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nigger. in proper names. Group photograph of an early 20th-century baseball team from Ohio. The word nigger has historically been used in the names of products, colors, plants, as place names, and as people's nicknames, among others, but has fallen out of favor since the 20th century.
Human skin color. Extended Coloured ( Afrikaans: Kleurlinge or Bruinmense) family from South Africa showing some spectrum of human skin coloration. Human skin color ranges from the darkest brown to the lightest hues. Differences in skin color among individuals is caused by variation in pigmentation, which is the result of genetics (inherited ...
The colors pink and blue are associated with girls and boys respectively, in the United States, the United Kingdom and some other European countries. Originating as a trend in the mid-19th century and applying primarily to clothing, gendered associations with pink and blue became more widespread from the 1950s onward.
A mnemonic which includes color name (s) generally reduces the chances of confusing black and brown. Some mnemonics that are easy to remember: B eetle B ailey R uns O ver Y our G eneral B efore V ery G ood W itnesses. B each B ums R arely O ffer Y ou G atorade B ut V ery G ood W ater. B etter B e R ight O r Y our G reat B ig V acation G oes W rong.
The color adjectives used in 1779 are weiss "white" ( Caucasian race ), gelbbraun "yellow-brown" ( Mongolian race ), schwarz "black" ( Aethiopian race ), kupferrot "copper-red" ( American race) and schwarzbraun "black-brown" ( Malayan race ). [11] Blumenbach belonged to a group known as the Göttingen school of history, which helped to ...
The Daily Advertisers – 5th Lancers The Dandies - 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards; The Dandy Ninth – 9th (Highlanders) Battalion Royal Scots; The Death or Glory Boys - 17th Lancers (Duke of Cambridge's Own) later 17th/21st Lancers, then Queen's Royal Lancers (from the regimental badge, which was a death's head (skull), with a scroll bearing the motto "or Glory")
The following is a list of nicknames used for individual playing cards of the standard 52-card pack. Sometimes games require the revealing or announcement of cards, at which point appropriate nicknames may be used if allowed under the rules or local game culture.
Love Dove. Goober. Old Man. Fella. Cutie Patootie. Mi Amor (My love in Spanish) Bebe (Baby in Spanish) Amóre (Love in Italian) Nicknames for the guy you’re casual with.