My view on the matter has been expressed in the past. I don't care if people like it, or agree with it. That said...

Nigger is not a color. Sure, it's relation to the word "negro" (spanish for 'black') is obvious, but that meaning has changed so much over the past 50 years.

To me, it's a lifestyle - white, black, piss yellow, green or purple. It's how you act in public. If you drive a Mercedes & are roped in bling-bling; however are too lazy to work @ anything BUT Popeye's or KFC, live in a roach trap & make no effort to speak proper English,...that'd probably be a good start.

Dare I say I subscribe to a very loose Urban Dictionary version of the word. Numbers 4 & 15 (assuming they don't change?) are probably the best descriptions I can give in this world of Wiki. Lump me in with the likes of Sammura (a poster whom I know nothing about), but that just shows how ignorant people's comprehension of the current culture of the word is used. It often applies to colored folks (no different than spic, kike, or cracker), but that doesn't mean that all black people are niggers - such reasoning is ludicrous. Sadder is the fact there are 42 pages of varying opinions/definitions of the word. Sure, it may mean something else in Bama'lamer or Mizz'ippi, but those people are just plain ignorant to color, and have no room to speak in terms of slackjawed ignorance (especially when it comes to labor ethics). I don't see color, I see attitude.

Could I be more creative? Sure, but to most it would still be a racial slur and therefore less socially acceptable - spook, spearchucker, porch monkey, spoda. They're called hate words for good reason, because while as a person he could be the coolest guy on earth; his character is a worthless showboater who wears Big Ben around his fucking neck every time you see him on TV. That to me says, "Hey, look at me, I'm Flava Flav from Public Enemy. I have lots of money & I'm gonna let everyone know it." Even corporate douchebags, who I despise far more than anyone of color, aren't that arrogant driving in the most expensive Mercedes they can find. They do it quietly, no need to draw attention to themselves - let the car do the talking (again, reiterating how much I can't stand those types in general).

I have no apologies for how I use the word. I used it yesterday for some spoda asswipe on his crotch rocket who cut me off, only to be stopped in front of me at a traffic light. My comment? "Hey you lazy motherfucker, didn't that piece of shit come with a turn signal?" I'm from Jersey, road rage comes natural.

At this point, I didn't realize (or care) that he was black until after he took off his helmet & started shit-talking alongside of me @ 35mph. I pulled over to the shoulder of the road, and he followed, and I told him face-to-face, "Learn how to drive properly, you fucking lazy nigger, and we wouldn't even be here. Now get the fuck back on your goddam buzzsaw & roll!"

#14 was one of my favorites, however, because I can picture a brother writing it as though color/race holds some kind of beatdown superiority.