"Colored People's Time" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-Colored People's Time.ogg [Australia]
Etymology: Facetious treatment as a time zone. Head templates: {{en-noun|-|head=Colored People's Time}} Colored People's Time (uncountable)
  1. (US, dated derogatory slang, sometimes reclaimed) A notional system of time (or time zone) which others sometimes derogatorily ascribe to African Americans, and which they sometimes jocularly ascribe to themselves, to account for their supposed tendency to be tardy. Wikipedia link: Colored People's Time Tags: US, dated, derogatory, slang, uncountable Synonyms: CP Time, CP time, CPT, Colored People Time, tardy time
    Sense id: en-Colored_People's_Time-en-noun-TXxYubq8 Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header

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