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whiteboy en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Etymology

From white + boy.

Meanings

1. (archaic, countable, uncountable) A man or boy who is highly favoured; a pet, a darling.
   • Were war at the gates, I should be one of her white boys. 1821 January 8, [Walter Scott], Kenilworth; a Romance. […], volume II, Edinburgh: […] Archibald Constable and Co.; and John Ballantyne, […]; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co., →OCLC:
2. (alt-of, alternative, countable, historical, uncountable) Alternative form of Whiteboy
   alt of Whiteboy
   • He was a good Irishman when there was no money in the job. He was condemned to death as a whiteboy. 1916, James Joyce, chapter I, in A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, New York, N.Y.: B[enjamin] W. Huebsch, →OCLC:
3. (countable, derogatory, qualifier:chiefly African-American, sometimes, uncountable) A Caucasian male.
   • “Shut up, whiteboy. How does it feel to hit a girl? You feel strong? 2011, Berel Arrow, The Thirty Six, page 9:
   • whiteboy still more than anything else this betrays me. 2011, Kevin Coval, Patricia Smith, L-vis Lives!: Racemusic Poems, link:
   • The words of the whiteboy crept into his mind as he got ready to crawl out of bed—and he once again realized Cassandra hardly ever showered. 2006, Eminemsrevenge, Jew Girl, page 164:
4. (slang, uncountable) Heroin.
   • Coordinate term: whitegirl (“cocaine”)

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