Alan Jones drops the "N-word"

2GB’s Sydney radio host, Alan Jones is copping plenty of flack after dropping the N-word on air this morning.

The incident came about in a reference to the Finance Minister, Matthias Cormann.

Twitter users have described the moment as "disgraceful" and "disgusting" and have called for Jones to be suspended or sacked.

Later this morning Jones took to Twitter to apologise saying “We all make mistakes…I used an old and offensive figure of speech that I regret saying”