Reverse Dictionary: BLACK PERSON

(also see MIXED RACE)

From Oxford English Dictionary: “In some contexts the noun is now felt to carry disrespectful overtones and is therefore avoided in favour of a phrase using the adjective, as ‘a black person’, or (according to context) an alternative such as ‘an African American’.”

ADJECTIVES
1735 ► NEGRISH relating to a Black person → obs.
1768 ► BRIGHT having light-coloured skin; said of a Black person
19C.. ► ETHIOPIAN pert. to a Black person → not necessarily derogatory, US colloq.
1842 ► NEGROLOID resembling the Black people or having some of their characteristic features; negroid
M19. ► DARKEY → DARKIE → DARKY pert. to Black people or culture → derogatory, US sl.
M19. ► EBONY pert. to a Black person → colloq.
1857 ► NEGRINE resembling a Black person
1876 ► NEGROTIC pert. to Black people
1893 ► BLUE having a very dark complexion; said of a Black person → usually depreciative or derogatory, US sl.
L19.. ► DARK pert. to Black people → derogatory, sl.
20C.. ► COCONUT-HEADED Black → derogatory, US sl.
20C.. ► DIPPED having some Black heritage; mulatto → US colloq.
20C.. ► YELLER pert. to light-skinned Black people or mulattos → derogatory, US sl.
E20.. ► AFRO  Black; African → US sl.
E20.. ► AFRO-AMERICAN pert. to an American Black → US sl.
E20.. ► SPADE pert. to Black people → derogatory, offensive, sl.
1900 ► LEMON having light-coloured skin; said of a Black person → US sl.
1902 ► ASH-FACED having light-coloured skin; having an ashen complexion; said of a Black person → Amer. dial.
1908 ► BLUE-GUMMED having bluish gums; said of a Black person → derogatory, Amer. dial.
1911 ► BRIGHT-SKIN having light-coloured skin; said of a Black person → Amer. dial., chiefly African-American
1920 ► DARKIE in a stereotypically Black manner → derogatory, US sl.
1940 ► CAFÉ AU LAIT having light-coloured skin; light-skinned; said of a Black person → sl.
1945 ► BRIGHT, WHITE AND DEAD WHITE very light-skinned; said of a Black person → US sl.
1945 ► LIGHT, BRIGHT, DAMN NEAR WHITE very light-skinned; said of a Black person → US sl.
1950 ► SAMBO pert. to Black people or culture → derogatory, sl.
1952 ► ASHY pale as ashes: usually of a Black person → Amer. dial.
1952 ► ASHY-PALE pale as ashes: usually of a Black person → Amer. dial.
1960 ► OREOLIZED having adapted oneself to White society → derogatory, African-American sl.
1960 ► SHITSKIN pert. to Black people → derogatory, African-American sl.
1970 ► BOOJY refers to Blacks whose money and position make them think they’re White, bourgeois → African-American sl.
1970 ► BRIGHT-SKINNED having light-coloured skin; said of a Black person → Amer. dial., chiefly African-American
1974 ► DEEP YELLOW having light-coloured skin; said of a Black person → Amer. dial.
1980 ► NEW JACK in tune with the contemporary young Black culture → African-American sl.
2000 ► NIGGALICIOUS heavily built ; said of a Black woman → African-American sl.
2002 ► SCHVARTZ → SCHVARTZE → SCHWARTZ → SHVARTZ black, esp. as a skin colour → derogatory, UK sl.


NOUNS
1764 ► NEGROLAND the land or region inhabited by Black people
19C.. ► NEGRO-NEWS the Black grapevine, a rapid way of spreading news among Blacks → now derogatory, US colloq.
1814 ► NEGERY a Black village or compound → Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
1833 ► NEGROPHOBIA intense dislike of the Black people
M19. ► NIGGERDOM the life and culture of the American Black people → derogatory, US sl.
1851 ► NEGROMANIA extravagant fondness for the Black people
1852 ► NEGROCIDE the killing of a Black person
1857 ► HAITI → HAYTI a section of a town where Black people live → Amer. dial.
1857 ► NIGGERVILLE a Black neighbourhood or district → derogatory, Amer. dial.
1862 ► NEGRODOM the region or community of Black persons
1862 ► NEGROLATRY excessive admiration of Black people
1863 ► NEGROHOOD the Black race or stock
1865 ► NEGROPHILISM for the Black people; zealous advocacy of Black rights
1884 ► DARKTOWN a Black neighbourhood or town; used especially in titles → Amer. dial.
L19.. ► AFRICA anywhere mainly populated or used by the Black community → US sl.
L19.. ► DARKYTOWN a neighbourhood with a large population of Black people → US sl.
20C.. ► DINGE ALLEY the Black district of a town → derogatory, US sl.
20C.. ► EBONY he quintessence of Black sensibility → African-American sl.
20C.. ► LOAD OF COAL a group of Black people → derogatory, US sl.
1915 ► BLACK BOTTOM the part of a town where Black people live → Amer. dial.
1920 ► BUTTERMILK BOTTOM the part of a town where Black people live → African-American sl.
1930 ► LAND OF DARKNESS the Black district of any city → US sl.
1935 ► AUNT HAGAR’S CHILDREN the Black race → African-American
1936 ► AFFRISHY TOWN a Black neighbourhood or district → Amer. dial.
1937 ► CATFISH ROW a section of a town where Black residents live → Amer. dial.
1940 ► GALLION the Black ghetto; the Black world → African-American sl.
1942 ► AUNT HAGAR the Black race → African-American
1942 ► NIGGERTOWN a Black neighbourhood or district → derogatory, Amer. dial.
1950 ► BLOCKBUSTER the first Black family to move into a formerly all-White inner city area → sl.
1954 ► HAGAR’S CHILDREN the Black race → African-American
1960 ► SIDE the Black area of town; the original was Chicago’s ‘South Side’ → African-American sl.
1960 ► SOUL POWER the political and cultural influence wielded by the Black community → African-American sl.
1960 ► SOUL SESSION a gathering of Black people → African-American sl.
1965 ► HAGAR RACE the Black race → African-American
1968 ► BACK STREET a predominantly Black neighbourhood → Amer. dial.
1968 ► NAIL KEG the Black district of a town or city → Amer. dial.
1970 ► AFRO SET anywhere that Blacks used for talking or acting in furtherance of their own social and political betterment → African-American sl.
1970 ► BABYLON any oppression or the forces that oppress the Black man, esp. Rastafarian → sl.
1970 ► BLACK BELT the section of a city which is populated predominantly by Blacks; the poor section of a city; a ghetto → Amer. dial.
1975 ► SOULVILLE part of a city inhabited largely by Black people → US sl.
1986 ► NIGGER IN THE WOODPILE a degree of Black ancestry in one who is apparently White → derogatory, Amer. dial.
