Thread: Does anybody know the origin of the following words and what they mean?
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Old 05-05-2008, 01:54 PM
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jig·a·boo Pronunciation [jig-uh-boo] –noun, plural -boos. Slang: Disparaging and Offensive. a black person.
[Origin: 1905–10, Americanism; perh. b. jijiboo (with same sense, orig. uncert.) or jig4 and bugaboo]



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