nigga nod

• nigga-nod
• nigga's nod
• Negro nod

nigga nod (plural nigga nods)

1. (slang) An affectionate nod of respect shared between two black people, which goes down-up-down instead of up-down-up.
   • 2004, Freddy Cee, Post-9/11, African American Style: Laughter, Still Da Best Medicine‎, page 35:

     Inside the room were three African American males sitting, waiting, and thumbing through various magazines. They looked up at me briefly without saying a single word before resuming their reads. I didn't get a hello, a how you doing, a what's up, or what's happening. Not so much as a nigga's nod. So much for either hospitality or congeniality.

   • 2012, Mat Johnson, Pym‎, page 12:

     I gave him the nigga-nod and he hit me right back so I knew we were cool

   • 2015, Luv Alwayz: The Opposite Sex and Relationships‎, page 271:

     "How you feeling?" Roxy asked from the couch. "I'm okay," Stephen answered, giving Roxy the Negro nod of acknowledgment.