1990 ► CIPHER → CYPHER a circle of Black friends; a group of people, as marijuana smokers, rap MC’s → African-American & teen sl.
1991 ► NEGROPHOBIA a strong dislike or dear of ‘Negroes’ (Bk.)
1997 ► ALL-ORIGINALS SCENE  a party or other occasion where only Blacks are present (Bk.)


NOUNS, PERSON
1387 ► BLUE MAN a Black man; an African’ a ‘Bloman’ → hist.
1390 ► MOOR a Black person
1398 ► BLACK MAN a dark-skinned man, esp. a man of sub-Saharan African or Australian Aboriginal origin or descent
1525 ► BLACKAMOOR → BLACKAMORE a Black person; any very dark-skinned person; formerly used without depreciatory force
1526 ► BLACKAMORIAN → BLACK MORIAN a Black person; any very dark-skinned person; formerly used without depreciatory force → obs.
1547 ► BLACK-A-MOORE → BLACKMOOR → BLACKMOORE a Black person; any very dark-skinned person; formerly used without depreciatory force
1587 ► NEEGER → NEGER a Black person → Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
1588 ► TADPOLE a Black infant → derogatory
1594 ► BLACK BOY a Black man, esp. a Black manservant → obs.
1598 ► BLACK FELLOW originally, any dark-skinned man
1630 ► TAFFEE → TAFFY → TOFFY a Black person → African-American sl.
1650 ► OLD CUFFEE a Black person; an African; an African-American; a coloured person → African-American sl.
1650 ► PICKANINNY → PICKANINY a small Black child in the old slave states; used in the West Indies to refer to any small child of any colour or race → African-American
18C.. ► SNOWBALL a nickname for a Black person; usually for a Black person with white hair → colloq.
1703 ► NEGRINE a Black woman → obs.
1704 ► BLACKFACE a dark-skinned person → offensive, orig. & chiefly US
1704 ► SAMBO a Black person; a nickname for a Black person → now derogatory or offensive, sl.
1713 ► CUFFEE → CUFFEY → CUFFY a Black man → offensive
1719 ► ETHIOPIAN a Black person → not necessarily derogatory, Amer. dial.
1732 ► BLACKEE → BLACKEY → BLACKIE → BLACKY a Black person; usually African,
but also Indian, Aboriginal → offensive, colloq.
1735 ► COON a Black person → derogatory or offensive, sl.
1735 ► SAWNEY an African-American man → US sl.
1748 ► GUINEA a Black person; originally one from the Guinea region of the West African coast → Amer. dial.
1755 ► CUFF a Black person → offensive
1764 ► BOY a Black adult male; usually considered insulting when the speaker is White → Amer. dial.
1768 ► MUNGO a Black person, esp. a slave
1774 ► SALT-WATER NEGRO an African born Black person, so called by the Creoles, who were born in the West Indies → W. Indies
1775 ► DARKEE → DARKEY → DARKIE → DARKY a Black person; also used ironically by Blacks as a self-description → now offensive and derogatory, sl.
1786 ► NIGGER a Black person → now derogatory or offensive when used by White people, sl.
1788 ► BLACK WOMAN a black-skinned or coloured woman
L18.. ► BUCKRA-NIGGER a ‘White man’s negro’, or subservient Black → African-American sl.
19C.. ► UNBLEACHED AMERICAN an American Black person → derogatory  or jocular
19C.. ► WENCH a Black or Mulatto woman or girl → US sl.
E19.. ► AUNT SALLY a subservient Black woman, happy to curry favour with Whites at the price of her autonomy → African-American sl.
E19.. ► NO-ACCOUNT NIGGER a Black person who rejects the second-class role offered by the dominant White society → sl.
1800 ► SPOOK a Black person → derogatory or offensive, US sl.
1803 ► MAMMA → 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 → orig. & chiefly US
1803 ► NEGROPHILE a friend of the Black people; one who favours the advancement of Black interests or rights
1809 ► YANKEE a Black man → UK criminals’ sl.
1813 ► SAL → SALLY a subservient Black woman, happy to curry favour with Whites at the price of her autonomy → African-American sl.
1815 ► TEAPOT a Black person → sl.
1818 ► BLACK AMERICAN a native or inhabitant of the United States who is Black; an African-American
1818 ► YELLOW BOY a comparatively fair Black man, esp. a mulatto; a mixed race person → US sl.
1820 ► EBONY a Black person → Amer. colloq. arch.
1823 ► CROW a Black person
1825 ► BLACKYMORE a Black person → Sc.
1827 ► BLACK FLESH Black slaves → US
1828 ► WOOLIE-HEAD → WOOLY-HEAD a Black person → often derogatory, Amer. dial.
1828 ► NAGRE a Black person → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1829 ► SMOKED BEEF a Black person → Amer. dial.
1830 ► QUASSY a Black person; a Black seaman from the British West Indies, esp. as a nickname → colloq.
1830 ► UNCLE a Black man; used by a White person → Amer. dial.
1831 ► AFRO-AMERICAN an American Black person
1831 ► YELLOW SKIN a light-skinned Black person
1832 ► NIG a Black person → derogatory or offensive, sl.
1832 ► 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 → sl.
1833 ► AFRO-AMERICAN an American Black person
1833 ► QUASHEE → QUASHIE a Black personal name, adopted as a general name for any Black person
1834 ► YELLER a light-skinned Black person; a mulatto → derogatory, sl.
1834 ► ZIP COON a subservient Black person → African-American sl.
1835 ► AUNT → AUNTIE → AUNTY an older Black women, used as a term of respect or affection, esp. by White children → now considered offensive, colloq.
1835 ► BUCK a Black man, esp. a young, strong one → usually derogatory, Amer. dial.
1835 ► GIRL a Black female servant or domestic employee → derogatory & offensive, orig. US
1835 ► TAR-BRUSH a Black person → contemptuous
1837 ► MAMMY an older Black woman, esp. a child’s nurse → Amer. dial.
1837 ► WHITE NIGGER a subservient Black person → derogatory, sl., orig. US
1838 ► JIM CROW a Black person → derogatory or offensive, sl., orig. US
1838 ► MAM an older Black woman, esp. a child’s nurse → Amer. dial.
1838 ► MAUMER an older Black woman, esp. a child’s nurse → Amer. dial., obs.
1838 ► SOOTY a Black person → derogatory or offensive, sl., orig. US
1839 ► LIVER-CHOPS a Black person; a person having very thick and dark lips → derisive, US sl.
1840 ► BLACKBAITER a person in favour of Black slavery; a person with intolerant attitude toward Blacks → US sl., obs.
1840 ► DAY AND MARTIN a Black person → derogatory, sl.
1842 ► FELLOW a Black man → Amer. dial.
