nigga nod
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.38 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
An affectionate nod of respect shared between two black people, which goes down-up-down instead of up-down-up.
Slang
Example Sentences
- "Inside the room were three African American males sitting, waiting, and thumbing through various magazines. They looked up at me briefly without saying a single word before resuming their reads. I didn't get a hello, a how you doing, a what's up, or what's happening. Not so much as a nigga's nod. So much for either hospitality or congeniality."
- "I gave him the nigga-nod and he hit me right back so I knew we were cool"
- ""How you feeling?" Roxy asked from the couch. "I'm okay," Stephen answered, giving Roxy the Negro nod of acknowledgment."