Blackspeak

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The dialect of English spoken by people of sub-Saharan African ancestry living stateside. uncountable

    "It sounds odd to us now, but contemporary sources... suggest how the archaic blackspeak that we associate with blackface performers had some of the aura of the later white appropriations of black speech."

Synonyms

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aaveafrican american vernacular englishafrican american vernacular englishebonicsebonics

Example

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"It sounds odd to us now, but contemporary sources... suggest how the archaic blackspeak that we associate with blackface performers had some of the aura of the later white appropriations of black speech."

Etymology

From black + -speak.

Related phrases

sub saharan

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