1842 ► NEGROPHILIST a lover or friend of the Black people
1844 ► SCHEPSEL → SKEPSEL a Black or Coloured person → derogatory or offensive, S. Afr.
1846 ► GIP a Black woman → derogatory, US sl.
1847 ► MOAK → MOKE a Black person; also, a dark-skinned person of any race → derogatory and offensive, US
1848 ► COVESS DINGE a Black woman → derogatory, Amer. thieves’ sl.
1848 ► DINGE a Black person → derogatory or offensive, US sl.
1848 ► DINGE KINCH  a Black child → derogatory, Amer. thieves’ sl.
1848 ► PICCANINNY → PICKANINY a Black or other non-White child → Amer. dial.
1849 ► MONKEY a non-White or dark-skinned person → offensive, orig. US
1849 ► BLACKY-MOOR a Black person; a man of colour → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
M19. ► APEMAN a Black person → derogatory, US sl.
M19. ► COOLIE a Black person → derogatory, Aust. & S. Afr. sl.
M19. ► COOLIE-BOY a male Black person → derogatory, Aust. & S. Afr. sl.
M19. ► COOLIE-GIRL a female Black person → derogatory, Aust. & S. Afr. sl.
M19. ► EBON a Black person → US sl.
M19. ► EBONY CHICK a Black girl → US sl.
M19. ► EBONY PIDGEON a Black girl → US sl.
M19. ► KAFFIR a Black person → derogatory, sl., orig. S. Afr.
M19. ► LOG OF EBONY a stupid Black person → Aust. sl.
M19. ► SHADE a Black person → derogatory, US sl.
1851 ► NEGROITE a friend of the Black people; one who favours the advancement of Black interests or rights
1851 ► SON OF EBONY a Black person → Amer. dial. arch.
1853 ► NEGRILLO a little Black person
1853 ► SON OF ETHIOPIA a Black person → Amer. dial.
1855 ► CONGO orig. a slave from the Congo region; later, any slave; then any Black person
1855 ► WOOLLYPATE a Black person → often derogatory, Amer. dial.
1857 ► WOOLIE-HEAD → WOOLLY-HEAD a Black person → often derogatory, Amer. dial.
1858 ► GUMBO a Black person → Amer. dial.
1859 ► BLACKBERRY a Black person → contemptuous, US sl.
1860 ► KINKYHEAD a Black person → derogatory, US sl.
1862 ► DARK a Black person → now considered offensive, US sl.
1864 ► NEGROMANIAC a person having an extravagant liking of Black people
1865 ► BLUE-SKIN an African-American, esp. a very dark complexioned one → obs., derogatory
1865 ► KINK a Black person → derogatory or offensive, US sl.
1867 ► NEGROPHOBIAC a person having an intense dislike of Black people
1867 ► SAM a Black person → Amer. dial.
1873 ► NEGROLET a little Black person
1873 ► YELLOW a Black or mixed-race person having light brown skin; a light-skinned Black person → considered offensive outside of Black usage
1875 ► MOXIE a Black person → usually offensive, US sl.
1878 ► NEGROPHOBIST a person having an intense dislike of Black people
1884 ► BLACK APE a Black person → derogatory, Amer. dial.
1886 ► NEGROLING a little Black person
1888 ► DARK MEAT a Black person; esp. a woman regarded solely as a sex partner → usually derogatory, US sl.
1888 ► RASTUS a Black man; a supposedly typical Black person → Amer. dial.
1889 ► NEGROPHIL a friend of the Black people; one who favours the advancement of Black interests or rights
1890 ► FUZZY 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 → usually offensive
1890 ► FUZZY-WUZZY 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 → usually offensive, sl.
1891 ► BIT OF EBONY a Black person → sl. (Bk.)
1892 ► CUFFEE → CUFFY a Black person → W. Indian sl. (Bk.)
1892 ► MOLO-MAN a Black person → Chinese Pidgin (Bk.)
1892 ► WHITE MAN’S HANSOM WOMAN a Black mistress → W. Ind. sl. (Bk.)
1893 ► NIGRO a Black person → Amer. dial.
1893 ► SHINE a Black person → usually derogatory, Amer. dial.
1894 ► BLACKBIRD a Black person → usually derogatory, sl.
1894 ► TAR BABY a Black person → derogatory, Amer. dial.
1895 ► DINGY a Black person → derogatory or offensive, US sl.
1897 ► AUNT JEMIMA a Black woman, esp. one considered submissive or servile towards White people → derogatory, colloq.
1899 ► BLACK VELVET a Black woman, esp. as the focus of a White man’s sexual interest → offensive, Aust. & NZ sl.
1899 ► ZULU a Black person → derogatory, US
L19.. ► BROWN POLISH an African-American
L19.. ► DARK SHANKS Black people, esp. as sex objects → sl.
L19.. ► DARK-SKINNED MEAT Black people, esp. as sex objects → sl.
L19.. ► MR. PETER an African-American
L19.. ► PANCAKE a Black person viewed as over-friendly towards, or imitative of, Whites → African-American sl.
L19.. ► SHADOW a Black person → derogatory, US sl.
L19.. ► UPPITY NIGGER a Black person who refuses to accept heir second-class status → US sl.
20C.. ► AFRAMERICAN an American Black person → US sl.
20C.. ► BUNGO a crude, boorish, ignorant Black person; a country bumpkin → W. Indies & Jamaica
20C.. ► CHARCOAL NIGGER a very dark Black person → derogatory, US sl.
20C.. ► CLINK a Black person → derogatory, US sl.
20C.. ► CLUCK → KLUCK a very dark Black person → derogatory, US sl.
20C.. ► DINK a Black person → derogatory, US sl.
20C.. ► DINKEY a Black child → derogatory, US sl.
20C.. ► DR. THOMAS → MR. THOMAS → 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 → sl.
20C.. ► ETHY MEAT a Black woman → sl.
20C.. ► FAIR a light-skinned Black person → African-American sl.
20C.. ► FAIR-SKIN a light-skinned Black person → African-American sl.
20C.. ► JACK a Black man → derogatory, US sl.
20C.. ► JAYBEE → J.B. a Black person (Jet Black) → derogatory, colloq.
20C.. ► KING a Black person → derogatory, US colloq.
20C.. ► KINKY-NOB a Black person → derogatory, US colloq.
20C.. ► NAP a Black person → derogatory, US
20C.. ► REGGIN a Black person → back-slang for ‘nigger’
20C.. ► SCUTTLE a Black person → derogatory, US sl.
20C.. ► SMIDGET a Black person → derogatory, US sl.
20C.. ► SMUDGE a Black person → derogatory, US sl.
20C.. ► SMUT-BUTT a Black person → derogatory, US students’ sl.
20C.. ► 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
20C.. ► WHITE NEGRO a Black person who behaves in a way which will please White people → derogatory, US sl.
