Wednesday, February 08, 2006

Chigger (slang)

Chigger (slang)[EXTRACT]

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The word Chigger (also pronounced chigga) is a derogatory slang term for an Asian person who behaves in ways similar to a stereotypical urban African American. The term is a portmanteau of Chinese or chink and nigger, derived from the older slang term wigger (white + nigger), which means a Caucasian person who acts like an urban African American. It may also be a pun on the pest insect, the chigger.

In Australian slang, chigger is a synonym for bogan.

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