English edit

Etymology edit

Originally US English, 1950s. From jungle (referring to the alleged origins of black people in the African jungles) + bunny.[1]

Noun edit

jungle bunny (plural jungle bunnies)

  1. (US, UK, ethnic slur, derogatory) A black person.
    • 1952 December 18, The South Side Times, Fort Wayne, Indiana, page 8, column 6:
      Merry Christmas to all the little jungle-bunnies. — From momma jungle bunny.
    • 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."
    • 2007, Ron Liebman, Death by Rodrigo, page 90:
      He doesn't say Judge Brown's last name, telling me Brown's just another jungle bunny far as he's concerned, robe or no robe.

References edit

  1. ^ Jonathon Green Green's Dictionary of Slang https://greensdictofslang.com/entry/hktko3y#ktha5ja .