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Linguistic Scholarship

The study of language and its evolution, including the meanings and functions of words.

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Jan 27, 2026

can you be a nigga without being a nigger

The short answer: in practice some Black people and segments of culture treat "" as a reclaimed, intra-group term distinct in meaning and function from the slur "nigger," but many individuals and inst...

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