jungle bunny

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noun Slang: Extremely Disparaging and Offensive.

a contemptuous term used to refer to a Black person.

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Origin of jungle bunny

An Americanism dating back to 1965–70

But so-called jungle primaries are notoriously hard to predict or poll.
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The legal jungle must be bulldozed, and replaced by radically simpler framework of goals and principles.
Red Tape Is Strangling Good Samaritans|Philip K. Howard|December 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It all began, the consensus seems to be, with the red jungle fowl.
The History of the Chicken: How This Humble Bird Saved Humanity|William O’Connor|December 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Over the past week, Sony Pictures Entertainment has received more body blows than Muhammad Ali during the Rumble in the Jungle.
Sony: Hollywood’s Most Subversive Studio Under Attack|Marlow Stern|December 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Now, visitors are scarce and the jungle is taking over, leaving some locals nostalgic.
Six Must-Read Stories About the Sony Hacks, Congo’s Forgotten Colonial Getaway and Another Woman’s Story of U-VA|The Daily Beast|December 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It took me back to Burma and a certain very uncomfortable night that I once passed in the jungle.
Uncanny Tales|Various
To elucidate this it is necessary to plunge into the jungle of pure economic theory.
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice|Stephen Leacock
Bridges had been broken down, and the guns had to be hauled through jungle and woods under a scorching sun.
The Philippine Islands|John Foreman
The road was a bullock track, a swamp of mud amid the larger swamp of the ploughed land and jungle.
The Red Year|Louis Tracy
I was indebted to the kindness of the Messrs. Behu and Meyer for a very interesting excursion into the jungle.
A Woman's Journey Round the World|Ida Pfeiffer