACAROON a Black person ...1992 UK rhyming sl. for 'coon'
• MACK DADDY an important, influential Black man; a power in the community; a very successful or skilful man ...1990s US Black sl.
• MADAME THOMASINA a subservient, obsequious Black woman ...1960s sl., orig. US Black
• MANTAN BLACK (derogatory) a Black person who acts like a Caucasian ...M20 US Black sl.
• MARY (offensive) any Black woman, esp. a domestic worker ...1952 S. Afr.
• MCDADDY an important, influential Black man; a power in the community; a very successful or skilful man ...1990s US Black sl.
• MAM an older Black woman, esp. a child's nurse ...1838 Amer. dial.
• MAMMA † an older Black woman, esp. a child's nurse ...1803 Amer. dial.
• MAMMY an older Black woman, esp. a child's nurse ...1837 Amer. dial.
• MANDINGO a tough, physically strong, virile African-American man ...1960s US Black sl.
• MAUMER † an older Black woman, esp. a child's nurse ...1838 Amer. dial.
• MECHANICAL (offensive) a Black person ...1992 Brit. rhyming sl. for 'nigger' (Mechanical Digger)
• MECHANICAL DIGGER (offensive) a Black person ...1992 Brit. rhyming sl. for 'nigger'
• MEMBER a Black person ...1964 US sl.
• MICKEY MOUSE a Black person who acts like he has a White face ...Bk1989 Black sl.
• MIDNIGHT (derogatory when used generically) a very dark Black person ...E20 US sl.
• MISS ANN(E) a Black woman who puts on airs and tries to act like a White woman ...1977 Amer. dial., chiefly Black usage
• MISS MABEL a Black man ...Bk1972 homosexual sl.
• MISS PEOLA a light-skinned Black person ...Bk1972 homosexual sl.
• MISS TAN CONFESSIONS a light-skinned Black person ...Bk1972 homosexual sl.
• MOAK, MOKE * (derogatory and offensive) a Black person; also, a dark-skinned person of any race ...c1847 US
• MOHAIR a Black female with hair in natural style ...Bk1971 US sl.
• MOLESKIN (derogatory) a Black person ...1992 US sl.
• MOLO-MAN a Black person ...Bk1892 Chinese Pidgin
• MOMMA - in the southern U.S. (esp. before the abolition of slavery): and older Black woman, esp. one having the care of White children; frequently used as a title or form of address ...1803 orig. & chiefly US
• MONK - (contemptuous) a Black immigrant from the West Indies ...1924 Amer. sl.
• MONKEY (offensive) a non-White or dark-skinned person ...1849 orig. US
• MONKEY CHASER (offensive) a Black person from the Caribbean or other tropical region; a West Indian ...1925 US sl.
• MOOLENYAM (offensive) a Black person ...1967 US Italian-American usage
• MOOLEY, MOOLIE (offensive) a Black person ...1988 US Italian-American usage
• MOOLINYAN (offensive) a Black person ...1967 US Italian-American usage
• MOON CRICKET a Black person ...1992 US sl.
• MOOR any dark-skinned person; a Black person ...1390
• MOSE (derogatory when used generically) a nickname for a Black man, esp. one who is subservient to Whites ...1928 US Black colloq.
• MOSS (derogatory) a Black person ...Bk1975 Amer. sl.
• MOULENJAM (offensive) a Black person ...1967 US Italian-American usage
• MOULIE (offensive) a Black person ...1988 US Italian-American usage
• MOULINYAN - (offensive) a Black person ...1969 US Italian-American usage
• MOULONJAM - a Black person ...1969 US Italian's usage
• MOULONJOHN - a Black person ...1960s US Italian's usage
• MOULY - a Black person ...1990 US sl.
• MOXIE - (usually offensive) a Black person ...1875 US sl.
• MOYO - a Black person ...1995 US sl.
• MR. THOMAS - a subservient Black person, fitting willingly into the stereotyped and inferior image refined by generations of White supremacy - a middle-class Black who wishes to distance himself from the ghetto - an affected or pretentious Black person ...20C sl.
• MR. TOM - a subservient Black person, fitting willingly into the stereotyped and inferior image refined by generations of White supremacy - a middle-class Black who wishes to distance himself from the ghetto - an affected or pretentious Black person ...20C sl.
• MULENYAM - a Black person ...1960s US Italian's usage
• MUNT - (derogatory or offensive) a Black person ...1948 S. Afr. sl.
• MUSTARD SEED - a light-skinned Black person ...1920s US Black sl.
• N - a Black person ...1971 US sl.
• NAGAH - (derogatory) a Black person ...1950s W. Indies Rasta
• NAGRE - a Black person ...Bk1828 Eng. dial.
• NANNIE - (offensive and demeaning) a Black woman - also, a term of address ...1956 S. Afr.
• NANNY - (offensive and demeaning) a Black woman - also, a term of address ...1956 S. Afr.
• NAP - (derogatory) a nickname for a Black person ...20C US
• NAPPY - (derogatory) a nickname for a Black person ...M20 US sl.
• NAPPY-HEAD - (sometimes derogatory) someone with kinky hair - a Black person ...1943 Amer. dial.
• NASSAU NIGGER - a Black person from the Bahamas and Jamaica who speaks with a British accent ...1942 Amer. dial.
• NED - a Black person who is subservient toward Whites ...1964 Amer. dial.
• NEEGER - a Black person ...1587 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• NEGER - a Black person ...1587 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• NEGRILLO - a little Black person ...1853
• NEGRINE - †* a Black woman ...1703
• NEGROLET - a little Black person ...1873
• NEGROLING - a little Black person ...1886
• NIG - (derogatory or offensive) a Black person ...c1832 sl.
• NIGETTE - a Black woman or girl ...1990s US sl.
• NIGGA - a Black person ...1970s US Black sl.
• NIGGA CHOPS - a fellow Black person ...2000s US Black sl.
• NIGGER - (now derogatory or offensive when used by White people) a Black person ...1786 sl.
• NIG-NOG - (derogatory or offensive) a Black person ...1959 sl.
• NIGRA - (now mainly derogatory or offensive) a Black person ... 1905 Amer. dial.
• NIGRAH - (now mainly derogatory or offensive) a Black person ...1944 sl., chiefly Southern US
• NIGRO - a Black person ...1893 Amer. dial.
• NO-ACCOUNT NIGGER - a Black who rejects the second-class role offered by the dominant White society ...E19 sl.
• NUBBIN HEAD - a Black person ...1965 Amer. dial.
• OFAY - (derogatory) a Black person who acts like a Caucasian ...E20 US Black usage
• OFF-BRAND - a Black person ...1990s US sl.
• OIL RIGGER - (derogatory) a Black person ...2000s Irish rhyming sl. for 'nigger'
• OLD CUFFEE - a Black person; an African - an African-American - a coloured person ...1650s US Black
• OLD-FAY - (derogatory) a Black person who acts like a Caucasian ...E20 US Black usage
• OLE-FAY - (derogatory) a Black person who acts like a Caucasian ...E20 US Black usage
• OOFAY - (derogatory) a Black person who acts like a Caucasian ...E20 US Black usage
• OREO - (derogatory) a servile Black person - a Black person who thinks and acts like a Caucasian - a nickname for a Black person who is Black on the outside and White on the inside ...1969 US sl.
• OREO COOKIE - (derogatory) a Black fellow whose opinions, attitudes, and goals are taken from White society ...1960s US Black sl.
• ORIGINAL - a Black person ...1920s US Black sl.
• OXFORD - (derogatory) a Black person who is as dark as black shoe leather ...M20 US Black sl.
• PANCAKE - a Black person viewed as over-friendly towards, or imitative of, Whites ...L19 US Black sl.
• PAPI - a Black person or a Puerto Rican ...2000s US Black sl.
• PECAN - a Black person ...1968 Amer. dial.
• PECK-SAP - a middle-aged Black woman ...1965 Amer. dial.
• PEOLA - a light-skinned Afro-American, esp. a girl ...1942 US Black sl.
• PEPPER HEAD - a Black person ...1966 Amer. dial.
• PICCANIN - (offensive) a Black African child ...S. Afr.
• PICCANINNY - a Black or other non-White child ...1848 Amer. dial.
• PICKANINNY - a common word for any small Black child in the old slave states - used in the West Indies to refer to any small child of any colour or race ...1650s US Black
• PICKANINY - a Black or other non-White child ...1848 Amer. dial.
• PICKNEY - a common word for any small Black child in the old slave states - used in the West Indies to refer to any small child of an colour or race ...1650s US Black
• PINK - a light-skinned Black girl or woman ...1983 Amer. dial.
• PINK CHASER - a subservient Black person ...1926 US sl.
• PINKIE - a light-skinned Black girl or woman ...1934 Amer. dial.
• PINK TOE(S) - a light-skinned Afro-American woman ...1942 US Black sl.
• PINKY - a light-skinned Black girl or woman ...1970 Amer. dial.
• POLECAT - (derogatory) a Black person ...1981 Amer. dial.
• PONGO - (derogatory or offensive) a Black person ...1968 sl.
• POPOLO (derogatory) a Black person ...1967 US sl.
• PORCH MONKEY - (derogatory) a Black person ...1980s US sl.
• PORK CHOP - a Black person who, despite supposed advances in equality, is willing to accept an inferior position to that of Whites ...1970s US sl.
• POSSUM (derogatory) a Black person ...1900 US sl.
• POSSUM IN THE WOODPILE a Black person ...1956 US sl.
• QUASHEE, QUASHIE a Black personal name, adopted as a general name for any Black person ...1833
• QUASSY - a Black person - a Black seaman from the British West Indies, esp. as a nickname ...c1830 colloq.
• RACE MAN - a culturally conscious Black person, esp. one who advocates Black civil rights ...1902 US sl.
• RACE WOMAN - a culturally conscious Black woman, esp. one who advocates Black civil rights ...1918 US sl.
• RAISIN - (derogatory) a Black person ...1970s sl.
• RAISINHEAD - (offensive) a Black person ...1978 US sl.
• RASTUS - a nickname for a Black man - a supposedly typical Black person ...1888 Amer. dial.
• RAVEN BEAUTY - a beautiful Black woman ...E20 US sl.
• RAZOR BLADE - a Black person ...c1955 rhyming sl. on 'spade'
• RED NIGGER - (derogatory) a light-skinned Black person - a member of a mixed-race group believed to be partly American Indian in origin ...1963 Amer. dial.
• REGGIN - a Black person ...20C US Black back-slang for 'nigger'
• RICE - a West Indian Black person ...1970 Amer. dial.
• SAL - a subservient Black woman, happy to curry favour with Whites at the price of her autonomy ...1813 US Black sl.
• SALLY - a subservient Black woman, happy to curry favour with Whites at the price of her autonomy ...1813 US Black sl.
• SALT AND PEPPER - a Black consorting heterosexually with a White ...1972
• SALT-WATER NEGRO - an African born Black person, so called by the Creoles, who were born in the West Indies ...1774 W. Indies
• SAM 1. a Black person ...1867 Amer. dial.
2. a Black person who demeans himself to secure favour with White people ...1938 Amer. dial, chiefly Black usage
• SAMBO 1. (now derogatory or offensive) a Black person - a nickname for a Black person ...1704 sl.
2. an obsequious Black person; one who humbly accepts the stereotypical subservient role ...1980
• SAPPHIRE - an unpopular, unattractive Black girl ...1972 US Black sl.
• SAWNEY - a generic name for an African-American man ...1735 US
• SCHEPSEL - (derogatory or offensive) a Black or Coloured person ...1844 S. Afr.
• SCHVARTZ - a Black person - an Indian or Pakistani person ...1961 US sl.
• SCHVARTZA - (derogatory) a Black person - an Indian or Pakistani person ...1961 US sl.
• SCHVARTZE(R-) (rather derogatory) a Black person, esp. a Black maid ...1961 sl., chiefly US
• SCHVOOG - a Black person ...1960s US sl.
• SCHVUG - a Black person ...1960s US sl.
• SCHWARTZ - (derogatory) a Black person - an Indian or Pakistani person ...1961 US sl.
• SCHWARTZE(R-) (rather derogatory) a Black person, esp. a Black maid ...1961 sl., chiefly US
• SCRAM - a Black person ...1940 US sl.
• SCUTTLE - (derogatory) a Black person ...20C US sl.
• SEAL - (derogatory) a Black person ...1920s US sl.
• SENEGAMBIAN - a Black person ...1900 Amer. dial.
• SHAD MOUTH - (derogatory) a Black person ...1930s US sl.
• SHADE - (derogatory) a Black person ...M19 US sl.
• SHADOW - (derogatory) a Black person ...L19 US sl
• SHADY LADY - a Black woman - a Black prostitute ...M20 US sl.
• SHAKE (derogatory) a Black person ...1900s US sl.
• SHAKER (derogatory) a Black person ...1900s US sl.
• SHINE (usually derogatory) a Black person ...1893 Amer. dial.
• SHINER (usually derogatory) a Black person ...1965 Amer. dial.
• SHOWCASE NIGGER a token Black employee ...M20 US sl.
• SHVARTZ a Black person; an Indian or Pakistani person ...1961 US sl.
• SHVOOGIE a Black person ...1960s US sl.
• SILVERY (MOON) (derogatory) a Black person ...1950s rhyming sl. for 'coon'
• SILVERY SPOON (derogatory) a Black person ...1977 UK rhyming sl. for 'coon'
• SIN a tough, aggressive Black man ...2000s US Black sl.
• SISTER a Black woman ...1968 US sl.
• SKEPSEL (derogatory or offensive) a Black or Coloured person ...1844 S. Afr.
• SKILLET (derogatory) a Black person ...1942 Amer. dial.
• SKILLET BLONDE 1. a Black woman wearing a blonde wig ...1935 US Black sl.
2. a very dark-skinned Black person ...1935 US Black sl.
• SMIDGET (derogatory) a nickname for a Black person ...20C US dial.
• SMIT SMOKE - a highly intelligent Black person ...1940s US Black sl.
• SMOKE - (derogatory or offensive) a Black person ...1902 US sl.
• SMOKED BACON a Black person; an American Indian ...1939 Amer. dial.
• SMOKED BEEF a Black person; an American Indian ...1829 Amer. dial.
• SMOKED HAM a Black person; an American Indian ...1966 Amer. dial.
• SMOKED IRISHMAN (derogatory) a Black or other non-White person ...1915 Amer. dial.
• SMOKE MEAT a Black person; an American Indian ...1958 Amer. dial.
• SMOKESTACK a Black person ...1965 Amer. dial.
• SMOKY JOE a Black person ...1902 Amer. dial.
• SMUDGE - (derogatory) a nickname for a Black person ...20C US sl.
• SMUT-BUTT - (derogatory) a nickname for a Black person ...20C US college sl.
• SNOWBALL - a nickname for a Black person - usually for a Black person with white hair ...18C colloq.
• SON OF EBONY - a Black person ...1851 Amer. dial. arch.
• SON OF ETHIOPIA - a Black person ...1853 Amer. dial.
• SOOTY - (derogatory or offensive) a Black person ...1838 sl., orig. US
• SOUL SAUCE - a Black man ...1970s US homosexual sl.
• SOUL SISTER - a Black woman ...1960s sl., orig. US Black
• SPADE (derogatory or offensive) as a term of contempt or casual reference among White people: a Black person, esp. a Black man; formerly, among African Americans: a very dark-skinned Black person ...1928 sl., orig. US
• SPADELET - a Black child ...1959 nonce word
• SPADENA - a Black lady, particularly if lovely ...Bk1972 homosexual sl.
• SPAGGOT - a Black homosexual ...1920s US Black sl.
• SPAGINGY-SPAGADE - a Black person ...1926 US Black sl.
• SPAGINZY - a Black person...1946 Amer. sl.
• SPAGINZY-SPAGADE - a Black person ...1958 US Black sl.
• SPEAR-CHUCKER - (offensive) a Black person ...1969 US sl.
• SPLIB 1. a fellow Black person ...1940s US Black sl.
2. a liberal Black who looks angry but will not upset the status quo ...1940s US Black sl.
• SPOOK (derogatory or offensive) a Black person ...1800s US sl.
• SQUARE RIGGER (offensive) a Black person ...1992 UK rhyming sl. for 'nigger'
• TACO (derogatory) a fellow Black; the premise being one is no better than a Mexican ...1980s US Black sl.
• TADPOLE 1. (derogatory) a Black infant ...1588
2. (derogatory) a Black person ...1986 Amer. dial.
• TAFFEE - a Black person ...1630s US Black sl.
• TAFFY - a Black person ...1630s US Black sl.
• TAR BABY - (derogatory) a Black person ...1894 Amer. dial.
• TAR-BRUSH - a contemptuous term for a Black person ...1835
• TAR HEEL - (derogatory) a Black person ...1970 Amer. dial.
• TAR POT 1. a Black person ...1944 Amer. dial.
2. (derogatory) a Black child...Bk1975 Amer. sl. arch.
• TAWNY a dark-complexioned person; a mulatto ...Bk1905 Sc.
• TEAPOT a Black person ...1815 sl.
• TOFFY a Black person ...1630s US Black sl.
• TOM a subservient Black person, fitting willingly into the stereotyped and inferior image refined by generations of White supremacy; a middle-class Black who wishes to distance himself from the ghetto; an affected or pretentious Black person ...1959 sl.
• TONTO - an American Indian or Black man who is submissive towards White culture ...1972 Amer. dial.
• TOOFAH, TOOFER, TWOFAH, TWOFER a Black woman appointed to a post, the appointment being seen as evidence of both racial and sexual equality of opportunity ...1977 US sl.
• TUSH 1. a light-complexioned Black person - a mulatto ...1960 Amer. dial. Black usage
2. a wealthy, light-skinned society Black person ...1970 US Black sl.
• UBANGI - (offensive) a Black person ...1979 US sl.
• UNBLEACHED AMERICAN - (derogatory or jocular) an American Black ..19C US sl.
• UNCLE - used by a White person in reference to a Black man ...1830 Amer. dial.
• UNCLE GEORGE - a subservient Black person, fitting willingly into the stereotyped and inferior image refined by generations of White supremacy - a middle-class Black who wishes to distance himself from the ghetto; an affected or pretentious Black person ...20C sl.
• UNCLE THOMAS - a subservient Black person, fitting willingly into the stereotyped and inferior image refined by generations of White supremacy - a middle-class Black who wishes to distance himself from the ghetto; an affected or pretentious Black person ...20C sl.
• UNCLE TOM - a Black person who curries favour from Whites through obsequious, fawning behaviour ...1922 US sl.
• UNIFORM TANGO - an Uncle Tom - a Black person who curries favour from Whites through obsequious, fawning behaviour ...1991 US sl.
• UPPITY NIGGER - a Black person who refuses to accept heir second-class status ...L19 US sl.
• VANILLA - a Black man ...Bk1972 homosexual sl.
• VANILLA DINGE - a Black man who prefers White women ...1964 US sl.
• VELCRO HEAD - (derogatory) a Black person ...a2003 US sl.
• WAMPUS CAT - a tough-looking Black person ...1967 Amer. dial.
• WENCH - a Black or Mulatto woman or girl ...19C US sl.
• WHITE MAN'S HANSOM WOMAN - a Black mistress ...Bk1892 W. Indian sl.
• WHITE NEGRO 1. (derogatory) a Black person who behaves in a way which will please White people ...20C US sl.
2. (derogatory) an albino or mulatto Black person ...20C US sl.
• WHITE NIGGER a subservient Black person ...1837 sl., orig. US
• WOODEN SPOON a Black person ...Brit. rhyming sl. for 'coon'
• WOG (derogatory or offensive) a Black or dark-skinned person ...1929 Brit. sl.
• WOOLEN-HEAD (often derogatory) a Black person ...1986 Amer. dial.
• WOOLIE-HEAD - (derogatory) a Black person ...19C US sl.
• WOOLLY-HEAD - (often derogatory) a Black person ...1857 Amer. dial.
• WOOLLYPATE - (often derogatory) a Black person ...1855 Amer. dial.
• WOOLLY TOP - (often derogatory) a Black person ...1967 Amer. dial.
• WOOLY - (often derogatory) a Black person ...1986 Amer. dial.
• WOOLY-HEAD - (often derogatory) a Black person ...1828 Amer. dial.
• WYTHENSHAWE WHITE MAN - a Black man with the manners and standards of contemporary White society ...2002 UK sl.
• YANKEE - a Black man ...1809 UK criminals' sl.
• YANTA - (derogatory) a Black person ...1992 US sl.
• YARD APE - (derogatory) a Black person ...1973 Amer. dial.
• YARD NIGGER - (derogatory) a subservient, acquiescent Black person; a slave or field hand ...1935
• YELLER - (derogatory) a light-skinned Black person; a mulatto ...1834 sl.
• YELLOW - (considered offensive outside of Black usage) a Black or mixed-race person having light brown skin; a light-skinned Black person ...1873 US
• YELLOW-ASS - a light-coloured Black woman ...1967 US sl.
• YELLOW-BLACK - (derogatory) a mixed race person; a mulatto; a light-skinned Black person ...1949 US sl.
• YELLOW BONE - a Black person having light-coloured skin ...1993 US sl.
• YELLOW BOY - a comparatively fair Black man, esp. a mulatto; a mixed race person ...1818 US sl.
• YELLOW GIRL - a light-skinned Black woman, esp. if sexually attractive; a mixed-race, a half-white, half-Black or Aborigine woman; a female mulatto ...1832 sl.
• YELLOW SKIN - a light-skinned Black person ...1831
• YES-BAAS - a servile, subservient Black person ...1975 S. Afr. sl.
• YOETTE - a young Black woman ...1991 US sl.
• YOLA - a light-skinned Black female; a mulatto ...1942 US Black sl.
• YOM - a Black street boy ...1977 US sl.
• YOM - a Black woman ...1978 US sl.
• YOMO - a Black street boy ...1992 US sl.
• YOUNG BLOOD - a young Black man and esp. an impetuous one; used as a term of address to a young man ...1946 US sl.
• ZIG - (derogatory) a Black, or other dark-skinned, person ...1909 Amer. dial.
• ZIGABO - (derogatory or offensive) a Black person ...1909 US sl.
• ZIGABOO, ZIGGABOO, ZIGGERBOO - (derogatory) a Black person ...1910 Amer. sl.
• ZIP - a subservient Black person ...1929 US Black sl.
• ZIP COON - a subservient Black person ...1834 US Black sl.
• ZOOLO - (derogatory) a Black person ...1931 US prison sl.
• ZULU - (derogatory) a Black person ...1899 US
• ZULU PRINCESS - a young, beautiful Black man ...Bk1972 homosexual sl.
Black person, district, etc. - person, other
• BLACKBAITER - † any person in favour of Black slavery; a person with intolerant attitude toward Blacks ...c1840 Amer. sl.
• KAFFERBOETIE a White sympathizer with Black causes ...1930s S. Afr. sl.
• KAFFIRBOETIE a White sympathizer with Black causes ...1930s S. Afr. sl.
• NEGROITE a friend of the Black people; one who favours the advancement of Black interests or rights ...1851
• NEGROMANIAC one having an extravagant liking of Black people ...1864
• NEGROPHIL a friend of the Black people; one who favours the advancement of Black interests or rights ...1889
• NEGROPHILE a friend of the Black people; one who favours the advancement of Black interests or rights ...1803
• NEGROPHILIST a lover or friend of the Black people ...1842
• NEGROPHOBIAC one having an intense dislike of Black people ...1867
• NEGROPHOBIST one having an intense dislike of Black people ...1878
Black person, district, etc. - verbs
• BLOCKBUST to be the first Black family to move into a formerly all-White inner city area ...1950s sl.
• GO OREO (derogatory) to adapt oneself to White society ...1960s US Black sl.
• NEGROFY to make into, or as black, as a Black person ...1799
• UNCLE TOM of a Black person: to try to curry favour with White people by obsequious behaviour ...1937 US sl.
BLACKSMITH - nouns
• BLACK WORK the work of a blacksmith ...1874
• DARBY CRIB a blacksmith's ...L17 sl.
• DARBY KEN a blacksmith's ...L17 sl.
• NAIL BENDER a carpenter, a blacksmith ...1920s US sl.
blacksmith - person (also see SMITH)
• BLACK - a blacksmith ...1776 sl.
• BLACKSMITH - a smith who works in iron or black metal, as distinguished from a 'whitesmith' who works in tin or white metal ...1248
• BLACKSMITH OF KIND - a blacksmith the seventh in descent of a family of smiths ...Bk1892 Eng. dial.
• BLACK SPY - a blacksmith ...1823 UK sl.
• BLACKY - a blacksmith, esp. as a nickname ...1906 US sl.
• CALKER - one who makes iron heel-plates, etc. - a country blacksmith ...Bk1898 Sc.
• DARBY COVE - a blacksmith ...Amer. sl.
• HAMMERMAN - a man who works with a hammer; a smith or worker in metal; a blacksmith’s unskilled assistant; a man who manipulates a steam-hammer; in coal-mining, one who forces down the large masses of coal by means of long and sharp iron wedges ...1483
• IRON BENDER - amongst loggers: a camp blacksmith ...1958 Amer. dial.
• IRON BURNER - amongst loggers: a camp blacksmith ...1938 Amer. dial.
• NAIL BENDER - a carpenter - a horse-shoer - a blacksmith ...1924 Amer. dial.
• SCADDEM - an incompetent smith ...Bk1904 Sc
• SCOWDER-DOUP a jocular name for a blacksmith ...1808 Sc.
BLADDER - nouns
• URINE-LAKE † the contents of the bladder ...1633 poetic
BLAME - adjectives
• BLAMEFUL fully meriting blame, blameworthy ...c1430
• VITUPERIOUS † worthy of blame; hence, shameful, discreditable, disgraceful ...1612
blame - nouns
• CULP(E) † blameworthiness; guilt, sin, fault, blame ...1377
• DIRDUM a punishment, a scolding; blame, reprehension ...1823 Sc.
• FALL, THE consequences, esp. blame taken for another person ...1929 sl., orig. prison usage
• LAST † a fault, vice, sin; blame; also, a physical blemish ...c1175
• LASTING † abuse, blame, reproach ...a1225
• RAP a rebuke or reprimand; blame, responsibility ...1777 sl.
• SAUCE a scolding; blame, recrimination, abuse ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCANCE blame, reproach, scandal ...1866 Sc.
• SCATHE AND SCORN insult and injury, blame, reproach ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• STITCH-UP an act of unjustly transferring blame to someone else ...1984 Brit. sl.
• TOLE † evil-speaking, calumny, slander; blasphemy; reproach, blame ...c1000
blame - person
• BAGMAN - an employee, a menial, esp. one who takes the blame for the decisions and activities of their employer ...1993 sl., orig. US
• COVER-SLUT - one who takes the blame due to another ......1895 Eng. dial.
• GOAT - one who has to stand the blame ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• IMPUGNATOR †* - one who raises doubts - one who blames ...1678
• LACKER - † one who blames or disparages ...1496
• TAXER - † one who finds fault, accuses, or censures; one who blames ...1601
blame - verbs
• BEAR THE BLUNT to bear the blame or consequences ...1939 Amer. dial.
• BESHREW † to invoke evil upon; to wish one all that is bad; to invoke a curse on; to curse, to blame greatly, as the cause of misfortune ...1377
• CALL to blame ...L19 colloq.
• CARRY THE CAN to take the blame or punishment on behalf of another; to be made a scapegoat ...1929 UK sl., orig. navy
• CARRY THE CAN BACK to take the blame or punishment on behalf of another; to be made a scapegoat ...1929 UK sl., orig. navy
• DROP SOMEONE IN IT to get someone blamed and into trouble ...1991 UK sl.
• EDWITE † to taunt, to blame, to reproach ...c825
• ENTWITE † to twit, rebuke, reproach or blame a person ...1542
• FACE THE MUSIC to receive blame courageously
• FATHER SOMETHING ON SOMEONE to put the blame for something on someone else; to 'pass the buck' ...20C sl.
• GET THE KNOCK to accept the blame ...L19 sl., orig. US
• INCULP †* to find fault with; to accuse; to blame ...1612
• KICK YOURSELF to blame yourself, esp. to berate yourself ...2003 UK sl.
• KILL THE SIN to relieve all the blame of something ...1982 Bahamas
• LAME to lay the blame on anyone ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• LAST † to blaspheme, to blame ...a1225
• LAY THE SADDLE UPON THE RIGHT HORSE to lay the blame on the right person ...1635
• MEAN to complain of, to blame, to resent ...1715 Sc.
• NOD ONE'S HEAD to accept blame or responsibility for something ...Aust. prison sl.
• NOT TO BE ABLE TO SAY BLACK'S HIS NAIL to be unable to impute blame to anyone ...Bk1903 Eng. dial.
• PACK-OFF ON to blame ...1911 Amer. dial.
• POINT THE BONE AT to predict or will the failure of an enterprise; to bring defeat or failure on a person; later, to accuse, to blame, to condemn a person ...1923 Aust. colloq.
