jigaboo
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jigaboo
- /ˈd͡ʒɪɡəbuː/ UK
Rhymes with -ɪɡəbuː
Where it comes from
Possibly an African word akin to Bantu tshikabo (“they bow the head docilely”). Alternatively, perhaps from jig, formed similarly to bug and bugaboo.
noun jigaboos · gigaboo · jiggaboo · zigaboo · ziggaboo
- A black person. […] a thicklips, a jigaboo or a jungle bunny, a spook or a spearchucker. My least favourite of these names that people found for black people was the rancid and disgusting “munter”, a Bantu word which the Afrikaners used as an expletive […]
- Any dark-skinned person.
Translations
Talk about this word "jigaboo." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/jigaboo. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. jigaboo. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/jigaboo "jigaboo." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/jigaboo.Cite this
@misc{jigaboo_2026,
title = {jigaboo},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/jigaboo},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