20C.. ► WHITE NEGRO an albino or mulatto Black person → derogatory, US sl.
20C.. ► WOODEN SPOON  a Black person → UK rhyming sl. for ‘coon’
E20.. ► FAY a Black person who acts like a Caucasian → derogatory, African-American sl.
E20.. ► INKFACE a Black person → derogatory, US sl.
E20.. ► JAZZBO a Black man, particularly if up-to-date and stylish → not necessarily derogatory, US sl.
E20.. ► LAUNDRY QUEEN a Black woman → US sl.
E20.. ► MIDNIGHT a very dark Black person → derogatory when used generically, US sl.
E20.. ► OFAY → OLD-FAY → OLE-FAY → OOFAY a Black person who acts like a Caucasian → derogatory, African-American sl.
E20.. ► RAVEN BEAUTY a beautiful Black woman → US sl.
1900 ► CHARCOAL a Black person; one with dark skin → derogatory, Amer. dial.
1900 ► CHARCOAL BLOSSOM a young Black woman → derogatory, Amer. dial.
1900 ► CHARCOAL-LILY a Black boy very dark in colour → derogatory, Amer. dial.
1900 ► CHOCOLATE DROP a Black person → offensive, US sl.
1900 ► POSSUM a Black person → derogatory, US sl.
1900 ► SENEGAMBIAN a Black person → Amer. dial.
1900 ► APPLE IN THE WHITE FOLK’S YARD a Black person who is looked upon with unusual favour by White folk → African-American sl.
1900 ► PICCANIN a Black African child → offensive, S. Afr.
1900 ► SHAKE a Black person → derogatory, US sl.
1900 ► SHAKER a Black person → derogatory, US sl.
1901 ► ALLIGATOR BAIT a Black person, esp. a Black child; a Black person from Florida or Louisiana → derogatory, Amer. dial.
1901 ► BAD NIGGER a Black who rejects the second-class role offered by the dominant White society → African-American usage
1902 ► RACE MAN a culturally conscious Black person, esp. one who advocates Black civil rights → US sl.
1902 ► SMOKE a Black person → derogatory or offensive, US sl.
1902 ► SMOKY JOE a Black person → Amer. dial.
1903 ► BLACKBIRD a Black child → US sl.
1903 ► HAMFAT a Black person → derogatory, US sl.
1905 ► NIGRA a Black person → now mainly derogatory or offensive, Amer. dial.
1905 ► TAWNY a dark-complexioned person; a mulatto → Sc. (Bk.)
1907 ► BLACK STUFF a Black person in a sexual context → sl.
1908 ► GEORGE a generic name for a Black man → US sl.
1909 ► ASH-CAT a gaunt Black person → Amer. dial.
1909 ► BABOON a Black or Coloured person → abusive, sl.
1909 ► BAD NIGGER a violent, amoral Black person, as seen by his Black peers → African-American usage
1909 ► DARK CLOUD a Black person → derogatory, US sl.
1909 ► JIGABOO a Black person → derogatory or offensive, US sl.
1909 ► JIJJIBOO a Black person → derogatory or offensive, US sl.
1909 ► ZIG a Black person, or other dark-skinned, person → derogatory, Amer. dial.
1909 ► ZIGABO → ZIGABOO → ZIGGABOO → ZIGGERBOO a Black person → derogatory or offensive, US sl.
1910 ► HIGH BROWN → HIGH COLOUR a Black or mixed race person having medium-brown or light-brown skin → usually considered offensive, sl., orig. & chiefly  US
1910 ► HIGH YALLA → HIGH YALLER → HIGH YELLA → HIGH YELLOW a light-skinned Black person, esp. female; a Creole, a mulatto → now considered offensive, US sl.
1913 ► CLOUD a Black person; a crowd of Black persons
1914 ► BLACK RASCAL a Black person → Amer. dial. (Bk.)
1914 ► BLACK SCOUNDREL a Black person → Amer. dial. (Bk.)
1914 ► BUFFALO a Black person → criminals’ usage (Bk.)
1915 ► INK a Black person, esp. one with very dark skin → sometimes derogatory, Amer. dial.
1915 ► SMOKED IRISHMAN a Black or other non-White person → derogatory, Amer. dial.
1916 ► COLORED a Black person; Black people
1917 ► GEECHEE → GEECHIE a Black speaker of any unfamiliar or hard-to-understand dialect of English; a poor, uneducated Black person of the rural south → contemptuous, US sl.
1917 ► HANDKERCHIEF HEAD a Black person who is submissive or servile toward White people, or who adopts White culture → derogatory & offensive, chiefly US
1918 ► JASBO → JAZZBO a Black person, esp. a man → derisive, US sl.
1918 ► RACE WOMAN a culturally conscious Black woman, esp. one who advocates Black civil rights → US sl.
1919 ► EIGHT BALL a Black person → contemptuous, US sl.
1920 ► HEADLIGHT TO A SNOWSTORM a very dark Black person → US sl.
1920 ► MUNTU a Black African → derogatory & offensive
1920 ► BUCK a person who, while Black, moves in White society and sees themselves as the White man’s equal → African-American sl.
1920 ► CAFÉ AU LAIT a light-skinned Black woman; a mulatto; a person of mixed race with skin the shade of milky coffee → African-American sl.
1920 ► CALEDONIA a Black woman who refuses to accept the traditional role into which her birth is supposed to have thrust her → African-American sl.
1920 ► COCONUT-DODGER a South American or African Black person → African-American sl.
1920 ► FADED BOGEY → FADED BOOGIE  a Black who apes Whites and loses his own ethnicity; one who has taken on (undesirable) Caucasian characteristics → African-American sl.
1920 ► KACK a Black person → African-American sl.
1920 ► LEMON a light-skinned Black person; a mulatto → not necessarily derogatory, African-American sl.
1920 ► MUSTARD SEED a light-skinned Black person → African-American sl.
1920 ► ORIGINAL a Black person → African-American sl.
1920 ► SEAL a Black person → derogatory, US sl.
1920 ► SPAGGOT a Black homosexual → African-American sl.
1922 ► PUMPKIN SKIN a light-skinned Black person
1922 ► UNCLE TOM a Black person who curries favour from Whites through obsequious, fawning behaviour → US sl.
1923 ► BOOGIE a Black person → derogatory or offensive, Amer. dial., orig. criminals’ and tramps’ usage
1924 ► GIG-A-BOO a Black person → derogatory, sl., orig. US
1924 ► JIG a Black person → derogatory or offensive, US sl.
1924 ► JIGGS a Black person → usually offensive, Amer. dial.
1924 ► MONK a Black immigrant from the West Indies → contemptuous, Amer. sl.
1925 ► BIRD’S-EYE MAPLE a light-skinned attractive Black woman → US sl.
