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Zig vs Nig - What's the difference?

zig | nig |

As nouns the difference between zig and nig

is that zig is a sudden or sharp turn or change of direction while nig is nigger.

As a verb zig

is to make such a turn.

zig

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A sudden or sharp turn or change of direction.

    • Verb

  • To make such a turn.

    • Derived terms

    *zig when one should zag

    See also

    *zigzag ----

    nig

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (offensive, racial slur) nigger
  • * 1959 , Don Robertson, The three days
    • He always thought one step ahead of the nigs .
  • * 1961 , Robert Hale Strong, A Yankee private's Civil War
    • In a field near the house was a nigger working a poor old broken-down mule and another nigger sowing wheat. When we came up, both nigs quit work and stared at us.
  • * 1967 , Frank Hercules, I want a black doll
    • What part did she play in your marrying a nig — a black man — nig, nig — Negro?

    Anagrams

    * English clippings ---- ==Volapük==

    Noun

    (vo-noun)
  • ink

    • Declension

    (vo-decl-noun)

    Derived terms

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