jungle bunny

English

Etymology

Originates from the 1950s. One source claims it originated when British armed services used it as slang to describe an Afro-Caribbean person. Another source claims that "jungle" refers to the jungles of Africa, and "bunny" refers to some individuals stating that jackrabbits resembled lynched black people.

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Noun

jungle bunny (plural jungle bunnies)

(ethnic slur, derogatory) A black person.
- 1983 January 14, “Racial incidents, declining sales sour Volkswagen dream”, in Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, page 6:
  "[W]e are concerned that outright harassment such as being called nigger, jungle bunny, porch monkey, boy, son, etc., is occurring entirely too much."

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