1925 ► GIN a Black woman → US sl.
1925 ► MONKEY CHASER a Black person from the Caribbean or other tropical region; a West Indian → offensive, US sl.
1926 ► BACKRA a person who, while Black, moves in White society and sees themselves as the White man’s equal → African-American sl.
1926 ► BLUE a Black person, esp. one having a very dark complexion → usually depreciative or derogatory, US sl.
1926 ► KINKY a Black person → derogatory or offensive, US sl.
1926 ► PINK CHASER a subservient Black person → US sl.
1926 ► PUMPKIN-SEED a light-skinned Black person
1926 ► SPAGINGY-SPAGADE → SPAGINZY-SPAGADE a Black person → African-American sl.
1927 ► BEAN a Black person → African-American sl.
1927 ► BLUE GUM a Black person who has bluish gums and whose bite, according to superstition, is poisonous → usually derogatory, Amer. dial.
1927 ► BURRHEAD a Black person → derogatory, Amer. dial.
1928 ► JIGWALKER a Black person → usually offensive, Amer. dial.
1928 ► MOSE a Black man, esp. one who is subservient to Whites → derogatory when used generically, African-American colloq.
1928 ► SPADE a Black person, esp. a Black man; formerly, among African Americans: a very dark-skinned Black person → derogatory or offensive, sl., orig. US
1929 ► WOG a Black or dark-skinned person → derogatory or offensive, Brit. sl.
1929 ► ZIP a subservient Black person → African-American sl.
1930 ► COTTON PICKER a Black person
1930 ► JIT a Black person → derisive
1930 ► AFRO a Black person; an English or American person of African descent → sl.
1930 ► DARK BLACK a very Black person → African-American sl.
1930 ► KAFFERBOETIE → KAFFIRBOETIE a White sympathizer with Black causes → S. Afr. sl.
1930 ► LAM BLACK a very dark-skinned Black person → African-American sl.
1930 ► SHAD MOUTH a Black person → derogatory, US sl.
1931 ► JIT a Black person → derogatory or offensive, US sl.
1931 ► ZOOLO a Black person → derogatory, US prison sl.
1934 ► HEADLIGHT a light-skinned Black person → Amer. dial.
1934 ► HIGH CREAM a Black person with an especially light complexion → Amer. dial.
1934 ► PINKIE → PINKY a light-skinned Black girl or woman → Amer. dial.
1935 ► EIGHT-ROCK a Black person → contemptuous, US sl.
1935 ► HARDHEAD a rebellious, non-conformist Black person; a hot-tempered or pugnacious person; a troublemaker → African-American sl.
1935 ► SKILLET BLONDE a Black woman wearing a blonde wig → African-American sl.
1935 ► SKILLET BLONDE a very dark-skinned Black person → African-American sl.
1935 ► YARD NIGGER a subservient, acquiescent Black person; a slave or field hand → derogatory
1936 ► KINKHEAD a Black person → derogatory, US sl.
1938 ► BLACK CLOUD a Black person → derisive, US sl.
1938 ► COAL-SCUTTLE BLOND → COAL-SKUTTLE BLOND a Black woman
1938 ► SAM a Black person who demeans himself to secure favour with White people → Amer. dial., chiefly African-American
1939 ► SMOKED BACON a Black person → Amer. dial.
1940 ► SCRAM a Black person → US sl.
1940 ► BUTTERHEAD a Black person who, for whatever reason, is considered an embarrassment to their race → sl.
1940 ► COCABOLA a Black person
1940 ► JACKIE ROBINSON a Black person who is the first to gain entry to a profession → African-American sl.
1940 ► SMIT SMOKE a highly intelligent Black person → African-American sl.
1940 ► SPLIB a fellow Black person → African-American sl.
1940 ► SPLIB a liberal Black who looks angry but will not upset the status quo → African-American sl.
1941 ► APE a Black person → derogatory, Amer. dial.
1942 ► COAL a dark-skinned Black person
1942 ► INKY DINK a Black person, esp. one with very dark skin → sometimes derogatory, Amer. dial.
1942 ► JARHEAD a Black man → derogatory, Amer. sl.
1942 ► JIGWAWK a Black person → usually offensive, Amer. dial.
1942 ► LAMPBLACK a very dark-skinned Black person → Amer. dial.
1942 ► NASSAU NIGGER a Black person from the Bahamas and Jamaica who speaks with a British accent → Amer. dial.
1942 ► PEOLA a light-skinned Afro-American, esp. a girl → African-American sl.
1942 ► PINK TOE(S) a light-skinned Afro-American woman → African-American sl.
1942 ► SKILLET a Black person → derogatory, Amer. dial.
1942 ► YOLA a light-skinned Black female; a mulatto → African-American sl.
1943 ► ACE a Black person, but often used by Blacks themselves to designate a friend; a loyal, trustworthy person → sometimes derogatory, sl.
1943 ► NAPPY-HEAD a Black person; someone with kinky hair → sometimes derogatory, Amer. dial.
1944 ► AFRAMERICAN an American Black person
1944 ► BANANA a light-skinned Black person, esp. an attractive woman → African-American sl.
1944 ► NIGRAH a Black person → now mainly derogatory or offensive, sl., chiefly Southern US
1944 ► TAR POT a Black person → Amer. dial.
1945 ► BEIGE a light-skinned Black person → US sl.
1945 ► BLACK DOLL a Black woman → criminals’ sl. (Bk.)
1945 ► BLACK HEAD a Black person → criminals’ sl. (Bk.)
1945 ► BLACK MEAT a Black woman → criminals’ sl. (Bk.)
1945 ► BLACKED EBONY a Black person → criminals’ sl. (Bk.)
1945 ► HIPPED SPADE a smart Black man → jive usage (Bk.)
1945 ► SPOOK a Black person
1946 ► BUDDY GEE → BUDDY GHEE a fellow Black; a friend; a buddy → African-American sl.
1946 ► SPAGINZY a Black person → US sl.
1946 ► YOUNG BLOOD a young Black man and esp. an impetuous one; used as a term of address to a young man → US sl.
1947 ► BLACKOUT a Black person; a very dark-skinned person → African-American sl.
1948 ► MUNT a Black person → derogatory or offensive, S. Afr. sl.
1949 ► YELLOW-BLACK a light-skinned Black person; a mixed race person; a mulatto → derogatory, US sl.
M20.. ► AFRO-SAXON a Black person who behaves like or aspires to be like Caucasians → African-American sl.
M20.. ► DANGE BROAD a sexually attractive Black girl or young woman → US sl.
M20.. ► DEWBABY a dark-skinned Black man → not necessarily derogatory, African-American sl.
M20.. ► FROSTY a Black person who prefers to act like a Caucasian → African-American sl.
