Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An old term of endearment applied to a favorite son, dependent, or the like; a darling. See
white , adjective, 5. - noun [capitalized] A member of an illegal agrarian association formed in Ireland about the year 1761, whose object was “to do justice to the poor by restoring the ancient commons and redressing other grievances” (Lecky).
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete A favorite.
- noun One of an association of poor Roman catholics which arose in Ireland about 1760, ostensibly to resist the collection of tithes, the members of which were so called from the white shirts they wore in their nocturnal raids.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun UK, US, slang, mildly pejorative A young
Caucasian male. - noun uncountable, slang
heroin .
Etymologies
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Examples
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"whiteboy", for not kicking the aggressors butt, is also demeaning.
NCBlogs 2010
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I think the 'mammoth' analogy is more referring to sf as a whiteboy playground going extinct, not about the authors themselves.
TOC: The Mammoth Book of Mindblowing SF edited by Mike Ashley 2009
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I was referring to the whiteboy-only playground version of SF, which is too often stagnant and kills itself by being so, shedding readers with every repetition of a played-out notion.
TOC: The Mammoth Book of Mindblowing SF edited by Mike Ashley 2009
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When Rock confined himself to the business at hand (rather than boasting about his curriculum vitae - sorry to break this to you Rockwell, but the Columbia School of Broadcasting is not part of the Ivy League), he gave the largely whiteboy blogging community an insight into a different strain of thought we probably benefited from hearing.
The Adventues of Rocky and Gatewinkel (or When Gatemouth Met Hackshaw) 2010
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When Rock confined himself to the business at hand (rather than boasting about his curriculum vitae - sorry to break this to you Rockwell, but the Columbia School of Broadcasting is not part of the Ivy League), he gave the largely whiteboy blogging community an insight into a different strain of thought we probably benefited from hearing.
The Adventues of Rocky and Gatewinkel (or When Gatemouth Met Hackshaw) 2010
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I really like the Black Keys and the White Stripes for midwestern whiteboy blues, and going back just a bit further in time Quasi and the Spinanes are big two piece favorites as well.
Two is plenty! 2008
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When Rock confined himself to the business at hand rather than boasting about his curriculum vitae- sorry to break this to you Rockwell, but the Columbia School of Broadcasting is not part of the Ivy League, he gave the largely whiteboy blogging community an insight into a different strain of thought we probably benefited from hearing.
The Adventues of Rocky and Gatewinkel (or When Gatemouth Met Hackshaw) Room Eight 2010
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I really like the Black Keys and the White Stripes for midwestern whiteboy blues, and going back just a bit further in time Quasi and the Spinanes are big two piece favorites as well.
Archive 2008-11-01 2008
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That last point, the circumstances of the actual match, are far more interesting than the faux whiteboy cringe this poem trots around like a show pony.
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This has to be the most corny whiteboy type of response I have read in a while “chubster” “cans” Are you this much of a loser in your social life?
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