TNB

English

Noun

TNB (uncountable)

1. (organic chemistry) Initialism of trinitrobenzene.
2. (slang, derogatory, offensive, ethnic slur) Initialism of typical nigger behavior (“behavior of black people regarded as stereotypical and predictable”).

   Coordinate term: niggatry

   • 1999 April 1, Richard Delgado, When Equality Ends: Stories About Race And Resistance‎^[1], Basic Books, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 164:

     “Professor, they're charging you with TNB.”
     “That's what my lawyer thinks, too,” I said. “Typical nigger behavior, in the cynical police phrase.¹ […] ”

   • 2002 August 22, Byker, “TNB Apelanta: (C)rapper stabbed and snuffed by stepdawtuh”, in alt.rap.sucks‎^[2] (Usenet):

     "They were fighting and he accidentally hit the baby and the [12-year-old] stabbed him.'" More than likely he was using the niglet as a billy club <snicker>. Damn near EVERY sentence in this article reeks of TNB:

   • 2013, David C. Ogden, Joel Nathan Rosen (editors), A Locker Room of Her Own - Celebrity, Sexuality, and Female Athletes:

     I'm glad these tennis sheboons lost. If you think those two are bad, their pappy is even worse when it comes to TNB.

   • 2016 August 1, Byker, “TNB Memphis: Black ice cream man beaten and robbed by yard apes”, in tn.general‎^[3] (Usenet):

     More proof again of what little value blacks place on their own kind. These gutter apes not only beat the poor ice cream truck owner senseless, but they tried to destroy his sole means of income.

   • 2024 January 28, KWills, “Loudmouth crimipanzee gets arrested for thievery and massive TNB!”, in comp.os.linux.advocacy‎^[4] (Usenet):

     Haz-Nig deputies responded to a Winn Dixie grocery store in reference to a crimipanzee sow apetempting to steal at checkout. Despite her hostile demeanor, massive entitlement, TNB and chimpishness, she was initially let go with a trespass warning - but this proved to not be enough and Haz-Nig had to aperest her and put her in the primate house of the city zoo with the other crimipanzees due to her not leaving when ordered to do so.

Adjective

TNB (not comparable)

1. Initialism of transgender and/or non-binary.
   • For quotations using this term, see Citations:TNB.

Anagrams

• TBN, Tbn.

Malay

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tiˈenbi/ [t̪iˈem.bi]

Proper noun

TNB

1. Initialism of Tenaga Nasional Berhad, a government-owned company responsible for electricity transmission and distribution in peninsular Malaysia