nilla

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Noun

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nilla (countable and uncountable, plural nillas)

  1. (informal) Clipping of vanilla. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
  2. (derogatory, ethnic slur) A white person.
    • 2003, K. Broussard, What Looks Like Black, page 124:
      Getting with her would be just like fucking a white girl and I don't want no 'nilla
    • 2003, Patricia Haley, Patricia Haley-Brown, Blind Faith, page 222:
      Yeah, Nilla, I like that." Sebastian was humored and enjoyed Jamal's free spirit, but had no intention of endorsing the new name he had been given, beyond the confines of this Buick.
    • 2004, Tor Kung, My Mother Taught Me, page 184:
      Get water for him Nilla so he can wash her cunt, and make her ready to receive me. NOW. Commence.

Usage notes

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  • Sometimes used as an alternative to or bowdlerization of nigga when a white person is involved.

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