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page 1African-American English

woke
thumb|alt=Congresswoman Marcia fudge at an outdoor gathering holding a T-shirt in front of her which reads "Stay Woke" followed by a tick mark inside a box and the word "Vote"|U.S. Congresswoman Marcia Fudge in 2018

nigger
Nigger is a racial slur directed at Black people. References to nigger have been increasingly replaced by the euphemistic , notably in cases where nigger is mentioned but not directly used. In an instance of linguistic reappropriation, the term nigger is also used casually and fraternally among African Americans, most commonly in the form of nigga, whose spelling reflects the phonology of African-American English.
African American Vernacular English
non-standard variety of English spoken by most working- and middle-class African Americans and some Black Canadians
Southern American English
varieties of English spoken in the Southern United States
African American English
set of English dialects primarily spoken by most black people in the United States
Samaná English
variety of the English language spoken in the Samaná Peninsula, Dominican Republic
Ebonics
term for African American Vernacular English
rest in power
idiomatic expression; variant of "rest in peace"