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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun Used as a disparaging term for a white person or white people.

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  • noun African American Vernacular, pejorative A white person.
  • noun UK, slang The state of sickness.

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  • noun (slang) offensive names for a White man

Etymologies

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From white +‎ -ey.

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