white nigger

English

Noun

white nigger (plural white niggers)

  1. (US, UK, slang, derogatory, offensive, ethnic slur) An Irish person, especially an immigrant to the United States.
  2. (US, UK, slang, derogatory, offensive, ethnic slur) An Italian person, especially an immigrant to the United States.

Usage notes

While the term refers to all Caucasians in general, it has been particularly applied to Irish people, Polish people, Italians, French Canadians and several other ethnicities.

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