English

Noun

niggerball ‎(countable and uncountable, plural niggerballs)

1. (South Africa, dated, countable) A large black sweet which changes colour (turns white) when sucked.
2. (uncountable, derogatory, offensive, ethnic slur) The sport of basketball.
   • 2002, "Lieberal Death", Your TV viewing for This Evening (on newsgroup rec.sport.pro-wrestling)

     It's easy to see how Amerika's so easily turning into a police state, give the unwashed masses their television and some niggerball and they'll ignore the fact that they're slaves.

   • 2004, H. A. Covington, A Distant Thunder

     […] two-hundred dollar tennis shoes named after some niggerball player […]

Usage notes

• Because of the term's offensive connotations, the sweets were renamed in the 1980s to blackballs.

See also

• jawbreaker