jungle bunny

English

Etymology

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

Noun

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.