White bread

adj, noun, slang

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Bland, boring; flavorless. US, colloquial, derogatory

    "She's been living in her white bread world / As long as anyone with hot blood can / And now she's looking for a downtown man"

  2. 2
    Characteristic of or relating to middle-class white people. US, colloquial, derogatory, ethnic, often, slur

    "[Rudy] Giuliani is hedging a bit, but he's not the white-bread cop so many blacks expect him to be."

Noun
  1. 1
    Bread made from white flour. uncountable, usually

    "Yes—just become a Communist, and things get all right. Deny your Christ and they will give you white bread in plenty and clothes to wear—" He would hold his breath, would wonder and question: "What is white bread? And who is Christ?""

  2. 2
    bread made with finely ground and usually bleached wheat flour wordnet
  3. 3
    Bread made from white flour.; A storebought, mass-produced, inexpensive type of such bread that is very soft. idiomatic, often, uncountable, usually

    "There's a pretty big difference between American cheese on white bread and sharp cheddar on French bread."

  4. 4
    A middle-class white person (person of European descent), or a person who 'acts white'. US, derogatory, ethnic, often, slur, uncountable, usually

    "Teyshawn wanted to yell whitebreads did it—fucking whitebreads."

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