| 词汇 | whitey |
| 词源 | whitey. A derogatory term for a white man that doesn’t ap- pear to have been much used by blacks before the early 1960s, when Black Muslims began preaching about white devils. The first recorded use of the term, however, dates back to 1828, when an Australian writer employed the terms blacky and whitey in referring to Australian aborigines and white men. See also honkie; ofay; paleface; peckerwood; redneck; wasp. |
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