| gen. |
niggerhead (встречающееся название холмов, валунов, камней, в прошлом некоторых товаров; In several English-speaking countries, Niggerhead or nigger head is a former name for several things thought to resemble a black person's head.
The term was once widely used for all sorts of things, including products such as soap and chewing tobacco, but most often for geographic features such as hills and rocks and geological objects (usually geodes). In the U.S., more than a hundred "Niggerheads", and other place names now considered racially offensive, were changed in 1962 by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names, but many local names remained unchanged.
Этот термин когда-то широко использовался для всех видов вещей, в том числе для морских болларды и потребительские товары, включая мыло, жевательный табак, консервированные устрицы и креветки, футболки для гольфа и игрушечные пистолеты. Он часто использовался для географических объектов, таких как холмы и скалы, и геологических объектов, таких как геоды. Этот термин появился в нескольких патентах США на механические устройства примерно до 1950 года. Марчихин); nigger head (встречающееся название холмов, валунов, камней, в прошлом некоторых товаров (In several English-speaking countries, Niggerhead or nigger head is a former name for several things thought to resemble a black person's head. The term was once widely used for all sorts of things, including products such as soap and chewing tobacco, but most often for geographic features such as hills and rocks and geological objects (usually geodes). In the U.S., more than a hundred "Niggerheads", and other place names now considered racially offensive, were changed in 1962 by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names, but many local names remained unchanged. Марчихин) |