• PUT THE SADDLE UPON THE RIGHT HORSE to fix the blame upon the true offender ...1842 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• REDARGUE to accuse, to blame ...1768 Sc.
• SET THE SADDLE UPON THE RIGHT HORSE to lay the blame on the right person ...1635
• SHARE THE RAG to be hostile, to place blame on someone else ...1960s sl.
• STAND THE BLUNT to bear the blame or consequences ...1966 Amer. dial.
• STAND THE RACKET to face the consequences of an action; to bear the blame ...1823
• STITCH UP to cause someone to be wrongfully arrested, convicted, etc. by informing, fabricating evidence, etc. ...1970 Brit. sl.
• TAG to blame, to accuse ...1950s sl.
• TAKE THE FALL to volunteer oneself as a victim, usually as the alleged perpetrator of a crime, in the place of the real villain; to take blame on behalf of another ...1920s US sl.
• TAKE THE KNOCK to accept the blame ...L19 sl., orig. US
• THROW OFF ON to shift blame or responsibility onto ...1868 Amer. dial.
• TWINK † to chastise; to blame; to find fault with ...1747 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
BLAMELESS - adjectives
• AMOMOUS † blameless ...1683 nonce-word
• FREELESS †* blameless, faultless, flawless ...c1400
• INCULPABLE * blameless, free from blame ...a1492
• INCULPATE †* blameless, unblamed, inculpable ...1612
• LACKLESS † without fault or blame; faultless, blameless ...1377
• LASTLESS † blameless ...a1225
• UNBLAMEFUL † blameless ...c1400
• VENIAL †* allowable, permissible; blameless ...1597
BLAMELESSLY - adverbs
• FAULTLESSLY † blamelessly ...1610
BLAMELESSNESS - nouns
• FAULTLESSNESS † freedom from blame; blamelessness ...1580
BLAMEWORTHINESS - nouns
• CULP(E) † blameworthiness; guilt, sin, fault, blame ...1377
• ILL DESERT the fact of deserving ill, demerit, blameworthiness ...1736
BLAMEWORTHY - adjectives
• BLAMEFULL blameworthy ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CORREPT † chiding, abusive, blameworthy, reprehensible ...1659
• DEMERITORIOUS bringing demerit, ill-deserving, blameworthy, as well as destitute of merit; opposed to 'meritorious' ...1593
• FAULTWORTHY †* deserving of blame, blameworthy, culpable, reprehensible ...1586
• IMPUTABLE † open to accusation or censure; blameworthy, reprehensible, culpable ...1660
BLAMING - adjectives
• BLAMEFUL conveying blame or censure; blaming, fault-finding ...c1386
• VEAKING fretful, peevish; blaming, carping ...1746 Eng. dial.
blaming - nouns
• INCUSATION blaming, accusation ...1623
• OBJURGATION a chiding, scolding, reproving, rebuking, or blaming; a sharp or severe rebuke ...a1500
BLANCHING - nouns
• DEALBATION the act of whitening, blanching, bleaching ...1607
• PALLESCENCE * a blanching or paling ...1822
BLAND - adjectives
• BEIGE bland, boring ...1982 US sl.
• SAUCELESS bland, insipid ...1899 102 NED Murray 1914
• SPAMMY bland, mediocre ...M20 colloq.
BLANDISHMENT - nouns
• GELE †* blandishment, enticing speech ...c1200
BLANKET - nouns
• BED-PLAID a blanket ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLANKET NIP a piece of old blanket folded around the feet inside the shoe packs for warmth; hence, a sock ...1906 Amer. dial.
• BLUEY a blanket as used by travellers in the bush ...1891 Aust. sl.
• LANGEL(L) † a woollen rug or blanket ...1324-25 Eng. dial.
• NAP blankets or other covering used by a person sleeping in the open air ...1892 Aust. sl.
• NIP a piece of old blanket folded around the feet inside the shoe packs for warmth; hence, a sock ...1906 Amer. dial.
• PARCEL a rolled blanket which contains one's possessions ...1910s Aust. tramps' sl.
• TUCSON BLANKET newspapers, when used by tramps as a substitute for blankets ...1920s US sl.
blanket - person
• BLANKET-HEEZIE one who tosses another in a blanket ...Bk1911 Sc.
BLASPHEME - person
• BLASPHEMATOUR † one who blasphemes ...1483
• MOCK-GOD - † one who mocks, derides, or defies God; a blasphemer ...1601
• TEARER OF GOD - † a blasphemer or profane swearer ...a1550
blaspheme - verbs
• LAST † to blaspheme, to blame ...a1225
BLASPHEMOUS - adjectives
• BLASPHEMATORY † blasphemous; cursing and swearing; using vile reproachful language ...1611
• BLASPHEMIOUS blasphemous ...1908 Amer. dial.
• SULPHUROUS blasphemous, profane ...1828
BLASPHEMY - nouns
• TOLE † evil-speaking, calumny, slander; blasphemy; reproach, blame ...c1000
BLAST - nouns
• ON-BLAFF a blast ...1887 Sc.
BLAZE, BLAZING - adjectives
• RANTING of a fire: blazing, roaring ...1725 Sc.
blaze, blazing - adverbs
• ABLEEZE blazing ...1819 Sc.
• ALOW ablaze ...ME Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• ALUNT in a blazing state ...1811 Sc.
blaze, blazing - nouns
• AD † a fire, a blazing pile, a funeral pyre ...a900
• BALE † a great consuming fire; a conflagration; a blazing pile, a bonfire ...a1000
• BALE-FIRE a great fire in the open air; a blazing pile or heap kindled to consume anything; in Old English, the fire of a funeral pile ...a1000
• BAWBELL a flame, a blaze ...1891 Eng. dial.
• BLANCH a flash or sudden blaze ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLEEZIE a small blaze ...Bk1911 Sc.
• GLOSE a blaze ...1825 Sc.
• HALLIBLASH a great blaze ...1740 Eng. dial.
• HALLYBLASH a great blaze ...1740 Eng. dial.
• INGLE-GLEED the flames or blaze of a fire; firelight; a blazing fireside ...Bk1902 Sc.
• INGLE-LOWE the flames or blaze of a fire; firelight; a blazing fireside ...1798 Sc.
• NEUF a blaze ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
blaze, blazing - verbs
• BLEEZE to blaze, to flare up ...Bk1911 Sc.
• GLOSE to blaze, gleam ...1825 Sc.
• RANT to blow or stir up a fire; to blaze, to burn fiercely ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TIND to burn, to blaze ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• BABBLER one who tells too freely what he knows; a prating gossip; a teller of secrets; a blabber; a talebearer ...1555
• BALL OF YARN one who cannot be trusted with a secret ...Bk1942 US sl.
• BASKET a person who can't keep a secret ...1975 Amer. dial.
• BLOB-TALE † a telltale, talebearer, or blabber ...a1670
• BLOB-TONGUE one who blurts out a secret; a telltale; a blab; a gossip ...1886 Eng. dial.
• CACKLE one who chats or gossips; a telltale, tattler, or blabber; one who divulges a secret ...a1225 sl.
• CACKLER one who chats or gossips; a talkative person; a telltale, tattler, or blabber; one who divulges a secret ...a1400 sl.
• CHINA CHIPPER one who cannot be trusted with a secret ...Bk1942 US sl.
• CLATTERFART † a chatterer; a babbler; a blabber; a tale-teller ...1552
• CLICKER one who cannot be trusted with a secret ...Bk1942 US sl.
• CLIT-CLAT a talkative person; a gossip; a telltale; a blab ...1869 Eng. dial.
• GATEMOUTH one who cannot be trusted with a secret ...Bk1942 US sl.
• GURGLING GARGOYLE one who cannot be trusted with a secret ...Bk1942 US sl.
• GUSHY one who cannot be trusted with a secret ...Bk1942 US sl.
• LAB, LABBE † a blab; a telltale; a great talker; a chatterbox; a gossip; one who cannot keep a secret ...c1386 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• LAB-O’-THE-TONGUE a blab; a tittle-tattler; a chatterbox; one who cannot keep a secret ...1746 Eng. dial.
• LONG-TONGUE a chatterbox, talebearer, telltale, gossip, blabber, or a divulger of secrets - an unusually talkative woman - a scold ...1847
• SATCHEL one who cannot be trusted with a secret ...Bk1942 US sl.
• SATCHELMOUTH one who cannot be trusted with a secret ...Bk1942 US sl,
• TITTLE-GOOSE a foolish, tattling person; a telltale; a foolish blab ...1807 Eng. dial.
blab, blabber - verbs
• BLOB to talk indiscreetly or excessively; to blab out, to chat ...1899 Amer. dial.
• BLOW THE GAB to blab, to give information ...1785 sl.
• CACKLE to confess and/or to inform on others; to reveal secrets through indiscreet talk; to blab ...1698 US & UK criminals' sl.
• FATMOUTH to talk too much; to blabber ...1968 Amer. dial., esp. Black usage
• LAB † to blab, to let out secrets ...1377 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• LAB ONE'S MOUTH to chatter, to blab ...1966 Amer. dial.
• RASH OUT † to blab; to publish imprudently ...1708 Sc.
BLABBING - adjectives
• LEAKY not reticent; blabbing; of memory: not retentive ...1692
• TALEWISE † given to tales or talking; addicted to gossip; loquacious, garrulous, blabbing ...c1200
BLACK - adjectives (for skin colour, see BLACK PERSON)
• ATROUS †* very black; jet-black ...1830
• BLACK AS A COAL-MINER'S ASSHOLE AT MIDNIGHT utterly black ...1976 Amer. sl.
• BLACK AS NEWGATE, AS very black ...Bk1902 sl.
• BLACK AS OLD NICK very black ...1809 Amer. dial.
• BLACK AS ONE'S HAT absolutely black ...1710
• BLACK AS SIP extremely black ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• BLACK AS TAR very black ...1966 Amer. dial.
• BLACK AS THE CROOK very black (crook = a hook in a chimney for hanging a pot or kettle on) ...1826 Sc.
• BLACK AS THE DEVIL'S ARSE as black as can be; pitch-black ...1774 US sl.
• BLACK AS THE EARL OF HELL very black ...1952 Amer. dial.
• BLACK AS TOBEY'S BEHIND very black ...1958 Amer. dial.
• BLACK AS TOBY'S HILL very black ...1997 Amer. dial.
• BLACK AS ZIP extremely black ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• BLACKER THAN TOBY'S HEEL very black ...1901 Amer. dial.
• BLECK black ...Bk1911 Sc.
• DARK-GREEN black ..1991 US Vietnam usage
• DIRTIER THAN TOBY'S ASS very black ...2009 Amer. dial.
• EBON † of the colour of ebony; black, dark, sombre ...1607
• ELEELE dark; black ...1938 Hawaii
• INTERNIGRANT † having black interlaced among other colours ...1656
• NEGRE †* black ...a1400
• NERE †* black ...a1300
• NEYGER †* black ...a1400
• NIGRICANT black ...1772
• RAVEN-DARK black ...1901 Eng. dial.
• SABLE black ...1485-1509 chiefly poetical and rhetorical
• SALT AND PEPPER white and black ...1915 US sl.
• THUNDER-BLACK very black; dark with anger, angry ...1901 Eng. dial.
black - nouns (includes BLACKNESS)
• NIGREDITY †* blackness ...1547
• SABLE the colour black; black clothing, also, esp. as a symbol of mourning ...c1374
black - verbs
• SABLE * to blacken or darken ...1610 chiefly poetical
• SABLEIZE †* to make black ...1611
BLACKBALL - verbs
• PILL to blackball ...sl.
BLACKBERRY - nouns
• BERRY-MOUCHER the blackberry ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BLACK-BLUTTER a blackberry; a bramble ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLACKBOYD a blackberry ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOID a blackberry ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOYD a blackberry ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BRIERBERRY a blackberry ...1795 Amer. dial.
• BUMBLE-KITE a blackberry ...1691 Eng. dial.
• DEWBERRY a trailing blackberry ...1709 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• DRUMLIE-DROITS blackberries, bramble-berries ...19C Sc.
• FINGERBERRY a blackberry ...1893 Amer. dial.
• NIGGERS IN A BLANKET (derogatory) blackberries cooked in pastry turnovers ...1941 Amer. dial.
• OCTOBER BERRY a blackberry ...1916 Amer. dial.
• PENNY-MOUCHER the blackberry ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• PERRY-MOUCHER the blackberry ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• SCAURBERRY a blackberry ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
blackberry - person
• BERRY-MOUCHER a truant from school in blackberry season ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BLACKBIRD - nouns
• BLACKIE a blackbird ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLACK-MACK † a blackbird ...1519
• MERLE the common blackbird ...1725 Sc. & Ireland
BLACK EYE - see EYE
BLACKGUARD - adjectives
• BLACKGANG blackguardly ...Bk1911 Sc.
• THIEF-LIKE having the appearance of a blackguard ...Bk1905 Sc.
blackguard - nouns
• HAURRAGE a blackguard crew of people ...1824 Sc.
blackguard - person
• BLACK a shabby rogue; a blackguard ...1797 UK sl.
• BLACKGUARD a person, esp. a man, who behaves in a dishonourable or contemptible way; someone worthless or despicable; a villain; a rough; an open scoundrel; a term of the utmost opprobrium ...1732
• BLACK-HEART a blackguard ...Bk1886 Eng. dial.
• BLAGAIRD a blackguard ...Bk1892 Eng. dial.
• BLAGGARD a blackguard ...1902 Amer. dial.
• BORN-DEVIL a downright blackguard ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BUDZAT a low fellow; a blackguard ...Bk1892 Anglo-Indian sl.
• CAD (offensive) one who behaves dishonourably or who lacks the instincts of a gentleman; a low, vulgar, ill-mannered fellow; a base, vile person; an ill-bred person; an upper-class rogue; a blackguard; a term of abuse ...1838 colloq.
• CATAIAN † a rogue; a scoundrel; a rascal; a knave; a blackguard ..1598
• HADDIGAUD - a blackguard sort of person ...Bk1893 Eng. dial.
• HALLION - a term of contempt; a low or scurvy fellow; a coarse, idle, worthless fellow; a blackguard; a contemptible person; a good-for-nothing idler; a rascal, a clown, a clumsy fellow ...1787 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• HARRYGAD - a blackguard sort of person; a wild or reckless person ...Bk1893 Eng. dial.
• HARRYGAUD - a blackguard sort of person ...1721 Eng. dial.
• HEEL a contemptible man; a blackguard ...1925 US sl.
• LADRONE - a vague term of reproach - rogue, rascal, or blackguard - a lazy knave ...a1557 Sc.
• LATHERIN - a vague term of reproach - a rogue - a blackguard ...1789 Sc.
