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N-word is usually defined as a euphemism for nigger, an ethnic slur used to discriminate black people. Alternatively, N-word can be a euphemism for nigga, a colloquial term typically used in urban African-American speech.
(The) N-word may also refer to:
- The N-Word (film), a 2004 documentary film
- The N Word: One Man's Stand, a 2005 autobiography by Stephen Hagan
- The N-Word of the Narcissus, a 2009 rework of the 1897 novel The Nigger of the "Narcissus"
- In Danish grammar, a linguistic term meaning "of common grammatical gender"