"whitey" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈwaɪti/, /ˈʍaɪti/ Forms: whitier [comparative], whitiest [superlative]
Rhymes: -aɪti Etymology: white (“bright and colorless; a white-skinned person”) + -y (“forming diminutives”) Etymology templates: {{af|en|white|-y|t1=bright and colorless; a white-skinned person|t2=forming diminutives}} white (“bright and colorless; a white-skinned person”) + -y (“forming diminutives”) Head templates: {{en-adj|whitier}} whitey (comparative whitier, superlative whitiest)
  1. Alternative form of whity Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: whity Derived forms: whitey tighties
    Sense id: en-whitey-en-adj-fkZh~74t
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: whitie, whity, yt, YT

Noun

IPA: /ˈwaɪti/, /ˈʍaɪti/ Forms: whiteys [plural], whities [plural]
Rhymes: -aɪti Etymology: white (“bright and colorless; a white-skinned person”) + -y (“forming diminutives”) Etymology templates: {{af|en|white|-y|t1=bright and colorless; a white-skinned person|t2=forming diminutives}} white (“bright and colorless; a white-skinned person”) + -y (“forming diminutives”) Head templates: {{en-noun|s|whities}} whitey (plural whiteys or whities)
  1. (especially African-American Vernacular, derogatory, ethnic slur, offensive) A white person, a person of Western European descent. Tags: derogatory, ethnic, offensive, slur Synonyms: cracker, honky, pecker, peckerwood, whitebread, wonderbread, white person
    Sense id: en-whitey-en-noun-fgyIDrN6 Categories (other): African-American Vernacular English, English ethnic slurs, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -y Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 59 31 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y: 6 58 36
  2. (British, slang) A state or bout of sickness, especially induced by cannabis use. Tags: British, slang
    Sense id: en-whitey-en-noun-U0QW~ic4 Categories (other): British English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: whitie, whity, yt, YT

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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