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lightie en · NOUN

Etymology

From light + -ie.

Meanings

1. (South-Africa, alt-of, alternative, slang) Alternative form of lighty (“young man; boy”).
   alt of lighty
2. (informal) A black person with relatively light-coloured skin.
   • […] hood-famous Black men and members of their entourages, surrounded by a uniform of attractive young white women and the occasional ambiguous 'lightie.' 2019, Derek Owusu, Safe: 20 Ways to be a Black Man in Britain Today:
   • I looked up into that giant's eyes and while I saw curiosity there, I didn't see the anger and hatred I had seen in so many eyes of the black people as they looked down on a lightie. 2016, Rick Johnson, Heirloom Plantation, page 52:

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