• LAYDRON - a vague term of reproach - a rogue - a blackguard ...1706 Sc.
• LOOCHA - a blackguard libertine - a lewd loafer ...19C Anglo-Indian
• LOOCHER - a low, lascivious blackguard ...Bk1892 Anglo-Indian sl.
• LOOTCHA - a blackguard libertine - a lewd loafer ...19C Anglo-Indian
• RADDIKAL - a blackguard ...Bk1914 Sc.
• RADICAL - a troublesome boy; an impudent, dissipated fellow; a wild, unruly fellow; a rogue, a blackguard; a rascal ...Bk1886 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SCALAWAG, SCALLAWAG, SCALLOWAG, SCALLYWAG - a disreputable or very mischievous fellow; a worthless, good-for-nothing, or contemptuous fellow; a good-tempered scamp; a ne'er-do-well; a scapegrace, a blackguard; a rascal; a naughty child ...1848
• SCOURY - a mean, disreputable person - a blackguard ...1721 Sc.
• SCOWRIE - a mean, disreputable person - a blackguard ...1721 Sc.
• WANGRACE - a blackguard; a scamp; a ne'er-do-well ...Bk1905 Sc.
BLACKHEAD - nouns
• ZAT a spot, a pimple, a blackhead ...1950s sl., orig. US teen
• ZIT a spot, a pimple, a blackhead ...1950s sl., orig. US teen
• ZITZ a spot, a pimple, a blackhead ...1950s sl., orig. US teen
• ZORT a spot, a pimple, a blackhead ...1950s sl., orig. US teen
BLACKJACK - nouns
• CALIFORNIA BLACKJACK in blackjack: an ace and a nine, which produce a score of 20, not 21 ...1982 US sl.
BLACK MAGIC - person
• BRUJA a witch, a sorcerer; one who practices black magic ...1940 Amer. dial.
• BRUJO a witch, a sorcerer; one who practices black magic ...1940 Amer. dial.
BLACKMAIL - nouns
• BADGER GAME luring men into (esp. sexually) compromising situations in order to blackmail them ...sl.
• FAIRY-SHAKING blackmailing married men who frequent gay bars and similar centres ...1990s US sl.
• SANCTIFICATION blackmail, esp. by secret services or foreign diplomats ...1970s sl.
blackmail - verbs
• BLACK to blackmail ...1928 sl.
• MOUSE to blackmail ...1970s US sl.
• PUT THE BITE ON to ask for a loan, to borrow money from someone; also, to threaten, to blackmail, to extort money from ...1933 sl., orig. US
• PUT THE BLACK ON to blackmail ...1924 sl.
• SANCTIFY to blackmail someone, esp. for the purposes of extracting political favours ...1970s sl.
• SHAKE DOWN to extort money from; to blackmail or otherwise pressurize a person for money, etc. ...1872 US sl.
BLACKMAILER - person
• BADGE a blackmailer; an extortioner ...Bk1914 criminals' sl.
• BADGER a thief or blackmailer whose speciality is the badger game (a racket where a prostitute's accomplice steals from or blackmails her customer, usually by posing as her wronged husband) ...1858 criminals' sl.
• BADGER WORKER a blackmailer who plays the badger game ...Bk1945 criminals' sl.
• BEETLE-MAN one who blackmails ...1930 criminals' sl.
• BLACK a blackmailer ...1931 UK sl.
• BLACKBIRD a blackmailer or confidence man ...1895 criminals' sl.
• BLACKMAILER one who extorts, or endeavours to extort money by blackmailing ...1833
• GHOUL † a man who watches houses where lovers meet, then follows the woman home to demand money and/or sex to keep the news from her husband ...1859 US criminals' sl.
• HIGHBIND † a blackmailer who victimizes gamblers and prostitutes by threatening death, esp. such a person, often Chinese, in San Francisco ...1930 criminals' sl.
• HIGHBINDER one of a secret society or gang said to exist among the Chinese in California and other parts of the United States for the purpose of blackmailing and even of assassination; an extortioner or an assassin ...1875 hist.
• SANDBAGGER - † a blackmailer ...Bk1891 US criminals' sl.
• STRIKER - a blackmailer ...Bk1904 sl.
• SUCKER - a blackmailer ...Bk1904 Amer. political usage
• VAMPIRE - † one who blackmails men and women he sees entering and exiting whorehouses ...1859 criminals' sl.
BLACK MARKET - person
• BLACKETEER a trader in black-market goods ...1942 colloq.
• BLACK MARKETEER a person engaged in trading on the black market ...1941
• BLACK MARKETER a black marketeer, a person engaged in trading on the black market ...1942
• DABBLER a black marketeer in furniture ...1940s furniture trade usage
• SNOUTER one who brings wares in from the continent, and sells them on the black market to people who refuse to pay exorbitant retail prices ...Brit. sl.
BLACK PERSON, DISTRICT, ETC. - adjectives (also see MIXED RACE)
• AFRO African; Black ...E20 US sl.
• AFRO-AMERICAN pert. to an American Black ...E20 US sl.
• ASH-FACED of a Black person: having an ashen complexion; light-skinned ...1902 Amer. dial.
• ASHY pale as ashes: usually of Blacks ...1952 Amer. dial.
• ASHY-PALE pale as ashes: usually of Blacks ...1952 Amer. dial.
• BLUE of a Black person: (usually depreciative or derogatory) having a very dark complexion ...1893 US sl.
• BLUE-GUMMED (derogatory) of a Black person: having bluish gums ...1908 Amer. dial.
• BOOJY bourgeois, refers to Blacks whose money and position make them think they're White ...1970 Amer. Black sl.
• BRIGHT of a Black person: having light-coloured skin ...1768
• BRIGHT-SKIN of a Black person: having light-coloured skin ...1911 Amer. dial., now chiefly Black usage
• BRIGHT-SKINNED of a Black person: having light-coloured skin ...1970 Amer. dial., now chiefly Black usage
• BRIGHT, WHITE AND DEAD WHITE of a Black person: very light-skinned ...1945 US sl.
• CAFÉ AU LAIT of a Black person: light-skinned ...1940s sl.
• COCONUT-HEADED (derogatory) Black ...20C US sl.
• DARK (derogatory) pert. to Black people ...L19 sl.
• DARKEY (derogatory) pert. to Black people or culture ...M19 US sl.
• DARKIE (derogatory) in a stereotypically Black manner ...1920s US sl.
• DARKIE (derogatory) pert. to Black people or culture ...M19 US sl.
• DARKY (derogatory) pert. to Black people or culture ...M19 US sl.
• DEEP YELLOW of a Black person: light-skinned ...1974 Amer. dial.
• DIPPED mulatto; having some Black heritage ...20C US colloq.
• EBONY pert. to a Black person ...M19 colloq.
• ETHIOPIAN (not necessarily derogatory) pert. to a Black person ...19C US colloq.
• LEMON of a Black person: light-skinned ...1900s US sl.
• LIGHT, BRIGHT, DAMN NEAR WHITE of a Black person: very light-skinned ...1945 US sl.
• NEGRINE * resembling a Black person ...1857
• NEGRISH †* used by Black people ...1735
• NEGROLOID * negroid; resembling the Black people or having some of their characteristic features ...1842
• NEGROTIC * pert. to Black people ...1876
• NEW JACK in tune with the contemporary young Black culture ...1980s US Black sl.
• NIGGALICIOUS of a Black woman: heavily built ...2000s US Black sl.
• OREOLIZED (derogatory) having adapted oneself to White society ...1960s US Black sl.
• SAMBO (derogatory) pert. to Black people or culture ...1950s sl.
• SCHVARTZ (derogatory) black, esp. as a skin colour ...2002 UK sl.
• SCHVARTZE (derogatory) black, esp. as a skin colour ...2002 UK sl.
• SCHWARTZ (derogatory) black, esp. as a skin colour ...2002 UK sl.
• SHITSKIN (derogatory) pert. to Black people ...1960s US Black sl.
• SHVARTZ (derogatory) black, esp. as a skin colour ...2002 UK sl.
• SPADE (derogatory, offensive) pert. to Black people ...E20 sl.
• YELLER (derogatory) pert. to mulattoes or light-skinned Black people ...20C US sl.
Black person, district, etc. - nouns
• AFRICA anywhere mainly populated or used by the Black community ...L19 US sl.
• AFFRISHY TOWN a Black neighbourhood or district ...1936 Amer. dial.
• AFRO SET anywhere that Blacks used for talking or acting in furtherance of their own social and political betterment ...1970s US Black sl.
• AUNT HAGAR the Black race ...1942 Amer. Black usage
• AUNT HAGAR'S CHILDREN the Black race ...1935 Amer. Black usage
• BABYLON any oppression or the forces that oppress the Black man, esp. Rastafarian ...1970s sl.
• BACK STREET a predominantly Black neighbourhood ...1968 Amer. dial.
• BLACK BELT the section of a city which is populated predominantly by Blacks; the poor section of a city; a ghetto ...1970 Amer. dial.
• BLACK BOTTOM the part of a town where Black people live ...1915 Amer. dial.
• BLOCKBUSTER the first Black family to move into a formerly all-White inner city area ...1950s sl.
• BUTTERMILK BOTTOM the Black area of town ...1920s US Black sl.
• CATFISH ROW a section of a town where Black residents live ...1937 Amer. dial.
• CIPHER a circle of Black friends; a group of people, as marijuana smokers, rap MC's ...1990s US Black & teen sl.
• CYPHER a circle of Black friends; a group of people, as marijuana smokers, rap MC's ...1990s US Black & teen sl.
• DARKTOWN a Black neighbourhood or town; used especially in titles ...1884 Amer. dial.
• DARKYTOWN a neighbourhood with a large population of Black people ...L19 US sl.
• DINGE ALLEY (derogatory) the Black district of a town ...20C US sl.
• EBONY the quintessence of Black sensibility ...20C US Black sl.
• GALLION the slave quarters; hence, the Black ghetto; the Black world ...1940s US Black sl.
• HAGAR RACE the Black race ...1965 Amer. Black usage
• HAGAR'S CHILDREN the Black race ...1954 Amer. Black usage
• HAITI a section of a town where Black people live ...1857 Amer. dial.
• HAYTI a section of a town where Black people live ...1857 Amer. dial.
• LAND OF DARKNESS Harlem, New York City; hence, the Black district of any city ...1930s US sl.
• LOAD OF COAL. (derogatory) a group of Black people ...20C US sl.
• NAIL KEG the Black district of a town or city ...1968 Amer. dial.
• NEGERY a Black village or compound ...1814 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• NEGROCIDE the killing of a Black person ...1852
• NEGRODOM the region or community of Black persons ...1862
• NEGROHOOD the Black race or stock ...1863
• NEGROLAND the land or region inhabited by Black people ...1764
• NEGROLATRY excessive admiration of Black people ..1862
• NEGROMANIA extravagant fondness for the Black people ...1851
• NEGRO-NEWS (now derogatory) the Black grapevine, a rapid way of spreading news among Blacks ...19C US colloq.
• NEGROPHILISM fondness for the Black people; zealous advocacy of Black rights ...1865
• NEGROPHOBIA intense dislike of the Black people ...1833
• NIGGERDOM (derogatory) the life and culture of the American Black people ...M19 US sl.
• NIGGER IN THE WOODPILE (derogatory) a degree of Black ancestry in one who is apparently White ...1986 Amer. dial.
• NIGGERTOWN (derogatory) a Black neighbourhood or district ...1942 Amer. dial.
• NIGGERVILLE (derogatory) a Black neighbourhood or district ...1857 Amer. dial.
• SIDE the Black area of town; the original was Chicago's 'South Side' ...1960s US Black sl.
• SOUL POWER the political and cultural influence wielded by the Black community ...1960s US Black sl.
• SOUL SESSION a gathering of Black people ...1960s US Black sl.
• SOULVILLE part of a city inhabited largely by Black people ...1975 US sl.
Black person, district, etc. - person (a man of 'black' skin; a member of a dark-skinned race, esp. a person of sub-Saharan African origin or descent; also, a person of Australian Aboriginal origin or descent ...1614)
• ACE (sometimes derogatory) a Black person, but often used by Blacks themselves to designate a friend ...1940s sl.
• ACE OF SPADES (sometimes derogatory) a Black person, but often used by Blacks themselves to designate a friend; a loyal, trustworthy person ...1943 sl.
• AFFIE (derogatory) a Black person ...2000s sl.
• AFRAMERICAN an American Black person ...20C US sl.
• AFRICAN APE (derogatory) a Black person ...1966 Amer. dial.
• AFRO an English or American person of African descent; a Black person ...1930s sl.
• AFRO-AMERICAN an American Black person ...E20 US sl.
• AFRO-SAXON a Black person who behaves like or aspires to be like Caucasians ...M20 US Black sl.
• ALLIGATOR BAIT (derogatory) a Black person, esp. a Black child; a Black person from Florida or Louisiana ...1901 Amer. dial.
• ANN (derogatory) a Black woman who apes her White sisters ...1970s sl.
• APE (derogatory) a Black person ...1941 Amer. dial.
• APPLE IN THE WHITE FOLK'S YARD an expression used by one Black person to refer to another who is looked upon with unusual favour by White folk ...1900s US Black sl.
• ASH-CAT a gaunt Black person ...1909 Amer. dial.
• AUNT (now considered offensive) an older Black women, used as a term of respect or affection, esp. by White children ...1835 colloq.
• AUNTIE, AUNTY an elderly Black woman; used as a term of respectful address ...1835 Amer. dial.
• AUNT JANE (derogatory) a Black woman with a servile attitude toward Whites; a Black female who is a traitor to her race ...1963 Amer. sl.
• AUNT JEMIMA (derogatory) a Black woman, esp. one considered submissive or servile towards White people ...1897 colloq.
• AUNT MARY a Black woman who is subservient to Whites ...1974 US sl.
• AUNT SALLY a subservient Black woman, happy to curry favour with Whites at the price of her autonomy ...E19 US Black sl.
• AUNT THOMASINE (derogatory) a Black woman with a servile attitude toward Whites ...1970 Amer. dial.
• AUNT TOM a subservient, obsequious Black woman ...1960s sl., orig. US Black
• BABOON a term of abuse for a Black or coloured person ...1909 sl.
• BACKRA one who, while Black, moves in White society and sees themselves as the White man's equal ...1926 US Black sl.
• BACKRA JOHNNY a light-skinned Black person ...1970 W. Indies
• BAD-ASS BITCH an aggressive, tough Black woman, who rejects the constraints and humiliation of the role the White authorities have selected for her ...1980s US Black sl.
