"nigger logic" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: From nigger + logic. Etymology templates: {{com|en|nigger|logic}} nigger + logic Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} nigger logic (uncountable)
  1. (slang, derogatory, offensive, ethnic slur) Any form of thinking or reasoning that is considered erroneous, illogical, or based in fantasy. Tags: derogatory, ethnic, offensive, slang, slur, uncountable
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          "ref": "1861, Arthur Hall, Virtue, and Co. (publisher), Entertaining Things, A Magazine of Thoughtful and Intellectual Amusement, page 330:",
          "text": "Howsomever that aint nigger logic, as I soon found; for I hadn't been out many hours before I found that I was being followed and I thought it was my first business to put him off the scent.",
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          "text": "Besides amusing us with the song-bow, Paul delighted to indulge in what he termed, ‘Nigger logic,’ that is, he would make a ridiculous, impromptu oration, abounding in sonorous words of his own coining.",
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          "ref": "1979, Jerome Charyn, The Seventh Babe, page 162:",
          "text": "The kid could feel that nigger logic after four weeks of bedbugs and lice",
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          "ref": "1985, Stephen Longstreet, Our Father's House, page 139:",
          "text": "All I know is nigger logic. I woke up with some kind of kinky perception. You can't explain these things - it's all under the skin.",
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