"teenigger" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: teeniggers [plural]
Etymology: Blend of teen + nigger. Etymology templates: {{blend|en|teen|nigger}} Blend of teen + nigger Head templates: {{en-noun}} teenigger (plural teeniggers)
  1. (derogatory, slang, ethnic slur, US) A teenage black person. Tags: US, derogatory, ethnic, slang, slur Synonyms: teenaper

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "2010 February 1, Chad Bryant, “My say on 60 years of Feral Niggers and their handlers.”, in alt.tennis (Usenet):",
          "text": "We have Nigger gang related\ndrive by shootings; massive illegal Nigger drug abuse and addiction;\nNigger on human murders and rapes, dead humans by the truckload;\nNigger theft, robbery and burglary of all kinds; Nigger dog fighting\nand cruelty towards animals; explosive teeNigger pregnancy and birfs;\nwiggers emulating Nigger gansta thugs; hundreds of thousands of human\nwomen with half bred nigletts; welfare fraud so rampant the States are\nbankrupt;",
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          "ref": "2010 May 11, family, “Feral Teenigger Tries To Rob Two Men, Gitz Hisself Turned Into A Good”, in ba.general (Usenet):",
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          "ref": "2010 August 29, Old Guy, “Black Animals Kill 87-Year-Old \"cuz he be movin' too slow.\"”, in alt.politics.usa (Usenet):",
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          "ref": "2010 September 2, Mother Roselles, “Re: Oh Yeah, THIS Is Gonna Turn Out Reeeal Good...for the redeemed”, in alt.politics.democrats.d (Usenet):",
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          "text": "1. Why had the dead teenigger been suspended from school?",
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