English edit

Etymology 1 edit

zig +‎ -er

Noun edit

zigger (plural ziggers)

  1. One who zigs.
    • 2002, Barbara McLean, Lambsquarters: Scenes from a Handmade Life, page 281:
      Rabbits, silly ziggers and zaggers, are so busy in snow that their tracks turn to half-pipes, patterned over and over with lucky footprints, like the path of a giant mole with its roof removed for study.

Etymology 2 edit

Blend of Russian Z +‎ nigger.

Noun edit

zigger (plural ziggers)

  1. (derogatory, vulgar, offensive, neologism, politics) A Russian who supports Kremlin doctrine.
    • 2023 June 14, Anglospherist 🇬🇧🇺🇸🇨🇦🇦🇺🇳🇿🇫🇰🇮🇪🇮🇲🇬🇮, Twitter[1]:
      Ukraine breaking away from Russia's sphere of influence and joining Europe and the West is based. Russia is a zigger shithole.
    • 2023 June 22, Temür, Twitter[2]:
      Pakis may be annoying, but at least they're Muslim and actually like Turkey. Ziggers move there and still paint Zs on their cars.
    • 2023 June 24, Emirhan Niyazi Ozanich, Twitter:
      It's so insane how ziggers will completely deny anything bad about Russians.
    • 2023 June 29, Zelenskyy (now banned), Twitter:
      Fuck me, there's actually more ziggers on telegram than there are here on twitter 😒.
    • 2023 July 15, Л?берал_𝙈𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙧𝙘𝙝 🧠🎮, Twitter[3]:
      Why are they dancing?!?!? Don't they know ziggers are complaining and posting Strelkovisms on twitter!?!?!