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crackerass en · ADJ

Etymology

From cracker + -ass. Likely from Georgia Cracker.

Meanings

  1. (derogatory) Relating to the negative attributes of a white person.
    • Dressing up like some crackerass white man, some dead president and letting people shoot at you sounds like a hustle to me. 2002, Suzan-Lori Parks, Topdog/underdog, page 27:
    • Booth Dressing up like some crackerass white man, some dead president and letting people shoot at you sounds like a hustle to me. 2006, Will Kaufman, The Civil War in American culture, page 72:
    • It might have been ruled an accident, except for the fact that it had happened in a crackerass town in rural Georgia, and that Russell had thrown off his gloves at one point and used his bare fists to continue the process. 2012, Les Standiford, Bone Key, page 65:

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crackerass en · NOUN

Etymology

From cracker + -ass. Likely from Georgia Cracker.

Meanings

  1. (derogatory, ethnic, offensive, slur) A contemptible white person.
    • 1989, Analog science fiction/science fact: Volume 109, Issues 10-13, link Those crackerass bureaucrats in the Pentagon don't care how good it works, they just want to go on using them crappy old machines they built their own selves."
    • New Orleans holds us on downs, and Malley goes in to punt and that little crackerass No. 28 slices through and blocks it. 1974, Jack Olsen, Alphabet Jackson: a novel, link:
    • If that crackerass wants to get in touch, tell him I can't be located. 1989, Windsor Chorlton, Rites of sacrifice, link:

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