M20.. ► HOT CHOCOLATE a sexually attractive Black woman → US sl.
M20.. ► KELT a very light mulatto → derogatory, US sl.
M20.. ► KELTCH a very light mulatto → derogatory, US sl.
M20.. ► NAPPY a nickname for a Black person → derogatory, US sl.
M20.. ► OXFORD a Black person who is as dark as black shoe leather → derogatory, African-American sl.
M20.. ► SHADY LADY a Black woman; a Black prostitute → US sl.
M20.. ► SHOWCASE NIGGER a token Black employee → US sl.
M20.. ► MANTAN BLACK a Black person who acts like a Caucasian → derogatory, African-American sl.
1950 ► BLACK MOKE a Black person → usually derogatory, Amer. dial.
1950 ► PREACHER a term of address for a Black man
1950 ► BIT OF VELVET a dark-skinned woman → Aust. & NZ sl.
1950 ► CASPER a very light-skinned Black person → African-American sl.
1950 ► KLONKIE a young Black boy
1950 ► NAGAH a Black person → derogatory, W. Indies Rasta usage
1950 ► SILVERY (MOON) a Black person → derogatory, rhyming sl. for ‘coon’
1952 ► BLACK BELLY a Black person → derogatory, US sl.
1952 ► MARY a Black woman, esp. a domestic worker → offensive, S. Afr.
1953 ► BEIGE FRAME a light-skinned Black woman → US sl.
1954 ► 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 → African-American sl.
1954 ► BOOT a Black person → sometimes derogatory, sl., chiefly African-American
1955 ► LONG-HEEL a Black person → Amer. dial.
1955 ► RAZOR BLADE a Black person → rhyming sl. on ‘spade’
1956 ► BAD BOY a Black who rejects the second-class role offered by the dominant White society → W. Indies sl.
1956 ► NANNIE → NANNY a Black woman → offensive and demeaning, S. Afr.
1956 ► POSSUM IN THE WOODPILE a Black person → derogatory, US sl.
1958 ► BERKSHIRE HOG a very dark-complexioned Black man → W. Indies
1958 ► BLACK BACKRA a respected Black man → W. Indies
1958 ► SMOKE MEAT a Black person → Amer. dial.
1958 ► SPAGINZY-SPAGADE a Black person → African-American sl.
1959 ► DARK GABLE a suave, handsome Black man; a ladies’ man → US sl.
1959 ► NIG-NOG a Black person → derogatory or offensive, sl.
1959 ► SPADELET a Black child
1959 ► TOM → 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 → sl.
1960 ► TUSH a light-complexioned Black person; a mulatto → Amer. dial., African-American usage
1960 ► AUNT TOM a subservient, obsequious Black woman → sl., orig. African-American
1960 ► BOONG MOLL a Black person → US homosexual sl.
1960 ► DARK STUFF a Black person, usually a woman, in a sexual context → US sl.
1960 ► GERTRUDE BROWN a Black man → African-American homosexual sl.
1960 ► JA-BAAS a servile, subservient Black person → S. Afr. sl.
1960 ► JEFF a Black person who behaves subserviently towards Whites → African-American sl.
1960 ► JEFF ARTIST a Black person who behaves subserviently towards Whites → African-American sl.
1960 ► JEFF DAVIS a Black person who behaves subserviently towards Whites → African-American sl.
1960 ► JUNGLE MEAT a Black man → homosexual sl.
1960 ► KABUKI a Black man → homosexual sl.
1960 ► MADAME THOMASINA a subservient, obsequious Black woman → sl., orig. African-American
1960 ► MANDINGO a tough, physically strong, virile African-American man → African-American sl.
1960 ► MOULONJOHN → MULENYAM a Black person → Italian-American
1960 ► OREO COOKIE a Black fellow whose opinions, attitudes, and goals are taken from White society → derogatory, African-American
1960 ► SCHVOOG → SCHVUG → SHVOOGIE a Black person → US sl.
1960 ► SOUL SISTER a Black woman → sl., orig. African-American
1961 ► SCHVARTZ → SCHVARTZE → SCHVARTZA → SCHWARTZ → SHVARTZ a Black person → derogatory, US sl.
1961 ► SCHVARTZER → SCHWARTZE → SCHWARTZER a Black person, esp. a Black maid → rather derogatory, sl., chiefly US
1962 ► GAR a Black person → derogatory, US sl.
1962 ► GINGERSNAP a Black person → African-American sl.
1963 ► AUNT JANE a Black woman with a servile attitude toward Whites; a Black female who is a traitor to her race → derogatory, US sl.
1963 ► RED NIGGER a light-skinned Black person; a member of a mixed-race group believed to be partly American Indian in origin → derogatory, Amer. dial.
1964 ► BLACK FAY a Black person who is deferential or subservient toward Whites → Amer. dial.
1964 ► JUNGLE BUNNY a Black person → derogatory
1964 ► MEMBER a Black person → US sl.
1964 ► NED a Black person who is deferential or subservient toward Whites → Amer. dial.
1964 ► VANILLA DINGE a Black man who prefers White women → US sl.
1965 ► BAD NIGGER a Black person who commands the respect of other Blacks → African-American
1965 ► BAD-DOING NIGGER a Black person who commands the respect of other Blacks → African-American
1965 ► CHICKABOO a Black person → usually offensive, Amer. dial.
1965 ► CHOCOLATE BUNNY a Black person → derogatory, Amer. dial.
1965 ► COCONUT HEAD a Black person → Amer. dial.
1965 ► COON-JIGGER a Black child
1965 ► GOOFY a Black person → Amer. dial.
1965 ► JUGHEAD a Black person → Amer. dial.
1965 ► NUBBIN HEAD a Black person → Amer. dial.
1965 ► PECK-SAP a middle-aged Black woman → Amer. dial.
1965 ► SHINER a Black person → usually derogatory, Amer. dial.
1965 ► SMOKESTACK a Black person → Amer. dial.
1966 ► AFRICAN APE a Black person → derogatory, Amer. dial.
1966 ► INK SPOT a Black person, esp. one with very dark skin → sometimes derogatory, Amer. dial.
1966 ► JUNGLE BUNNY a person of colour → derogatory or offensive, sl.
1966 ► PEPPER HEAD a Black person → Amer. dial.
1966 ► SMOKED HAM a Black person → Amer. dial.
1967 ► BIGGER a rebellious Black man, who refuses to abide by White society’s rules and struggles against them → US sl.
1967 ► BLOOD a fellow Black person → African-American
1967 ► BOON a Black person → Amer. dial.
1967 ► MOOLENYAM → MOOLINYAN → MOULENJAM a Black person → offensive, Amer. dial.
1967 ► POPOLO a Black person → derogatory, US sl.
1967 ► WAMPUS CAT a tough-looking Black person → Amer. dial.
