Pickaninny
Pidgin term for child, also a racial slur / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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"Picaninny" redirects here. Not to be confused with Picatinny. For other uses, see Pickaninny (disambiguation).
Pickaninny (also picaninny, piccaninny or pickininnie) is a pidgin word for a small child, possibly derived from the Portuguese pequenino ('boy, child, very small, tiny').[1] It has been used as a racial slur for African American children and a pejorative term for Aboriginal children of the Americas, Australia, and New Zealand. It can also refer to a derogatory caricature of a dark-skinned child of African descent.[2]