sand nigger
/ˈsænd ˌnɪɡəɹ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.32 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "When school got cancelled because of a bomb threat, I overheard classmates saying that it was probably my friend Abdullah who did it while they called him a sand nigger terrorist."
- "“…Nayeri shed both her accent and her Iranian identity to fit in her new home, where she thought she could grow up believing in herself. Her story is about the transplant’s struggle for acceptance in a society where discrimination is rampant. In Oklahoma, kids called her, among other vulgarities, “cat-eater, terrorist, sand-nigger.” She remained silent and tried to be grateful for her American life.””"
- "Lafferty would point to one cracked Islamic plate ( which was in a case in the dining room in Honolulu ) and say “ can you believe this piece of shit is worth millions of dollars ? ' Lafferty would say the Islamic art was made by ' sand niggers '."
- "[…] which included a drive-by shooting at a mosque in Stillwater, Oklahoma, and verbal and physical assaults on Muslims who were called “sand niggers.""
- "At local universities, there were a few incidents of students spitting on and throwing rocks at Muslim women. Verbal violence was also reported. One teenage interviewee described separate incidents in which two brothers were called sand niggers, and one was brutally beaten."
- "We didn't hate blacks anymore we hated Muslims. They were the new type of niggers to all the Navy men and us, and veterans in our town called them “sand niggers.""
Etymology
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈsænd ˌnɪɡəɹ/