1967 ► WOOLLY TOP a Black person → often derogatory, Amer. dial.
1967 ► YELLOW-ASS a light-coloured Black woman → US sl.
1968 ► BEAR an African-American → US sl.
1968 ► BLUE LIPS a Black person → Amer. dial.
1968 ► COCOA a Black person
1968 ► EGGPLANT a Black person → derisive, Amer. dial.
1968 ► PECAN a Black person  → Amer. dial.
1968 ► PONGO a Black person → derogatory or offensive, sl.
1968 ► SISTER a Black woman → US sl.
1969 ► MOULINYAN → MOULONJAM a Black person → offensive, Italian-American
1969 ► OREO 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 → derogatory, US sl.
1969 ► SPEAR-CHUCKER a Black person → offensive, US sl.
1970 ► PINKY a light-skinned Black girl or woman → Amer. dial.
1970 ► ‘GATOR BAIT a Black person, esp. a Black child → derogatory, Amer. dial.
1970 ► ANN a Black woman who apes her White sisters → derogatory, sl.
1970 ► AUNT THOMASINE a Black woman with a servile attitude toward Whites → derogatory, Amer. dial.
1970 ► BACKRA JOHNNY a light-skinned Black person → African-American sl.
1970 ► BALLHEAD a non-Rastafarian Black person → W. Indies sl.
1970 ► BETTY a light-skinned Black man → S. Afr. homosexual sl.
1970 ► BOONER a Black person → US sl.
1970 ► BOONIE a Black person → US sl.
1970 ► BOUNTY (BAR) a Black person who apes White mannerisms or collaborates with White society
1970 ► CHEESE a light-skinned Black person; a person of mixed blood → Amer. dial.
1970 ► CHOCOLATE BAR a Black person → derogatory, Amer. dial.
1970 ► CHUNGO BUNNY a Black person → derogatory
1970 ► COCONUT a Black person who has ‘sold out’ to White values → sl.
1970 ► DAPTO DOG a Black person → derogatory, rhyming sl. for ‘wog’
1970 ► 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 → sl.
1970 ► HAM’S GRANDSON a Black person → Amer. dial.
1970 ► HAMMA → HAMMER a very attractive Black woman, occasionally a man → African-American sl.
1970 ► HAMMERHEAD a Black person → US sl.
1970 ► INKY DINKY a Black person, esp. one with very dark skin → sometimes derogatory, Amer. dial.
1970 ► JIVE MELON FARMER an African-American who is really a poor hard-working labourer but who pretends to be hip to the current scene; one who works all day and joins the jazz musicians at night (Bk.)
1970 ► NIGGA a Black person → US homosexual sl.
1970 ► PORK CHOP a Black person who, despite supposed advances in equality, is willing to accept an inferior position to that of Whites → US sl.
1970 ► RAISIN a Black person → derogatory, sl.
1970 ► RICE a West Indian Black person → Amer. dial.
1970 ► SNOW CONE a Black person → usually derogatory
1970 ► SOUL MINORITY African-Americans (Bk.)
1970 ► SOUL SAUCE a Black man → US homosexual sl.
1970 ► SPEAR-CHUCKER  an African-American (Bk.)
1970 ► SPLIB an African-American (Bk.)
1970 ► TAR HEEL a Black person → derogatory, Amer. dial.
1970 ► THE MAN an African-American respected by both Black and White (Bk.)
1970 ► TUSH a wealthy, light-skinned society Black person → African-American sl.
1971 ► BIG DADDY an influential Black man, a power in his own community, aged 30 and more; a respected person → Amer. dial.
1971 ► GREASE a Black person → Amer. dial.
1971 ► HAM a Black male → African-American sl. (Bk.)
1971 ► MOHAIR a Black female with hair in natural style → US sl. (Bk.)
1971 ► N a Black person → US sl.
1972 ► BEULAH a Black man → African-American homosexual sl. (Bk.)
1972 ► BLACK ANGEL a Black man → homosexual sl. (Bk.)
1972 ► BLACK BITCH a Black man → homosexual sl. (Bk.)
1972 ► COOKIE a Black person deemed disloyal to his race; one who tries to live exactly as White people do
1972 ► GEORGIA PEACH a Black man → US homosexual sl. (Bk.)
1972 ► H.N.I.C.  a Black person in a position of authority; a Head Nigger in Charge → US sl.
1972 ► HANDKERCHIEF HEAD a Black male who wears a scarf or handkerchief to protect his ‘conk’ or processed hairdo → African-American sl.
1972 ► MABEL a Black man → homosexual sl. (Bk.)
1972 ► MISS MABEL a Black man → homosexual sl. (Bk.)
1972 ► MISS PEOLA a light-skinned Black person → homosexual sl. (Bk.)
1972 ► MISS TAN CONFESSIONS a light-skinned Black person → homosexual sl. (Bk.)
1972 ► PONGO a Black person → derogatory & offensive
1972 ► SALT AND PEPPER a Black consorting heterosexually with a White
1972 ► SAPPHIRE an unpopular, unattractive Black girl → African-American sl.
1972 ► SPADENA a Black lady, particularly if lovely → homosexual sl. (Bk.)
1972 ► TONTO a Black man who is submissive towards White culture → Amer. dial.
1972 ► VANILLA a Black man → homosexual sl. (Bk.)
1972 ► ZULU PRINCESS a young, beautiful Black man → homosexual sl. (Bk.)
1973 ► BIG NIGGER IN CHARGE a Black authority figure; the leader of an enterprise → sarcastic, African-American sl.
1973 ► BLACK NIGGER IN CHARGE a Black authority figure; the leader of an enterprise → sarcastic, African-American sl.
1973 ► HAMBONE a Black person → sl., orig. African-American
1973 ► HEAD NIGGA IN CHARGE → HEAD NIGGER IN CHARGE a Black authority figure; the leader of an enterprise → sarcastic, African-American sl.
1973 ► YARD APE a Black person → derogatory, Amer. dial.
1974 ► AUNT MARY a Black woman who is subservient to Whites → US sl.
1975 ► GANGE a Black person → derogatory → US sl. (Bk.)
1975 ► MOSS a Black person → derogatory → US sl. (Bk.)
1975 ► TAR POT a Black child → derogatory, Amer. sl. arch. (Bk.)
1975 ► YES-BAAS a servile, subservient Black person → S. Afr. sl.
1976 ► GOLLY a Black person → UK sl.
1977 ► MISS ANN(E) a Black woman who puts on airs and tries to act like a White woman → Amer. dial., chiefly African-American
1977 ► SILVERY SPOON a Black person → derogatory, UK rhyming sl. for ‘coon’
1977 ► 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 → US sl.
1977 ► YOM a Black street boy → offensive, US sl.
