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Whitey

//ˈwaɪti// adj, noun, slang

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Alternative form of whity. alt-of, alternative

    "a whitey-brown colour"

Noun
  1. 1
    A white person, a person of Western European descent. derogatory, ethnic, offensive, slur

    "I can't pay no doctor bills / But whitey’s on the moon / Ten years from now I'll be payin' still / While whitey’s on the moon"

  2. 2
    (slang) offensive names for a White man wordnet
  3. 3
    A state or bout of sickness, especially induced by cannabis use. British, slang

    "(Drug users consuming this much alcohol are either slumpped in the corner having a whitey or already on their way to casualty in an ambulance.)"

Etymology

Etymology 1

From white (“bright and colorless; a white-skinned person”) + -y (“forming diminutives”).

Etymology 2

From white (“bright and colorless; a white-skinned person”) + -y (“forming diminutives”).

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