wigger

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A white person who copies Black people's style and speech in a way many find offensive

noun
/ˈwɪɡər/

Slur

: [insulto: persona blanca que adopta la estética o actitudes de la cultura negra]

They called me a wigger.

Well, we know there's a million wiggers that are in.

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Examples

Hey, man, dig Walter the wigger.

A Bucket of Blood (1959)
She is a wigger, plain and simple.

Blog text (21)
You're a bunch of wiggers who dress like the Sopranos.

Beer League (2006)
They called me a wigger for trying to speak like a rapper.
Some people criticized him for being a wigger due to his style of dress.
He tried to fit in, but everyone just labeled him a wigger.

Surface Forms

wigger singular

wiggers plural

Morphology

wigger = white + nigger (opaque) = white + nigger

This is an offensive blend of 'white' and a racial slur, and the social meaning is not a predictable, standard combination of the component meanings.

Etymology

Wigger is an offensive mix of white and the racist slur 'nigger', made to name a white person who copies Black language, clothes, or style. Because it comes from that slur, the word is hurtful and insulting, so its use is widely considered wrong.