Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pizza nigger

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.32 in modern English

Syllables: piz-za- nig-ger
IPA

33

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A person of Italian descent.

Derogatory; Offensive; Slang

Example Sentences

"I've seen the Godfather 27 times and every time some wasp gets wacked by one of those pizza niggers."
"He brought the two mugs to the table. “Carmine says to lay off your two pizza niggers.”"
"happy birthday to the best Dago/Goombah/Wop/Pizza Nigger around[.]"

Etymology

From pizza (a popular food associated with Italy) + nigger (a derogatory term for people, particularly black people in the United States). With regard to food, compare macaroni, pizzahead, and spaghetti. With regard to skin color, compare guinea, white nigger, and wog.

Usage

Inflected Forms

pizza niggers (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

dago wop

Questions

What does pizza nigger mean?: A person of Italian descent.
Where does pizza nigger come from?: From pizza (a popular food associated with Italy) + nigger (a derogatory term for people, particularly black people in the United States). With regard to food, compare macaroni, pizzahead, and spaghetti. With regard to skin color, compare guinea, white nigger, and wog.

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