jigaboo meaning (dated): definition, etymology and quotations

jigaboo

noun

UK /ˈd͡ʒɪɡəbuː/

Etymology Possibly an African word akin to Bantu tshikabo (“they bow the head docilely”). Alternatively, perhaps from jig, formed similarly to bug and bugaboo.

Dated, Offensive, Slang 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 […]2012, Michael Rogers, Coconut Shells, page 3:

Dated, Offensive, Slang Any dark-skinned person.

Derived terms: jig, nigaboo