Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A confection consisting of a white cream filling sandwiched between two chocolate cookies.
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- proper noun trademark A brand of
cookie made up of two dark brown, chocolatewafers joined by a layer of white,sugary filling . - proper noun US, mildly pejorative, slang A black person that appears to the community to embody the social and cultural features of a white person
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun chocolate cookie with white cream filling
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Examples
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Jung gave police a heads-up about Saturday's search, and two volunteer reserve officers were jea oreo 04 With over a dozen volunteers trying to catch her, Oreo, a goat that has lived in the bluff along Concorde Avenue in South St. Paul for several years, looks for escape route.
News By Nick Ferraro 2010
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This Oreo is a complete disgrace to the black community and should be burnt in effigy by the NAACP just to make a point.
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They've been claiming for years that the lt gov was pelted with Oreo cookies at a debate - because an "Oreo" is a word used to describe a black person who is black on the outside and white on the inside, i.e., a sell-out.
11/14/2005 2005
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The racist comment about being an Oreo is un-American and un-Patriotic.
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Referring to Mr. Obama as Mr. Oreo is blatantly racist, and I for one am shocked that CNN would even allow it.
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Things need shaking up when American women feel endangered even as Yosemite bears lumber around belching, their eyes glazed with surfeit, their pelts covered in Oreo crumbs.
Cheap Thrills 2006
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Things need shaking up when American women feel endangered even as Yosemite bears lumber around belching, their eyes glazed with surfeit, their pelts covered in Oreo crumbs.
Cheap Thrills 2006
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I'm afraid that for far too many, if they embrace me it's only because they think I'm an "Oreo"--black on the outside, white on the inside.
Archive 2009-11-01 Steven Barnes 2009
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I'm afraid that for far too many, if they embrace me it's only because they think I'm an "Oreo"--black on the outside, white on the inside.
God Bless Our Soldiers At Ft. Hood Steven Barnes 2009
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This would appear to confirm Obama's mixed race background, or as we birther geneticists call it, "Oreo."
Dan Pashman: Obama Could Do Better: Birth Certificate Is a Poor Effort at Forgery Dan Pashman 2011
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