• BAD-ASS NIGGER an aggressive, tough Black man who rejects the constraints and humiliation of the role of the White authorities have selected for him ...1954 US Black usage
• BAD BOY a Black who rejects the second-class role offered by the dominant White society ...1956 US Black & W. Indies sl.
• BAD MAN a tough, intransigent Black man who rejects the constraints and demands of establishment society ...1980 UK Black sl.
• BAD NIGGER 1. a Black who rejects the second-class role offered by the dominant White society ...1901 US Black usage
2. a violent, amoral Black person, as seen by his Black peers ...1909 US Black sl.
3. a Black person who commands the respect of other Blacks ...1965 Amer. Black usage
• BAD-DOING NIGGER a Black person who commands the respect of other Blacks ...1965 Amer. Black usage
• BANANA a light-skinned Black person, esp. an attractive woman ...1944 US Black sl.
• BANANA BOY a Black male who prefers White girls ...1979 US Black sl.
• B.A.P. an upwardly mobile Black achiever, usually from the Black middle class (Black American Prince/Princess) ...1992 US sl.
• BEAN a Black person ...1927 US Black sl.
• BEAR an African-American ...1968 US sl.
• BEIGE a light-skinned Black person ...1945 US sl.
• BEIGE FRAME - light-skinned Black woman ...1953 US sl.
• BERKSHIRE HOG a very dark-complexioned Black man ...1958 W. Indies
• BETTY a light-skinned Black man ...1970s S. Afr. homosexual sl.
• BEULAH a Black man ...Bk1972 Black homosexual sl.
• BIF (derogatory) a Black man (Black Ignorant Fucker) ...1999 UK sl.
• BIG DADDY any influential Black man, a power in his own community, aged 30 and more; a respected person ...1971 US Black sl.
• BIGGER a rebellious Black man, who refuses to abide by White society's rules and struggles against them ...1967 US sl.
• BIGGER THOMAS a rebellious Black man, who refuses to abide by White society's rules and struggles against them ...Bk1994 US sl.
• BIG NIGGER IN CHARGE a sarcastic reference to any Black authority figure ...1973 US Black sl.
• BIG POPPA an influential Black man, a power in his own community, aged 30 and over ...1994 US Black teen sl.
• BIG WILLIE a sophisticated, successful urban Black male ...1996 US Black sl.
• BIRD'S-EYE MAPLE a light-skinned attractive Black woman ...c1925 Amer. sl.
• BITCH-ASS a term of black-on-black abuse; a Black person who complains ...1996 US Black teen sl.
• BIT OF EBONY a Black person ...Bk1891 sl.
• BIT OF VELVET any dark-skinned woman ...1950s Aust. & NZ sl.
• BLACK AMERICAN a native or inhabitant of the United States who is Black; an African-American ...1818
• BLACKAMOOR a black-skinned African; an Ethiopian; a Black person; any very dark-skinned person; formerly used without depreciatory force ...1525
• BLACK-A-MOORE a black-skinned African; an Ethiopian; a Black person; any very dark-skinned person; formerly used without depreciatory force ...1547
• BLACKAMORE a black-skinned African; an Ethiopian; a Black person; any very dark-skinned person; formerly used without depreciatory force ...1525
• BLACKAMORIAN † a black-skinned African; an Ethiopian; a Black person; any very dark-skinned person ...1526
• BLACK ANGEL a Black man ...Bk1972 homosexual sl.
• BLACK APE (derogatory) a Black person ...1884 Amer. dial.
• BLACK BACKRA a respected Black man ...1958 W. Indies
• BLACK BALL a dark-complexioned Black person ...1980 US sl.
• BLACK BELLY (derogatory) a Black person ...1952 US sl.
• BLACKBERRY a Black person; used contemptuously ...1859 US sl.
• BLACKBIRD 1. (usually derogatory) a Black person ...1894 sl.
2. a Black child ...1903 US sl.
3. a dark-complexioned Black person ...1980 US sl.
• BLACK BITCH a Black man ...Bk1972 homosexual sl.
• BLACK BOY † a Black man, esp. a Black manservant ...1594
• BLACK CLOUD a Black person; used derisively ...1938 US sl.
• BLACK DOLL a Black woman ...Bk1945 criminals' sl.
• BLACK DUST an extremely dark-skinned person ...Bk1984 US Black sl.
• BLACKED EBONY a Black person ...Bk1945 criminals' sl.
• BLACKEE, BLACKEY, BLACKIE, BLACKY (offensive) a Black person; usually African, but also Indian, Aboriginal ...1732 colloq.
• BLACKFACE * (offensive) a dark-skinned person ...1704 orig. & chiefly US
• BLACK FAY a Black person who is deferential or subservient toward Whites ...1964 Amer. dial.
• BLACK FELLOW orig. any dark-skinned man ...1598
• BLACK FLESH Black slaves ...1827 US
• BLACK HEAD a Black person ...Bk1945 criminals' sl.
• BLACK MAN a dark-skinned man, esp. a man of sub-Saharan African or Australian Aboriginal origin or descent ...a1398
• BLACK MEAT a Black woman ...Bk1945 criminals' sl.
• BLACK MOKE (usually derogatory) a Black person ...1950 Amer. dial.
• BLACKMOOR(E) a black-skinned African; an Ethiopian; a Black person; any very dark-skinned person; formerly used without depreciatory force ...1547
• BLACK MORIAN † a Black African; a dark-skinned person ...1526
• BLACKNECK a rural Black Southerner who is opposed to various politically liberal programs ...1978 US Southern political sl.
• BLACK NIGGER IN CHARGE any Black authority figure; used sarcastically ...1973 US Black sl.
• BLACKOUT a very dark-skinned person; a Black person ...1947 US Black sl.
• BLACK RASCAL a Black person: used jocosely ...Bk1914 Amer. dial.
• BLACK SCOUNDREL a Black person: used jocosely ...Bk1914 Amer. dial.
• BLACK STUFF a Black person in a sexual context ...1907 sl.
• BLACK VELVET (offensive) a Black, Aboriginal, or Maori woman, esp. as the focus of a White man's sexual interest ...1899 Aust. & NZ sl.
• BLACK WOMAN a black-skinned or coloured woman ...1788
• BLACKY-MOOR a man of colour ...Bk1849 Eng. dial.
• BLACKYMORE a Black person ...1825 Sc.
• BLOOD a fellow Black person ...1967 Amer. Black usage
• BLOOD BROTHER a fellow Black male ...Bk2006 US sl.
• BLUE (usually depreciative or derogatory a Black person, esp. one having a very dark complexion ...1926 US sl.
• BLUE GUM (usually derogatory) a Black person who has bluish gums and whose bite, according to superstition, is poisonous ...1927 Amer. dial.
• BLUE LIPS a Black person ...1968 Amer. dial.
• BONE a Black person ...1992 US sl.
• BOOGIE (derogatory or offensive) a Black person ...1923 Amer. dial., orig. criminals' and tramps' usage
• BOON a Black person ...1967 Amer. dial.
• BOOT (sometimes derogatory) a Black person ...1954 sl., chiefly Black
• BOUNTY a Black person who sides with the White authorities ...1996 UK sl.
• BOY formerly a slave or servant; later sometimes used of a Black adult male; usually considered insulting when the speaker is White ...1764 Amer. dial.
• BUCK (usually considered derogatory) a Black man, esp. a young, strong one ...1835 Amer. dial.
• BUDDY GEE a friend; a buddy; a fellow Black ...1946 Amer. Black usage
• BUDDY GHEE a friend; a buddy; a fellow Black ...1946 Amer. Black usage
• BUFFALO a Black person ...Bk1914 criminals' sl.
• BUMPIE a Black upwardly mobile young professional ...1980s sl., orig. US
• BUNGO a crude, boorish, ignorant Black person - a country bumpkin ...20C W. Indies & Jamaica
• BUPPIE, BUPPY a Black upwardly mobile young professional ...1984 sl., orig. US
• BURRHEAD (derogatory) a Black person ...1927 Amer. dial.
• CAFÉ AU LAIT a person of mixed race with skin the shade of milky coffee; a mulatto; a light-skinned Black woman ...1920s US Black sl.
• CALEDONIA a Black woman who refuses to accept the traditional role into which her birth is supposed to have thrust her ...1920s US Black sl.
• CARAMEL CLONE a light-skinned Black person ...2000s US Black sl.
• CARAMEL SUNDAE an attractive, sexy, medium- to light-skinned Black woman ...1990s US Black teen sl.
• CASPER a particularly light-skinned Black person ...1950s US Black sl.
• CHARCOAL (derogatory) a Black person - one with dark skin ...1900 Amer. dial.
• CHARCOAL BLOSSOM (derogatory) a young Black woman ...1900 Amer. dial.
• CHARCOAL-LILY (derogatory) a Black boy very dark in colour ...1900 Amer. dial.
• CHARCOAL NIGGER (derogatory) a very dark Black person ...20C US sl.
• CHEESE a light-skinned Black person - a person of mixed blood ...1970 Amer. dial.
• CHICKABOO (usually offensive) a Black person ...1965 Amer. dial.
• CHOC (derogatory & offensive) a non-White, esp. an African ...1978 S. Afr. sl.
• CHOCOLATE BAR (derogatory) a Black person ...1970 Amer. dial.
• CHOCOLATE BUNNY (derogatory) a Black person ...1965 Amer. dial.
• CHOCOLATE DROP (offensive) a Black person ...1900 US sl.
• CLINK (derogatory) a Black person ...20C US sl.
• CLUCK (derogatory) a very dark Black person ...20C US sl.
• COCOLA a Black person ...1990s US prison sl.
• COCONUT a Black person who has 'sold out' to White values ...1970s W. Indies, UK. & Aust. Black teen usage
• COCONUT-DODGER a South American or African Black person ...1920s US Black sl.
• COCONUT HEAD 1. a Black person ...1965 Amer. dial.
2. (derogatory) a servile Black person ...1988 sl.
• COOLIE (derogatory) a Black person - sometimes an Indian ...M19 Aust. &S. Afr. sl.
• COOLIE-BOY (derogatory) a male Black person - sometimes an Indian ...M19 Aust. &S. Afr. sl.
• COOLIE-GIRL (derogatory) a female Black person - sometimes an Indian ...M19 Aust. &S. Afr. sl.
• COON (derogatory or offensive) a Black person ...1735 sl.
• COVESS DINGE (derogatory) a Black woman ...1848 Amer. thieves' sl.
• CUFFEE a Black person ...Bk1892 W. Indian sl.
• CUFFY - a Black person ...Bk1892 W. Indian sl.
• DAKHI - a Black person ...2005 S. Afr. sl.
• DANGE BROAD - a sexually attractive Black girl or young woman ...M20 Amer. sl.
• DAPTO DOG - (derogatory) a Black or Asian person ...1970s Aust. rhyming sl. for 'wog'
• DARK - (now considered offensive) a Black person ...1862 US sl.
• DARK BLACK - any very Back person ...1930s US Black sl.
• DARK CLOUD - (derogatory) a Black person ...1909 US sl.
• DARKEE - a Black person - an Australian aborigine - any person having very dark skin as a racial trait ...L18
• DARKEY - (now offensive and derogatory) a Black person - also used ironically by Blacks as a self-description ...1775 sl.
• DARK GABLE - a suave, handsome Black man - a ladies' man ...1959 US sl.
• DARKIE - (now derogatory or offensive) a Black person - a person of colour ...1775 sl.
• DARK MEAT - (usually derogatory) a Black person - esp. a woman regarded solely as a sex partner ...1888 Amer. sl.
• DARK SHANKS - Black people, esp. as sex objects ...L19 sl.
• DARK STUFF - a Black person, usually a woman, in a sexual context ...1960s US sl.
• DARK-SKINNED MEAT - Black people, esp. as sex objects ...L19 sl.
• DARKY - (now derogatory or offensive) a Black person - a person of colour ...1775 sl.
• DAY AND MARTIN - (derogatory) a Black person ...c1840 sl.
• DEWBABY - (not necessarily derogatory) a dark-skinned Black man ...M20 US Black sl.
• DINGE - (derogatory or offensive) a Black person ...1848 US sl.
• DINGE KINCH - (derogatory) a Black child ...1848 Amer. thieves' sl.
• DINGY - (derogatory or offensive) a Black person ...1895 US sl.
• DINK - (derogatory) a nickname for a Black person ...20C US sl.
• DINKEY - (derogatory) a Black child ...20C US sl.
• DR. THOMAS - a subservient Black person, fitting willingly into the stereotyped and inferior image refined by generations of White supremacy - a middle-class Black who wishes to distance himself from the ghetto - an affected or pretentious Black person ...20C sl.
• EBON - a Black person ...M19 US sl.
• EBONY - a Black person ...1820 Amer. colloq. arch.
• EBONY CHICK - a Black girl ...M19 US sl.
• EBONY PIDGEON - a Black girl ...M19 US sl.
• EGGPLANT - a Black person; used derisively ...1968 Amer. sl.
• EIGHT BALL - a Black person; used contemptuously ...1919 US sl.
• EIGHT-ROCK - a Black person; used contemptuously ...1935 US sl.
• ETHIOPIAN - (not necessarily derogatory) a Black person ...1719 Amer. dial.
• ETHY MEAT - a Black woman ...20C sl.
• FADE - a Black person who becomes immersed in the White world and thus 'fades away' - one who tries to lose his identity as a Black person and to assume an identity more pleasing to the dominant White society ...1970s sl.
• FADED BOGEY - a Black who apes Whites and loses his own ethnicity ...1920s US Black sl.
• FADED BOOGIE - a Black who apes Whites and loses his own ethnicity - one who has taken on (undesirable) Caucasian characteristics ...1920s US Black sl.
• FAIR - a light-skinned Black person ...20C US Black sl.
• FAIR-SKIN - a light-skinned Black person ...20C US Black sl.
• FAY - (derogatory) a Black person who acts like a Caucasian ...E20 US Black usage
• FELLOW - a Black man ...1842 Amer. dial.
• FROSTY - a Black person who prefers to act like a Caucasian ...M20 US Black usage
• FUZZY - (usually offensive) a member of any of various dark-skinned ethnic groups who wear their hair in a very thick and full fashion, esp. (in US nautical & military use) a Papuan or Fijian ...1890 sl.
• FUZZY-WUZZY - (usually offensive) a member of any of various dark-skinned ethnic groups who wear their hair in a very thick and full fashion, esp. (in US nautical & military use) a Papuan or Fijian ...1890 sl.
• GANGE - (derogatory) a nickname for a Black person ...Bk1975 Amer. sl.
• GAR - (derogatory) a nickname for a Black person ...1962 US sl.
