different between wigger vs wiggery

English

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?w???/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /?w???/

Etymology 1

From wig +? -er.

Noun

wigger (plural wiggers)

1. A maker of wigs.
   • 1984, Arthur Miller, Salesman in Beijing, page 184.

Etymology 2

Blend of white +? nigger.

Alternative forms

• wigga, whigger, whigga

Noun

wigger (plural wiggers)

1. (informal, derogatory, ethnic slur) A Caucasian person (typically young and male) who dresses, speaks, or otherwise behaves in a manner that is stereotypically associated with certain aspects of African-American, Caribbean or hip-hop culture.
   • 1999, Leonard Steinhorn & Barbara Diggs-Brown, By the Color of Our Skin: The Illusion of Integration and the Reality of Race, page 178.

Translations

See also

• wapanese
• coconut
• Oreo

English

Etymology

wig +? -ery

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?w????i/
• Homophone: Whiggery

Noun

wiggery (plural wiggeries)

1. (archaic) A wig or wigs; false hair.
   • 1868, Anthony Trollope, Phineas Finn

     There was nothing about their outward appearance of the august wiggery of statecraft, nothing of the ponderous dignity of ministerial position.

2. (archaic) Any cover or screen, such as red-tapism.

   • Fire peels the wiggeries away from them [facts].