"Nigga" untrademarkable?

[Jesse Sheidlower]

On Thu, Mar 16, 2006 at 02:34:24AM -0500, Wilson Gray wrote:
>
> I've never heard "[possessive] nigger" applied to girls or women. But that's
> possibly merely a coincidence. "It could happen," to borrow Judy Tenuto's
> catchphrase.

OED's penultimate example shows this:

1999 FEDS Mag. 2 v. 66/1 Kim is my nigga, she's just so
understanding.

This is from a female speaker, BTW. I've seen various other examples in
reference to women.

Jesse Sheidlower
OED

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