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For "boogie"
Slur | Represents | Reason & Origins |
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Boogie | Blacks | Referring to "Boogie Woogie" form of jazz? Could come from W. African "Buuker" or "Buckra", meaning "Devil", "Boogie man" or "White Man". Turned around and used against Blacks by Whites. |
Boogie Man | Whites | Enslaved African-Americans told tales to their children of a Boogie Man who would abduct you, kill you or otherwise cause harm to you if you were to leave the plantation. The Boogie man of which they spoke was in essence the white man. (Possible connection tot the ghost like appearance of the KKK) |
Bush-Boogie | Blacks | Derived from their jungle origins. |
Po'bucker | Whites | Corruption of West African "Buuker" meaning devil, boogie-man or white man. Poor white trash were referred to as "Po'buckers". |
Schwoogie | Blacks | Believed to be contraction of Yiddish/German schwatrz (black) and boogie. |