An urge to sleep after eating much food.
(West Indies, Jamaica, slang, offensive, ethnic slur) An urge to sleep after eating much food.
"niggeritis" means: An urge to sleep after eating much food.. This is a fairly neutral word with no inherent risk attached. There is no real cause for parental concern; it is descriptive vocabulary rather than something dangerous. If your child uses it, context will usually make the meaning clear. A brief, curious question about where they heard it is generally enough to know whether to follow up.
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(informal, Caribbean, usually preceded by the) Food coma.
(West Indies, ethnic slur) A person of mixed Black and European descent.
(Internet slang, derogatory, offensive, ethnic slur, rare) An ugly, fat or stupid black woman.
(derogatory, offensive, vulgar, ethnic slur, colloquial, chiefly, US) African-American Vernacular English.
Stacy let me drive, and I was wide awake on coffee. So, I figured I'd let the girls indulge in some niggeritis while I did some sightseeing.
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An urge to sleep after eating much food.
"niggeritis" means: An urge to sleep after eating much food.. This is a fairly neutral word with no inherent risk attached. There is no real cause for parental concern; it is descriptive vocabulary rather than something dangerous. If your child uses it, context will usually make the meaning clear. A brief, curious question about where they heard it is generally enough to know whether to follow up.
"niggeritis" means: An urge to sleep after eating much food.. Register: neutral, standard English, usable in most everyday contexts. A common non-native mistake is to use the word in the wrong register, or to assume one fixed meaning when it is actually polysemous; always check the surrounding register and the audience before producing it yourself. In formal writing, prefer a neutral synonym or a short descriptive phrase, and use this word only when you have heard or read it being used naturally in a comparable context.
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