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Blak

adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander). Australia

    "blak identity"

  2. 2
    Alternative form of blak. alt-of, alternative
Noun
  1. 1
    An Indigenous Australian. Australia, offensive, often

    "The right-wing media, and even some of the more centrist media, draws an artificial line between the bush and the city, the urban blaks and the people from the bush. The division is often coded to skin colour, urban is shorthand for ‘not black enough’ and bush is shorthand for ‘real Aboriginal’."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Coined by visual artist Destiny Deacon in 1991 as an alteration of black.

Etymology 2

Coined by visual artist Destiny Deacon in 1991 as an alteration of black.

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