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incognegro en · ADJ

Etymology

Blend of incognito + negro.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Hiding one's blackness.
    • That's the thing: she ain't really a white lady. She's Xavier's cousin. She just going incognegro. 2018 May 23, Mat Johnson, Incognegro: Renaissance #4, volume 4, Dark Horse Comics (Single Issues):
    • Incognegro: From Black Power to Apartheid and Back 2007, Frank B. Wilderson, III, Incognegro: From Black Power to Apartheid and Back, Beacon Press, →ISBN, page title:
    • By Malik's words I knew I had shed my incognegro shell. What was emerging was a black man, a strong black man. 1995 September 20, R. A. Frederick, “Section 18”, in In-cog-negro, E & O Press, →ISBN, page 133: