Racial dog whistle, coded language for associating black men with violent crime.
Most often used for any black male who gets brutalized and/or killed by the police.
Guaranteed to be in the comments section for any such publicized news story.
PS, I expect this answer to get ratio'd by those who can't handle the truth.
That thug got what he deserved when the police beat then shot him. Bet he gets a statue. Next time, don't resist.
Say what you really mean. Fucking racist.
A: Yo be careful of those crackers, they done turn my nigga into a cock sucking thug cuh!
B: Man, 200 dollars can really change a nigga
A term used in suburban communities as a safe alternative for the n-word. Despite everyone being aware of this, suburbanites will claim they intended no such thing.
Person 1: I’m sick of these thugs moving into our communities!
Person 2: Whoa! Why you gotta be racist?
Person 1: I’m not. Idk what you’re talking about.
Person 2: Well that new family that just moved in are a family of doctors and attorneys so idk why they would be “thugs” in your mind...unless you’re racist.
Man: I've gone to Church every Sunday and Weekend since January!
Auntie: Oh yeah, you are THUG!
Acronym for "Traumatized Human that's Unable to Grieve.
Because I look a certain way, im labled as a thug.. So I took that myself and made the acronym THUG.
A black person.
Matt: “Hey did you hear that thug lives matter now?”
Jim: “No frickin’ way!”