• 'GATOR BAIT - (derogatory) a Black person, esp. a Black child ...1970 Amer. dial.
• GEECHEE - a Gullah-speaking Black person; hence, a Black speaker of any unfamiliar or hard-to-understand dialect of English; also, a contemptuous term for a poor, uneducated Black person of the rural south ...1917 US sl.
• GEECHIE - a Gullah-speaking Black person; hence, a Black speaker of any unfamiliar or hard-to-understand dialect of English; also, a contemptuous term for a poor, uneducated Black person of the rural south ...1917 US sl.
• GENERIC - a Black person, with the implication that the person is not a quality individual ...1992 US sl.
• GEORGE - a generic name for a Black man ...1908 US sl.
• GEORGIA PEACH - a Black man ...Bk1972 US homosexual sl.
• GERTRUDE BROWN - a Black man ...1960s Black homosexual sl.
• GIG-A-BOO - (derogatory) a Black person ...1924 sl., orig. US
• GIN - a Black woman ...1925 US sl.
• GINGERSNAP - a Black person ...1962 US Black sl.
• GIP - (derogatory) a woman, esp. a Black woman ...1846 US sl.
• GIRL - (derogatory & offensive) a Black female servant or domestic employee ...1835 orig. US usage, later chiefly S. Afr.
• GOLLY - a Black person ...1976 UK sl.
• GOOFY - a Black person ...1965 Amer. dial.
• GREASE - a Black person ...1971 Amer. dial.
• GUINEA a Black person; originally one from the Guinea region of the West African coast ...1748 Amer. dial.
• GUMBO a Black person; also used as a nickname ...1858 Amer. dial.
• HAM - a Black male ...Bk1971 US Black sl.
• HAMBONE - a Black person ...1973 sl., orig. US Black
• HAMFAT - (derogatory) a Black person ...1903 US sl.
• HAM-HOCK - a Black person ...1995 US sl.
• HAMMA - a very attractive Black woman, occasionally a man ...1970 US Black sl.
• HAMMER - a very attractive Black woman, occasionally a man ...1970 US Black sl.
• HAMMERHEAD - a Black person ...1970 US sl.
• HAM'S GRANDSON - a Black person ...1970 Amer. dial.
• HANDKERCHIEF HEAD 1. (derogatory & offensive) a Black person who is submissive or servile toward White people, or who adopts White culture ...1917 chiefly U.S.
2. a Black male who wears a scarf or handkerchief to protect his 'conk' or processed hairdo ...1972 US Black sl.
• HARDHEAD - a rebellious, non-conformist Black person; a hot-tempered or pugnacious person; a troublemaker ...1935 US Black sl.
• HARVEST - (derogatory) a Black person ...1992 UK rhyming sl. for 'coon' (Harvest Moon)
• HARVEST MOON - (derogatory) a Black person ...1992 UK rhyming sl. for 'coon'
• HEADLIGHT - a light-skinned Black person ...1934 Amer. dial.
• HEADLIGHT TO A SNOWSTORM - a very dark Black person ...1920 US sl.
• HEAD NEGRO - a sarcastic reference to any Black authority figure ...1992 US Black sl.
• HEAD NEGRO IN CHARGE - a sarcastic reference to any Black authority figure ...2002 US Black sl.
• HEAD NIGGA IN CHARGE, HEAD NIGGER IN CHARGE - a sarcastic reference to any Black authority figure; the leader of an enterprise ...1973 US Black sl.
• HIGH BROWN - (usually considered offensive) a Black or mixed race person having medium-brown or light-brown skin ...1910 orig. & chiefly US
• HIGH COLOUR - (usually considered offensive) a Black or mixed race person having medium-brown or light-brown skin ...1910 orig. & chiefly US
• HIGH CREAM - a Black person with an especially light complexion ...1934 Amer. dial.
• HIGH YALLA, HIGH YALLER, HIGH YELLA, HIGH YELLOW (now considered offensive) a light-skinned Black person, esp. female; a Creole, a mulatto ...1910 US sl.
• HIPPED SPADE a smart Black man ...Bk1945 jive usage
• H.N. a 'house nigger'; a subservient Black person, an 'Uncle Tom' ...1982 US sl.
• H.N.I.C. - a Black person in a position of authority; a Head Nigger in Charge ...1972 US sl.
• HOMEBOY - a fellow Black person ...1980s US Black sl.
• HOPPER a young Black man ...1990s US Black sl.
• HOT CHOCOLATE a sexually attractive Black woman ...M20 US sl.
• INK (sometimes derogatory) a Black person, esp. one with very dark skin ...1915 Amer. dial.
• INKFACE (derogatory) a Black person ...E20 US sl.
• INK SPOT (sometimes derogatory) a Black person, esp. one with very dark skin ...1966 Amer. dial.
• INKY DINK (sometimes derogatory) a Black person, esp. one with very dark skin ...1942 Amer. dial.
• INKY DINKY (sometimes derogatory) a Black person, esp. one with very dark skin ...1970 Amer. dial.
• JA-BAAS - a servile, subservient Black person ...1960s S. Afr. sl.
• JACK - (derogatory) a Black man ...20C US sl.
• JACKIE ROBINSON - any Black person who is the first to gain entry to a profession ...1940s US Black sl.
• JARHEAD - (derogatory) a Black man ...1942 Amer. sl.
• JASBO - a Black person, esp. a man: used derisively ...1918 Amer. sl.
• JAYBEE - (derogatory) a Black person (Jet Black) ...20C colloq.
• JAZZBO 1. a Black person, esp. a man: used derisively ...1918 Amer. sl.
2. (not necessarily derogatory) a Black man, particularly if up-to-date and stylish ...E20 US sl.
• J.B. - (derogatory) a Black person (Jet Black) ...20C colloq.
• JEFF - a Black person who is obsequious towards Whites ...1960s sl.
• JEFF ARTIST - a Black person who behaves subserviently towards Whites ...1960s US Black sl.
• JEFF DAVIS - a Black person who behaves subserviently towards Whites ...1960s US Black sl.
• JIG - (derogatory or offensive) a Black person ...1924 US sl.
• JIGABOO - (derogatory or offensive) a Black person ...1909 US sl.
• JIGGS (usually offensive) a Black person ...1924 Amer. dial.
• JIGWALKER (usually offensive) a Black person ...1928 Amer. dial.
• JIGWAWK (usually offensive) a Black person ...1942 Amer. dial.
• JIJJIBOO - (derogatory or offensive) a Black person ...1909 US sl.
• JIM CROW - derogatory or offensive) a Black person ...1838 sl., orig. & chiefly US
• JIT - (derogatory or offensive) a Black person ...1931 US sl.
• JUGHEAD - a Black person ...1965 Amer. dial.
• JUNGLE BUNNY - (derogatory or offensive) a person of colour ...1966 sl.
• JUNGLE MEAT - a Black man ...1960s homosexual usage
• KABUKI - a Black man ...1960s homosexual sl.
• KACK - a Black person ...1920s US Black sl.
• KAFFIR - (derogatory) a Black person ...M19 sl., orig. S. Afr.
• KELT - (derogatory) a very light mulatto ...M20 US sl.
• KELTCH - (derogatory) a very light mulatto ...M20 US sl.
• KING - (derogatory) a Black person ...20C US colloq.
• KINK - (derogatory or offensive) a Black person - used contemptuously ...1865 Amer. sl.
• KINKHEAD - (derogatory) a Black person - used contemptuously ...1936 Amer. sl.
• KINKY - (derogatory or offensive) a Black person - used contemptuously ...1926 Amer. sl.
• KINKYHEAD (derogatory) a Black person ...1860 Amer. sl.
• KINKY-NOB (derogatory) a Black person ...20C US colloq.
• KLUCK (derogatory) a very dark Black person ...20C US sl.
• LAM BLACK a very dark-skinned Black person ...1930s US Black sl.
• LAMPBLACK a very dark-skinned Black person ...1942 Amer. dial.
• LAUNDRY QUEEN a Black woman ...E20 US sl.
• LEMON (not necessarily derogatory) a light-skinned Black person; a mulatto ...1920s US Black sl.
• LIVER-CHOPS a person having very thick and dark lips; a Black person (derisive) ...1839 US sl.
• LOG OF EBONY a stupid Black person ...M19 Aust. sl.
• LONG-HEEL a Black person ...1955 Amer. dial.
• MABEL a Black man ...Bk1972 homosexual sl.
• MACAROON a Black person ...1992 UK rhyming sl. for 'coon'
• MACK DADDY an important, influential Black man; a power in the community; a very successful or skilful man ...1990s US Black sl.
• MADAME THOMASINA a subservient, obsequious Black woman ...1960s sl., orig. US Black
• MANTAN BLACK (derogatory) a Black person who acts like a Caucasian ...M20 US Black sl.
• MARY (offensive) any Black woman, esp. a domestic worker ...1952 S. Afr.
• MCDADDY an important, influential Black man; a power in the community; a very successful or skilful man ...1990s US Black sl.
• MAM an older Black woman, esp. a child's nurse ...1838 Amer. dial.
• MAMMA † an older Black woman, esp. a child's nurse ...1803 Amer. dial.
• MAMMY an older Black woman, esp. a child's nurse ...1837 Amer. dial.
• MANDINGO a tough, physically strong, virile African-American man ...1960s US Black sl.
• MAUMER † an older Black woman, esp. a child's nurse ...1838 Amer. dial.
• MECHANICAL (offensive) a Black person ...1992 Brit. rhyming sl. for 'nigger' (Mechanical Digger)
• MECHANICAL DIGGER (offensive) a Black person ...1992 Brit. rhyming sl. for 'nigger'
• MEMBER a Black person ...1964 US sl.
• MICKEY MOUSE a Black person who acts like he has a White face ...Bk1989 Black sl.
• MIDNIGHT (derogatory when used generically) a very dark Black person ...E20 US sl.
• MISS ANN(E) a Black woman who puts on airs and tries to act like a White woman ...1977 Amer. dial., chiefly Black usage
• MISS MABEL a Black man ...Bk1972 homosexual sl.
• MISS PEOLA a light-skinned Black person ...Bk1972 homosexual sl.
• MISS TAN CONFESSIONS a light-skinned Black person ...Bk1972 homosexual sl.
• MOAK, MOKE * (derogatory and offensive) a Black person; also, a dark-skinned person of any race ...c1847 US
• MOHAIR a Black female with hair in natural style ...Bk1971 US sl.
• MOLESKIN (derogatory) a Black person ...1992 US sl.
• MOLO-MAN a Black person ...Bk1892 Chinese Pidgin
• MOMMA - in the southern U.S. (esp. before the abolition of slavery): and older Black woman, esp. one having the care of White children; frequently used as a title or form of address ...1803 orig. & chiefly US
• MONK - (contemptuous) a Black immigrant from the West Indies ...1924 Amer. sl.
• MONKEY (offensive) a non-White or dark-skinned person ...1849 orig. US
• MONKEY CHASER (offensive) a Black person from the Caribbean or other tropical region; a West Indian ...1925 US sl.
• MOOLENYAM (offensive) a Black person ...1967 US Italian-American usage
• MOOLEY, MOOLIE (offensive) a Black person ...1988 US Italian-American usage
• MOOLINYAN (offensive) a Black person ...1967 US Italian-American usage
• MOON CRICKET a Black person ...1992 US sl.
• MOOR any dark-skinned person; a Black person ...1390
• MOSE (derogatory when used generically) a nickname for a Black man, esp. one who is subservient to Whites ...1928 US Black colloq.
• MOSS (derogatory) a Black person ...Bk1975 Amer. sl.
• MOULENJAM (offensive) a Black person ...1967 US Italian-American usage
• MOULIE (offensive) a Black person ...1988 US Italian-American usage
• MOULINYAN - (offensive) a Black person ...1969 US Italian-American usage
• MOULONJAM - a Black person ...1969 US Italian's usage
• MOULONJOHN - a Black person ...1960s US Italian's usage
• MOULY - a Black person ...1990 US sl.
• MOXIE - (usually offensive) a Black person ...1875 US sl.
• MOYO - a Black person ...1995 US sl.
• MR. THOMAS - a subservient Black person, fitting willingly into the stereotyped and inferior image refined by generations of White supremacy - a middle-class Black who wishes to distance himself from the ghetto - an affected or pretentious Black person ...20C sl.
• MR. TOM - a subservient Black person, fitting willingly into the stereotyped and inferior image refined by generations of White supremacy - a middle-class Black who wishes to distance himself from the ghetto - an affected or pretentious Black person ...20C sl.
• MULENYAM - a Black person ...1960s US Italian's usage
• MUNT - (derogatory or offensive) a Black person ...1948 S. Afr. sl.
• MUSTARD SEED - a light-skinned Black person ...1920s US Black sl.
• N - a Black person ...1971 US sl.
• NAGAH - (derogatory) a Black person ...1950s W. Indies Rasta
• NAGRE - a Black person ...Bk1828 Eng. dial.
• NANNIE - (offensive and demeaning) a Black woman - also, a term of address ...1956 S. Afr.
• NANNY - (offensive and demeaning) a Black woman - also, a term of address ...1956 S. Afr.
• NAP - (derogatory) a nickname for a Black person ...20C US
• NAPPY - (derogatory) a nickname for a Black person ...M20 US sl.
• NAPPY-HEAD - (sometimes derogatory) someone with kinky hair - a Black person ...1943 Amer. dial.
• NASSAU NIGGER - a Black person from the Bahamas and Jamaica who speaks with a British accent ...1942 Amer. dial.
• NED - a Black person who is subservient toward Whites ...1964 Amer. dial.
• NEEGER - a Black person ...1587 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• NEGER - a Black person ...1587 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• NEGRILLO - a little Black person ...1853
• NEGRINE - †* a Black woman ...1703
• NEGROLET - a little Black person ...1873
• NEGROLING - a little Black person ...1886
• NIG - (derogatory or offensive) a Black person ...c1832 sl.
• NIGETTE - a Black woman or girl ...1990s US sl.
• NIGGA - a Black person ...1970s US Black sl.
• NIGGA CHOPS - a fellow Black person ...2000s US Black sl.
• NIGGER - (now derogatory or offensive when used by White people) a Black person ...1786 sl.
• NIG-NOG - (derogatory or offensive) a Black person ...1959 sl.
• NIGRA - (now mainly derogatory or offensive) a Black person ... 1905 Amer. dial.
• NIGRAH - (now mainly derogatory or offensive) a Black person ...1944 sl., chiefly Southern US
• NIGRO - a Black person ...1893 Amer. dial.
• NO-ACCOUNT NIGGER - a Black who rejects the second-class role offered by the dominant White society ...E19 sl.
• NUBBIN HEAD - a Black person ...1965 Amer. dial.
