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Whites vs Whitey - What's the difference?

whites | whitey |

As nouns the difference between whites and whitey

is that whites is while whitey is (aave|pejorative|ethnic slur) a white person, a person of european descent, a caucasian.

whites

English

Noun

(head)
  • Clothing or linens, especially laundry, that is white
  • The uniform of a chef
  • (cricket) cricket whites
  • Usage notes

    * Distinguished from other classes of cloth products because they could be bleached.

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    whitey

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (AAVE, pejorative, ethnic slur) A white person, a person of European descent, a Caucasian.
  • * 1997 , (Dave Chappelle), "Racism Connoisseur" on (HBO Comedy Half-Hour) :
  • *:, honky. So, whitey , what did you do today? Oppress a new land and make the people there Christians against their will?
  • (British, slang) A state or bout of sickness, especially induced by cannabis use.
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  • Synonyms

    * (white person) (l), (l), (l), (l), (l), (l)

    Meronyms

    * (poor white person in the American South) (l), (l), (l), (l), (l), (l), (l)