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n-word pass en · NOUN

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1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of N-word pass.
   alt of N-word pass
   • Behn jokes about the kid being just another white boy looking for an "n-word pass", but then Adam accepts a challenge by a cocky rapper looking for an Old West-type draw (the punk even calls himself Billy Pistols). 2018 November 2, Rafael Motamayor, “Bodied is one of the most surprising, scorching satires of the year”, in Polygon, archived from the original on 06 Dec 2022:
   • Like blacks, Latinos also invoke historical images and lineages when explaining why they get an n-word pass[.] 2008, Geoff Harkness, “hip hop culture and america’s most taboo word”, in Contexts, page 42:
   • "Almost every day at my school the white guys in my class ask me for the n-word pass..." (Student at a private school in Atlanta, June 22, 2020 2022, Timothy L. Fields, Shereem Herndon-Brown, “Shift in Power”, in The Black Family's Guide to College Admissions, page 29:

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