• OFAY - (derogatory) a Black person who acts like a Caucasian ...E20 US Black usage
• OFF-BRAND - a Black person ...1990s US sl.
• OIL RIGGER - (derogatory) a Black person ...2000s Irish rhyming sl. for 'nigger'
• OLD CUFFEE - a Black person; an African - an African-American - a coloured person ...1650s US Black
• OLD-FAY - (derogatory) a Black person who acts like a Caucasian ...E20 US Black usage
• OLE-FAY - (derogatory) a Black person who acts like a Caucasian ...E20 US Black usage
• OOFAY - (derogatory) a Black person who acts like a Caucasian ...E20 US Black usage
• OREO - (derogatory) a servile Black person - a Black person who thinks and acts like a Caucasian - a nickname for a Black person who is Black on the outside and White on the inside ...1969 US sl.
• OREO COOKIE - (derogatory) a Black fellow whose opinions, attitudes, and goals are taken from White society ...1960s US Black sl.
• ORIGINAL - a Black person ...1920s US Black sl.
• OXFORD - (derogatory) a Black person who is as dark as black shoe leather ...M20 US Black sl.
• PANCAKE - a Black person viewed as over-friendly towards, or imitative of, Whites ...L19 US Black sl.
• PAPI - a Black person or a Puerto Rican ...2000s US Black sl.
• PECAN - a Black person ...1968 Amer. dial.
• PECK-SAP - a middle-aged Black woman ...1965 Amer. dial.
• PEOLA - a light-skinned Afro-American, esp. a girl ...1942 US Black sl.
• PEPPER HEAD - a Black person ...1966 Amer. dial.
• PICCANIN - (offensive) a Black African child ...S. Afr.
• PICCANINNY - a Black or other non-White child ...1848 Amer. dial.
• PICKANINNY - a common word for any small Black child in the old slave states - used in the West Indies to refer to any small child of any colour or race ...1650s US Black
• PICKANINY - a Black or other non-White child ...1848 Amer. dial.
• PICKNEY - a common word for any small Black child in the old slave states - used in the West Indies to refer to any small child of an colour or race ...1650s US Black
• PINK - a light-skinned Black girl or woman ...1983 Amer. dial.
• PINK CHASER - a subservient Black person ...1926 US sl.
• PINKIE - a light-skinned Black girl or woman ...1934 Amer. dial.
• PINK TOE(S) - a light-skinned Afro-American woman ...1942 US Black sl.
• PINKY - a light-skinned Black girl or woman ...1970 Amer. dial.
• POLECAT - (derogatory) a Black person ...1981 Amer. dial.
• PONGO - (derogatory or offensive) a Black person ...1968 sl.
• POPOLO (derogatory) a Black person ...1967 US sl.
• PORCH MONKEY - (derogatory) a Black person ...1980s US sl.
• PORK CHOP - a Black person who, despite supposed advances in equality, is willing to accept an inferior position to that of Whites ...1970s US sl.
• POSSUM (derogatory) a Black person ...1900 US sl.
• POSSUM IN THE WOODPILE a Black person ...1956 US sl.
• QUASHEE, QUASHIE a Black personal name, adopted as a general name for any Black person ...1833
• QUASSY - a Black person - a Black seaman from the British West Indies, esp. as a nickname ...c1830 colloq.
• RACE MAN - a culturally conscious Black person, esp. one who advocates Black civil rights ...1902 US sl.
• RACE WOMAN - a culturally conscious Black woman, esp. one who advocates Black civil rights ...1918 US sl.
• RAISIN - (derogatory) a Black person ...1970s sl.
• RAISINHEAD - (offensive) a Black person ...1978 US sl.
• RASTUS - a nickname for a Black man - a supposedly typical Black person ...1888 Amer. dial.
• RAVEN BEAUTY - a beautiful Black woman ...E20 US sl.
• RAZOR BLADE - a Black person ...c1955 rhyming sl. on 'spade'
• RED NIGGER - (derogatory) a light-skinned Black person - a member of a mixed-race group believed to be partly American Indian in origin ...1963 Amer. dial.
• REGGIN - a Black person ...20C US Black back-slang for 'nigger'
• RICE - a West Indian Black person ...1970 Amer. dial.
• SAL - a subservient Black woman, happy to curry favour with Whites at the price of her autonomy ...1813 US Black sl.
• SALLY - a subservient Black woman, happy to curry favour with Whites at the price of her autonomy ...1813 US Black sl.
• SALT AND PEPPER - a Black consorting heterosexually with a White ...1972
• SALT-WATER NEGRO - an African born Black person, so called by the Creoles, who were born in the West Indies ...1774 W. Indies
• SAM 1. a Black person ...1867 Amer. dial.
2. a Black person who demeans himself to secure favour with White people ...1938 Amer. dial, chiefly Black usage
• SAMBO 1. (now derogatory or offensive) a Black person - a nickname for a Black person ...1704 sl.
2. an obsequious Black person; one who humbly accepts the stereotypical subservient role ...1980
• SAPPHIRE - an unpopular, unattractive Black girl ...1972 US Black sl.
• SAWNEY - a generic name for an African-American man ...1735 US
• SCHEPSEL - (derogatory or offensive) a Black or Coloured person ...1844 S. Afr.
• SCHVARTZ - a Black person - an Indian or Pakistani person ...1961 US sl.
• SCHVARTZA - (derogatory) a Black person - an Indian or Pakistani person ...1961 US sl.
• SCHVARTZE(R-) (rather derogatory) a Black person, esp. a Black maid ...1961 sl., chiefly US
• SCHVOOG - a Black person ...1960s US sl.
• SCHVUG - a Black person ...1960s US sl.
• SCHWARTZ - (derogatory) a Black person - an Indian or Pakistani person ...1961 US sl.
• SCHWARTZE(R-) (rather derogatory) a Black person, esp. a Black maid ...1961 sl., chiefly US
• SCRAM - a Black person ...1940 US sl.
• SCUTTLE - (derogatory) a Black person ...20C US sl.
• SEAL - (derogatory) a Black person ...1920s US sl.
• SENEGAMBIAN - a Black person ...1900 Amer. dial.
• SHAD MOUTH - (derogatory) a Black person ...1930s US sl.
• SHADE - (derogatory) a Black person ...M19 US sl.
• SHADOW - (derogatory) a Black person ...L19 US sl
• SHADY LADY - a Black woman - a Black prostitute ...M20 US sl.
• SHAKE (derogatory) a Black person ...1900s US sl.
• SHAKER (derogatory) a Black person ...1900s US sl.
• SHINE (usually derogatory) a Black person ...1893 Amer. dial.
• SHINER (usually derogatory) a Black person ...1965 Amer. dial.
• SHOWCASE NIGGER a token Black employee ...M20 US sl.
• SHVARTZ a Black person; an Indian or Pakistani person ...1961 US sl.
• SHVOOGIE a Black person ...1960s US sl.
• SILVERY (MOON) (derogatory) a Black person ...1950s rhyming sl. for 'coon'
• SILVERY SPOON (derogatory) a Black person ...1977 UK rhyming sl. for 'coon'
• SIN a tough, aggressive Black man ...2000s US Black sl.
• SISTER a Black woman ...1968 US sl.
• SKEPSEL (derogatory or offensive) a Black or Coloured person ...1844 S. Afr.
• SKILLET (derogatory) a Black person ...1942 Amer. dial.
• SKILLET BLONDE 1. a Black woman wearing a blonde wig ...1935 US Black sl.
2. a very dark-skinned Black person ...1935 US Black sl.
• SMIDGET (derogatory) a nickname for a Black person ...20C US dial.
• SMIT SMOKE - a highly intelligent Black person ...1940s US Black sl.
• SMOKE - (derogatory or offensive) a Black person ...1902 US sl.
• SMOKED BACON a Black person; an American Indian ...1939 Amer. dial.
• SMOKED BEEF a Black person; an American Indian ...1829 Amer. dial.
• SMOKED HAM a Black person; an American Indian ...1966 Amer. dial.
• SMOKED IRISHMAN (derogatory) a Black or other non-White person ...1915 Amer. dial.
• SMOKE MEAT a Black person; an American Indian ...1958 Amer. dial.
• SMOKESTACK a Black person ...1965 Amer. dial.
• SMOKY JOE a Black person ...1902 Amer. dial.
• SMUDGE - (derogatory) a nickname for a Black person ...20C US sl.
• SMUT-BUTT - (derogatory) a nickname for a Black person ...20C US college sl.
• SNOWBALL - a nickname for a Black person - usually for a Black person with white hair ...18C colloq.
• SON OF EBONY - a Black person ...1851 Amer. dial. arch.
• SON OF ETHIOPIA - a Black person ...1853 Amer. dial.
• SOOTY - (derogatory or offensive) a Black person ...1838 sl., orig. US
• SOUL SAUCE - a Black man ...1970s US homosexual sl.
• SOUL SISTER - a Black woman ...1960s sl., orig. US Black
• SPADE (derogatory or offensive) as a term of contempt or casual reference among White people: a Black person, esp. a Black man; formerly, among African Americans: a very dark-skinned Black person ...1928 sl., orig. US
• SPADELET - a Black child ...1959 nonce word
• SPADENA - a Black lady, particularly if lovely ...Bk1972 homosexual sl.
• SPAGGOT - a Black homosexual ...1920s US Black sl.
• SPAGINGY-SPAGADE - a Black person ...1926 US Black sl.
• SPAGINZY - a Black person...1946 Amer. sl.
• SPAGINZY-SPAGADE - a Black person ...1958 US Black sl.
• SPEAR-CHUCKER - (offensive) a Black person ...1969 US sl.
• SPLIB 1. a fellow Black person ...1940s US Black sl.
2. a liberal Black who looks angry but will not upset the status quo ...1940s US Black sl.
• SPOOK (derogatory or offensive) a Black person ...1800s US sl.
• SQUARE RIGGER (offensive) a Black person ...1992 UK rhyming sl. for 'nigger'
• TACO (derogatory) a fellow Black; the premise being one is no better than a Mexican ...1980s US Black sl.
• TADPOLE 1. (derogatory) a Black infant ...1588
2. (derogatory) a Black person ...1986 Amer. dial.
• TAFFEE - a Black person ...1630s US Black sl.
• TAFFY - a Black person ...1630s US Black sl.
• TAR BABY - (derogatory) a Black person ...1894 Amer. dial.
• TAR-BRUSH - a contemptuous term for a Black person ...1835
• TAR HEEL - (derogatory) a Black person ...1970 Amer. dial.
• TAR POT 1. a Black person ...1944 Amer. dial.
2. (derogatory) a Black child...Bk1975 Amer. sl. arch.
• TAWNY a dark-complexioned person; a mulatto ...Bk1905 Sc.
• TEAPOT a Black person ...1815 sl.
• TOFFY a Black person ...1630s US Black sl.
• TOM a subservient Black person, fitting willingly into the stereotyped and inferior image refined by generations of White supremacy; a middle-class Black who wishes to distance himself from the ghetto; an affected or pretentious Black person ...1959 sl.
• TONTO - an American Indian or Black man who is submissive towards White culture ...1972 Amer. dial.
• TOOFAH, TOOFER, TWOFAH, TWOFER a Black woman appointed to a post, the appointment being seen as evidence of both racial and sexual equality of opportunity ...1977 US sl.
• TUSH 1. a light-complexioned Black person - a mulatto ...1960 Amer. dial. Black usage
2. a wealthy, light-skinned society Black person ...1970 US Black sl.
• UBANGI - (offensive) a Black person ...1979 US sl.
• UNBLEACHED AMERICAN - (derogatory or jocular) an American Black ..19C US sl.
• UNCLE - used by a White person in reference to a Black man ...1830 Amer. dial.
• UNCLE GEORGE - a subservient Black person, fitting willingly into the stereotyped and inferior image refined by generations of White supremacy - a middle-class Black who wishes to distance himself from the ghetto; an affected or pretentious Black person ...20C sl.
• UNCLE THOMAS - a subservient Black person, fitting willingly into the stereotyped and inferior image refined by generations of White supremacy - a middle-class Black who wishes to distance himself from the ghetto; an affected or pretentious Black person ...20C sl.
• UNCLE TOM - a Black person who curries favour from Whites through obsequious, fawning behaviour ...1922 US sl.
• UNIFORM TANGO - an Uncle Tom - a Black person who curries favour from Whites through obsequious, fawning behaviour ...1991 US sl.
• UPPITY NIGGER - a Black person who refuses to accept heir second-class status ...L19 US sl.
• VANILLA - a Black man ...Bk1972 homosexual sl.
• VANILLA DINGE - a Black man who prefers White women ...1964 US sl.
• VELCRO HEAD - (derogatory) a Black person ...a2003 US sl.
• WAMPUS CAT - a tough-looking Black person ...1967 Amer. dial.
• WENCH - a Black or Mulatto woman or girl ...19C US sl.
• WHITE MAN'S HANSOM WOMAN - a Black mistress ...Bk1892 W. Indian sl.
• WHITE NEGRO 1. (derogatory) a Black person who behaves in a way which will please White people ...20C US sl.
2. (derogatory) an albino or mulatto Black person ...20C US sl.
• WHITE NIGGER a subservient Black person ...1837 sl., orig. US
• WOODEN SPOON a Black person ...Brit. rhyming sl. for 'coon'
• WOG (derogatory or offensive) a Black or dark-skinned person ...1929 Brit. sl.
• WOOLEN-HEAD (often derogatory) a Black person ...1986 Amer. dial.
• WOOLIE-HEAD - (derogatory) a Black person ...19C US sl.
• WOOLLY-HEAD - (often derogatory) a Black person ...1857 Amer. dial.
• WOOLLYPATE - (often derogatory) a Black person ...1855 Amer. dial.
• WOOLLY TOP - (often derogatory) a Black person ...1967 Amer. dial.
• WOOLY - (often derogatory) a Black person ...1986 Amer. dial.
• WOOLY-HEAD - (often derogatory) a Black person ...1828 Amer. dial.
• WYTHENSHAWE WHITE MAN - a Black man with the manners and standards of contemporary White society ...2002 UK sl.
• YANKEE - a Black man ...1809 UK criminals' sl.
• YANTA - (derogatory) a Black person ...1992 US sl.
• YARD APE - (derogatory) a Black person ...1973 Amer. dial.
• YARD NIGGER - (derogatory) a subservient, acquiescent Black person; a slave or field hand ...1935
• YELLER - (derogatory) a light-skinned Black person; a mulatto ...1834 sl.
• YELLOW - (considered offensive outside of Black usage) a Black or mixed-race person having light brown skin; a light-skinned Black person ...1873 US
• YELLOW-ASS - a light-coloured Black woman ...1967 US sl.
