There is also another slang sense, used among some African Americans, especially in urban settings, of just a (male) person in general, regardless of actual race (although in many cases the person being referred to does happen to be African American, of course), making it in a way roughly equivalent to "dude" or "guy" (but not necessarily meaning a friend, as with the second definition); obviously this shouldn't be used by people outside this community. The distinction between this and the third definition is blurry but perhaps worth mentioning. I'll try to find some written sources but I've certainly encountered this usage numerous times through actual conversation and interaction with speakers. Word dewd544 (talk) 16:58, 16 August 2016 (UTC)
Done Was added at some point. Equinox ◑ 16:43, 17 February 2019 (UTC)
‘Any person’
editWhere the article refers to ‘any person’, should this mean ‘any _black_ person’? Could this really ever be used to refer to general unknown _white_ persons, or to a group containing white persons? And is it restricted to referring to _males_ only? Can it really be used to refer to an African American _female_? CecilWard (talk) 16:39, 17 February 2019 (UTC)
- Look up "white niggas" (quoted phrase) in Google Books; it can be found. Equinox ◑ 16:44, 17 February 2019 (UTC)
- Yes it can particularly in internet slang (Imageboards, Telegram and the like), used by whites, picking up black culture with varying degree of irony. You can search for the phrase “srsly nigga”. But this of course only works if you do not talk to normies – I must affirm for example that not even white hip-hoppers use this term of address. If also for females is hard to see because in said communities rule 16 largely true. Fay Freak (talk) 17:36, 17 February 2019 (UTC)