1978 ► BLACKNECK a rural Black Southerner who is opposed to various politically liberal programs → US South. political sl.
1978 ► CHOC a non-White, esp. an African → derogatory & offensive, S. Afr. sl.
1978 ► RAISINHEAD a Black person → offensive, US sl.
1978 ► YOM a Black woman → offensive
1979 ► BANANA BOY a Black male who prefers White girls → African-American sl.
1979 ► UBANGI a Black person → offensive, US sl.
1980 ► BAD MAN a tough, intransigent Black man who rejects the constraints and demands of establishment society → Black British sl.
1980 ► BLACK BALL a dark-complexioned Black person → US sl.
1980 ► BLACKBIRD a dark-complexioned Black person → US sl.
1980 ► SAMBO an obsequious Black person; one who humbly accepts the stereotypical subservient role
1980 ► BAD-ASS BITCH an aggressive, tough Black woman, who rejects the constraints and humiliation of the role the White authorities have selected for her → African-American sl.
1980 ► BUMPIE a Black upwardly mobile young professional → sl., orig. US
1980 ► CHOCOLATE BUNNY a Black person → derogatory
1980 ► DIDDYBOPPER → DITTYBOPPER a pretentious or pompous Black person, esp. one who aspires to enter the mainstream White culture
1980 ► HOMEBOY a fellow Black person → African-American sl.
1980 ► PORCH MONKEY a Black person → derogatory, US sl.
1980 ► TACO a fellow Black; the premise being one is no better than a Mexican → derogatory, African-American sl.
1981 ► POLECAT a Black person → derogatory, Amer. dial.
1982 ► H.N. a subservient Black person, an ‘Uncle Tom’; a ‘house nigger’ → US sl.
1983 ► PINK a light-skinned Black girl or woman → Amer. dial.
1984 ► BLACK DUST an extremely dark-skinned person → African-American sl. (Bk.)
1984 ► BUPPIE → BUPPY a Black upwardly mobile young professional → sl., orig. US
1986 ► TADPOLE a Black person → derogatory, Amer. dial.
1986 ► WOOLEN-HEAD a Black person → often derogatory, Amer. dial.
1986 ► WOOLY a Black person → often derogatory, Amer. dial.
1988 ► COCONUT HEAD a servile Black person → derogatory, sl.
1988 ► MOOLEY → MOOLIE → MOULIE a Black person → offensive, Italian-American
1989 ► MICKEY MOUSE a Black person who acts like he has a White face → African-American (Bk.)
1990 ► MOULY a Black person → US sl.
1990 ► CARAMEL SUNDAE an attractive, sexy, medium- to light-skinned Black woman → African-American teen sl.
1990 ► COCOLA a Black person → US prison sl.
1990 ► HOMESLICE a Black person
1990 ► HOPPER a young Black man → African-American sl.
1990 ► MACK DADDY → MCDADDY an important, influential Black man; a power in the community; a very successful or skilful man → African-American sl.
1990 ► NIGETTE a Black woman or girl → US sl.
1990 ► OFF-BRAND a Black person → US sl.
1991 ► UNIFORM TANGO a Black person who curries favour from Whites through obsequious, fawning behaviour, an ‘Uncle Tom’ → US sl.
1991 ► YOETTE a young Black woman → US sl.
1992 ► B.A.P. an upwardly mobile Black achiever, usually from the Black middle class (Black American Prince/Princess) → US sl.
1992 ► BONE a Black person → US sl.
1992 ► GENERIC a Black person, with the implication that the person is not a quality individual → US sl.
1992 ► HARVEST (MOON) a Black person → derogatory, UK rhyming sl. for ‘coon’
1992 ► HEAD NEGRO a Black authority figure → sarcastic, African-American sl.
1992 ► MACAROON a Black person → derogatory, UK rhyming sl. for ‘coon’
1992 ► MECHANICAL (DIGGER) a Black person → offensive, UK rhyming sl. for ‘nigger’
1992 ► MOLESKIN a Black person → derogatory, US sl.
1992 ► MOON CRICKET a Black person → US sl.
1992 ► SQUARE RIGGER a Black person → offensive, UK rhyming sl. for ‘nigger’
1992 ► YANTA a Black person → derogatory, US sl.
1992 ► YOMO a Black street boy → US sl.
1993 ► YELLOW BONE a Black person having light-coloured skin → US sl.
1994 ► FADE a Black person who becomes immersed in the White world and thus ‘fades away’
1994 ► BIG POPPA an influential Black man, a power in his own community, aged 30 and over → African-American teen sl.
1994 ► BIGGER THOMAS a rebellious Black man, who refuses to abide by White society’s rules and struggles against them → US sl. (Bk.)
1995 ► HAM-HOCK a Black person → US sl.
1995 ► MOYO a Black person → US sl.
1996 ► B.M.W. a successful Black male; “Black Man Working”
1996 ► BIG WILLIE a sophisticated, successful urban Black male → African-American sl.
1996 ► BITCH-ASS a Black person who complains → black-on-black abusive usage
1996 ► BOUNTY a Black person who sides with the White authorities → UK sl.
1997 ► AFRO-SAXON a Black person who has assumed the behaviour and values of the dominant White society (Bk.)
1997 ► ALLIGATOR BAIT  a Black person, esp. one from Florida or Louisiana (Bk.)
1999 ► BIF a Black man (Black Ignorant Fucker) → derogatory, UK sl.
2000 ► AFFIE a Black person → derogatory, sl.
2000 ► CARAMEL CLONE a light-skinned Black person → African-American sl.
2000 ► NIGGA CHOPS a fellow Black person → African-American sl.
2000 ► OIL RIGGER a Black person → derogatory, Irish rhyming sl. for ‘nigger’
2000 ► PAPI a Black person or a Puerto Rican → African-American sl.
2000 ► SIN a tough, aggressive Black man → African-American sl.
2002 ► HEAD NEGRO IN CHARGE a Black authority figure → sarcastic, African-American sl.
2002 ► WYTHENSHAWE WHITE MAN  a Black man with the manners and standards of contemporary White society → UK sl.
2003 ► VELCRO HEAD a Black person → derogatory, US sl.
2005 ► DAKHI a Black person → S. Afr. sl.
2006 ► BLOOD BROTHER a fellow Black male → US sl. (Bk.)


NOUNS, PERSON – OTHER
1975 ► BLACKBAITER  a person with an intolerant attitude toward African-Americans (Bk.)


VERBS
1799 ► NEGROFY to make into, or as black, as a Black person
1937 ► UNCLE TOM to try to curry favour with White people by obsequious behaviour; said of
a Black person → US sl.
1950 ► BLOCKBUST to be the first Black family to move into a formerly all-White inner city area → sl.
1960 ► GO OREO to adapt oneself to White society → derogatory, African-American sl.