• YELLOW-BLACK - (derogatory) a mixed race person; a mulatto; a light-skinned Black person ...1949 US sl.
• YELLOW BONE - a Black person having light-coloured skin ...1993 US sl.
• YELLOW BOY - a comparatively fair Black man, esp. a mulatto; a mixed race person ...1818 US sl.
• YELLOW GIRL - a light-skinned Black woman, esp. if sexually attractive; a mixed-race, a half-white, half-Black or Aborigine woman; a female mulatto ...1832 sl.
• YELLOW SKIN - a light-skinned Black person ...1831
• YES-BAAS - a servile, subservient Black person ...1975 S. Afr. sl.
• YOETTE - a young Black woman ...1991 US sl.
• YOLA - a light-skinned Black female; a mulatto ...1942 US Black sl.
• YOM - a Black street boy ...1977 US sl.
• YOM - a Black woman ...1978 US sl.
• YOMO - a Black street boy ...1992 US sl.
• YOUNG BLOOD - a young Black man and esp. an impetuous one; used as a term of address to a young man ...1946 US sl.
• ZIG - (derogatory) a Black, or other dark-skinned, person ...1909 Amer. dial.
• ZIGABO - (derogatory or offensive) a Black person ...1909 US sl.
• ZIGABOO, ZIGGABOO, ZIGGERBOO - (derogatory) a Black person ...1910 Amer. sl.
• ZIP - a subservient Black person ...1929 US Black sl.
• ZIP COON - a subservient Black person ...1834 US Black sl.
• ZOOLO - (derogatory) a Black person ...1931 US prison sl.
• ZULU - (derogatory) a Black person ...1899 US
• ZULU PRINCESS - a young, beautiful Black man ...Bk1972 homosexual sl.
Black person, district, etc. - person, other
• BLACKBAITER - † any person in favour of Black slavery; a person with intolerant attitude toward Blacks ...c1840 Amer. sl.
• KAFFERBOETIE a White sympathizer with Black causes ...1930s S. Afr. sl.
• KAFFIRBOETIE a White sympathizer with Black causes ...1930s S. Afr. sl.
• NEGROITE a friend of the Black people; one who favours the advancement of Black interests or rights ...1851
• NEGROMANIAC one having an extravagant liking of Black people ...1864
• NEGROPHIL a friend of the Black people; one who favours the advancement of Black interests or rights ...1889
• NEGROPHILE a friend of the Black people; one who favours the advancement of Black interests or rights ...1803
• NEGROPHILIST a lover or friend of the Black people ...1842
• NEGROPHOBIAC one having an intense dislike of Black people ...1867
• NEGROPHOBIST one having an intense dislike of Black people ...1878
Black person, district, etc. - verbs
• BLOCKBUST to be the first Black family to move into a formerly all-White inner city area ...1950s sl.
• GO OREO (derogatory) to adapt oneself to White society ...1960s US Black sl.
• NEGROFY to make into, or as black, as a Black person ...1799
• UNCLE TOM of a Black person: to try to curry favour with White people by obsequious behaviour ...1937 US sl.
BLACKSMITH - nouns
• BLACK WORK the work of a blacksmith ...1874
• DARBY CRIB a blacksmith's ...L17 sl.
• DARBY KEN a blacksmith's ...L17 sl.
• NAIL BENDER a carpenter, a blacksmith ...1920s US sl.
blacksmith - person (also see SMITH)
• BLACK - a blacksmith ...1776 sl.
• BLACKSMITH - a smith who works in iron or black metal, as distinguished from a 'whitesmith' who works in tin or white metal ...1248
• BLACKSMITH OF KIND - a blacksmith the seventh in descent of a family of smiths ...Bk1892 Eng. dial.
• BLACK SPY - a blacksmith ...1823 UK sl.
• BLACKY - a blacksmith, esp. as a nickname ...1906 US sl.
• CALKER - one who makes iron heel-plates, etc. - a country blacksmith ...Bk1898 Sc.
• DARBY COVE - a blacksmith ...Amer. sl.
• HAMMERMAN - a man who works with a hammer; a smith or worker in metal; a blacksmith’s unskilled assistant; a man who manipulates a steam-hammer; in coal-mining, one who forces down the large masses of coal by means of long and sharp iron wedges ...1483
• IRON BENDER - amongst loggers: a camp blacksmith ...1958 Amer. dial.
• IRON BURNER - amongst loggers: a camp blacksmith ...1938 Amer. dial.
• NAIL BENDER - a carpenter - a horse-shoer - a blacksmith ...1924 Amer. dial.
• SCADDEM - an incompetent smith ...Bk1904 Sc
• SCOWDER-DOUP a jocular name for a blacksmith ...1808 Sc.
BLADDER - nouns
• URINE-LAKE † the contents of the bladder ...1633 poetic
BLAME - adjectives
• BLAMEFUL fully meriting blame, blameworthy ...c1430
• VITUPERIOUS † worthy of blame; hence, shameful, discreditable, disgraceful ...1612
blame - nouns
• CULP(E) † blameworthiness; guilt, sin, fault, blame ...1377
• DIRDUM a punishment, a scolding; blame, reprehension ...1823 Sc.
• FALL, THE consequences, esp. blame taken for another person ...1929 sl., orig. prison usage
• LAST † a fault, vice, sin; blame; also, a physical blemish ...c1175
• LASTING † abuse, blame, reproach ...a1225
• RAP a rebuke or reprimand; blame, responsibility ...1777 sl.
• SAUCE a scolding; blame, recrimination, abuse ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCANCE blame, reproach, scandal ...1866 Sc.
• SCATHE AND SCORN insult and injury, blame, reproach ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• STITCH-UP an act of unjustly transferring blame to someone else ...1984 Brit. sl.
• TOLE † evil-speaking, calumny, slander; blasphemy; reproach, blame ...c1000
blame - person
• BAGMAN - an employee, a menial, esp. one who takes the blame for the decisions and activities of their employer ...1993 sl., orig. US
• COVER-SLUT - one who takes the blame due to another ......1895 Eng. dial.
• GOAT - one who has to stand the blame ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• IMPUGNATOR †* - one who raises doubts - one who blames ...1678
• LACKER - † one who blames or disparages ...1496
• TAXER - † one who finds fault, accuses, or censures; one who blames ...1601
blame - verbs
• BEAR THE BLUNT to bear the blame or consequences ...1939 Amer. dial.
• BESHREW † to invoke evil upon; to wish one all that is bad; to invoke a curse on; to curse, to blame greatly, as the cause of misfortune ...1377
• CALL to blame ...L19 colloq.
• CARRY THE CAN to take the blame or punishment on behalf of another; to be made a scapegoat ...1929 UK sl., orig. navy
• CARRY THE CAN BACK to take the blame or punishment on behalf of another; to be made a scapegoat ...1929 UK sl., orig. navy
• DROP SOMEONE IN IT to get someone blamed and into trouble ...1991 UK sl.
• EDWITE † to taunt, to blame, to reproach ...c825
• ENTWITE † to twit, rebuke, reproach or blame a person ...1542
• FACE THE MUSIC to receive blame courageously
• FATHER SOMETHING ON SOMEONE to put the blame for something on someone else; to 'pass the buck' ...20C sl.
• GET THE KNOCK to accept the blame ...L19 sl., orig. US
• INCULP †* to find fault with; to accuse; to blame ...1612
• KICK YOURSELF to blame yourself, esp. to berate yourself ...2003 UK sl.
• KILL THE SIN to relieve all the blame of something ...1982 Bahamas
• LAME to lay the blame on anyone ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• LAST † to blaspheme, to blame ...a1225
• LAY THE SADDLE UPON THE RIGHT HORSE to lay the blame on the right person ...1635
• MEAN to complain of, to blame, to resent ...1715 Sc.
• NOD ONE'S HEAD to accept blame or responsibility for something ...Aust. prison sl.
• NOT TO BE ABLE TO SAY BLACK'S HIS NAIL to be unable to impute blame to anyone ...Bk1903 Eng. dial.
• PACK-OFF ON to blame ...1911 Amer. dial.
• POINT THE BONE AT to predict or will the failure of an enterprise; to bring defeat or failure on a person; later, to accuse, to blame, to condemn a person ...1923 Aust. colloq.
• PUT THE SADDLE UPON THE RIGHT HORSE to fix the blame upon the true offender ...1842 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• REDARGUE to accuse, to blame ...1768 Sc.
• SET THE SADDLE UPON THE RIGHT HORSE to lay the blame on the right person ...1635
• SHARE THE RAG to be hostile, to place blame on someone else ...1960s sl.
• STAND THE BLUNT to bear the blame or consequences ...1966 Amer. dial.
• STAND THE RACKET to face the consequences of an action; to bear the blame ...1823
• STITCH UP to cause someone to be wrongfully arrested, convicted, etc. by informing, fabricating evidence, etc. ...1970 Brit. sl.
• TAG to blame, to accuse ...1950s sl.
• TAKE THE FALL to volunteer oneself as a victim, usually as the alleged perpetrator of a crime, in the place of the real villain; to take blame on behalf of another ...1920s US sl.
• TAKE THE KNOCK to accept the blame ...L19 sl., orig. US
• THROW OFF ON to shift blame or responsibility onto ...1868 Amer. dial.
• TWINK † to chastise; to blame; to find fault with ...1747 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
BLAMELESS - adjectives
• AMOMOUS † blameless ...1683 nonce-word
• FREELESS †* blameless, faultless, flawless ...c1400
• INCULPABLE * blameless, free from blame ...a1492
• INCULPATE †* blameless, unblamed, inculpable ...1612
• LACKLESS † without fault or blame; faultless, blameless ...1377
• LASTLESS † blameless ...a1225
• UNBLAMEFUL † blameless ...c1400
• VENIAL †* allowable, permissible; blameless ...1597
BLAMELESSLY - adverbs
• FAULTLESSLY † blamelessly ...1610
BLAMELESSNESS - nouns
• FAULTLESSNESS † freedom from blame; blamelessness ...1580
BLAMEWORTHINESS - nouns
• CULP(E) † blameworthiness; guilt, sin, fault, blame ...1377
• ILL DESERT the fact of deserving ill, demerit, blameworthiness ...1736
BLAMEWORTHY - adjectives
• BLAMEFULL blameworthy ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CORREPT † chiding, abusive, blameworthy, reprehensible ...1659
• DEMERITORIOUS bringing demerit, ill-deserving, blameworthy, as well as destitute of merit; opposed to 'meritorious' ...1593
• FAULTWORTHY †* deserving of blame, blameworthy, culpable, reprehensible ...1586
• IMPUTABLE † open to accusation or censure; blameworthy, reprehensible, culpable ...1660
BLAMING - adjectives
• BLAMEFUL conveying blame or censure; blaming, fault-finding ...c1386
• VEAKING fretful, peevish; blaming, carping ...1746 Eng. dial.
blaming - nouns
• INCUSATION blaming, accusation ...1623
• OBJURGATION a chiding, scolding, reproving, rebuking, or blaming; a sharp or severe rebuke ...a1500
BLANCHING - nouns
• DEALBATION the act of whitening, blanching, bleaching ...1607
• PALLESCENCE * a blanching or paling ...1822
BLAND - adjectives
• BEIGE bland, boring ...1982 US sl.
• SAUCELESS bland, insipid ...1899 102 NED Murray 1914
• SPAMMY bland, mediocre ...M20 colloq.
BLANDISHMENT - nouns
• GELE †* blandishment, enticing speech ...c1200
BLANKET - nouns
• BED-PLAID a blanket ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLANKET NIP a piece of old blanket folded around the feet inside the shoe packs for warmth; hence, a sock ...1906 Amer. dial.
• BLUEY a blanket as used by travellers in the bush ...1891 Aust. sl.
• LANGEL(L) † a woollen rug or blanket ...1324-25 Eng. dial.
• NAP blankets or other covering used by a person sleeping in the open air ...1892 Aust. sl.
• NIP a piece of old blanket folded around the feet inside the shoe packs for warmth; hence, a sock ...1906 Amer. dial.
• PARCEL a rolled blanket which contains one's possessions ...1910s Aust. tramps' sl.
• TUCSON BLANKET newspapers, when used by tramps as a substitute for blankets ...1920s US sl.
blanket - person
• BLANKET-HEEZIE one who tosses another in a blanket ...Bk1911 Sc.
BLASPHEME - person
• BLASPHEMATOUR † one who blasphemes ...1483
• MOCK-GOD - † one who mocks, derides, or defies God; a blasphemer ...1601
• TEARER OF GOD - † a blasphemer or profane swearer ...a1550
blaspheme - verbs
• LAST † to blaspheme, to blame ...a1225
BLASPHEMOUS - adjectives
• BLASPHEMATORY † blasphemous; cursing and swearing; using vile reproachful language ...1611
• BLASPHEMIOUS blasphemous ...1908 Amer. dial.
• SULPHUROUS blasphemous, profane ...1828
BLASPHEMY - nouns
• TOLE † evil-speaking, calumny, slander; blasphemy; reproach, blame ...c1000
BLAST - nouns
• ON-BLAFF a blast ...1887 Sc.
BLAZE, BLAZING - adjectives
• RANTING of a fire: blazing, roaring ...1725 Sc.
blaze, blazing - adverbs
• ABLEEZE blazing ...1819 Sc.
• ALOW ablaze ...ME Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• ALUNT in a blazing state ...1811 Sc.
blaze, blazing - nouns
• AD † a fire, a blazing pile, a funeral pyre ...a900
• BALE † a great consuming fire; a conflagration; a blazing pile, a bonfire ...a1000
• BALE-FIRE a great fire in the open air; a blazing pile or heap kindled to consume anything; in Old English, the fire of a funeral pile ...a1000
• BAWBELL a flame, a blaze ...1891 Eng. dial.
• BLANCH a flash or sudden blaze ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLEEZIE a small blaze ...Bk1911 Sc.
• GLOSE a blaze ...1825 Sc.
• HALLIBLASH a great blaze ...1740 Eng. dial.
• HALLYBLASH a great blaze ...1740 Eng. dial.
• INGLE-GLEED the flames or blaze of a fire; firelight; a blazing fireside ...Bk1902 Sc.
• INGLE-LOWE the flames or blaze of a fire; firelight; a blazing fireside ...1798 Sc.
• NEUF a blaze ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
blaze, blazing - verbs
• BLEEZE to blaze, to flare up ...Bk1911 Sc.
• GLOSE to blaze, gleam ...1825 Sc.
• RANT to blow or stir up a fire; to blaze, to burn fiercely ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TIND to burn, to blaze ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.