For those who are unfamiliar with the origins of the word JigaBoo here is a brief recap as the video of Robert Griffin III goes viral
In place of “bugaboo,” RG3 was observed using “JigaBoo.”
The term “jigaboo” was mostly used to criticise stereotypical African-American physical characteristics in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The term is now defined as “a black person” by Webster’s Dictionary, which also makes it very clear that it is “slang,” “vilifying,” and “offensive.”
Robert Griffin III Uses Racial Slur Jigaboo During Monday Night Football Broadcast, Video Goes Viral
He was trying to pronounce bugaboo, according to RG3. One definition of a bug-a-boo is an annoying stalker who won’t go away. According to RG3, he was attempting to convey that to those who once hated Jalen Hurts but are now silent about his accomplishments.
RGIII pushing the boundaries of analysis you can get on TV pic.twitter.com/2JsxHG0p8B
— CJ Fogler AKA Perc70 #BlackLivesMatter (@cjzero) December 13, 2022
Yooooo, Definitely need to clarify this. THIS IS NOT WHAT I MEANT TO SAY. Was trying to say “those Bug-A-Boos” in reference to haters and doubters. Regardless of my intention, I understand the historical context of the term that came out of my mouth and I apologize. https://t.co/Dy4vVuigin pic.twitter.com/DL0lqcz0jK
— Robert Griffin III (@RGIII) December 13, 2022
Most people would describe this as a psychological lapse.
An inaccuracy in speech, memory or physical action that results from the interference of an unconscious suppressed wish or internal train of thought is known as a Slip of the tongue in psychoanalysis, also known as parapraxis. The most common instances are verbal blunders, although psychoanalytic thought also accepts errors in reading, hearing, typing, temporary memory, and misplacing and losing objects.
The phrase “Freudian slip” has been degraded in everyday speech to mean any unintentional lapses in verbal control. Thus, a lot of examples that don’t quite meet the psychoanalytic description can be found in explanations and dictionaries. For instance: What would you prefer—bread and butter or cake? she asked. Bed and butter, he said.
In the case mentioned above, the man may be assumed to have had a sexual desire or intention that he wished to keep to himself rather than one that was actively suppressed. The thought that he subconsciously sought to express that purpose would be the source of any “parapraxis,” not the s*xual connotation of the substitution, since his s*xual goal was consequently secret rather than subconscious.
As parapraxes can be created in the preconscious according to Freud’s theory, he would permit thoughts that one tries to put outside of consciousness to have an impact on conscious actions.
The possibility that it was a Freudian error raises the possibility that the term is still present in RG3’s subconscious, which would raise a lot more inquiries.