English Explanatory Dictionary

cac

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A white (Caucasian) person.
noun
  1. Initialism of collective action clause.
  2. Initialism of Common Access Card.
  3. Initialism of Central Asian country.
  4. Alternative letter-case form of cac (cracker-ass cracker), a white person.
  5. Initialism of customer acquisition cost (“cost associated in convincing a customer to buy a product”).
name
  1. Initialism of Catholic Apostolic Church.
  2. initialism of Cotation Assistée en Continu (Continuous Assisted Quotation), an indexing system used on the Euronext Paris electronic stock exchange.

Pronunciation

/kæk/ En-au-CAC.ogg

Word forms

cac cacs

Etymology

Acronym of cracker-ass cracker. Emerged on African-American internet forums in the early 2000s. Originally spelled in uppercase (see CAC), with the lowercase form becoming more popular in the 2010s. The reduplication "cracker-ass cracker" was popularised by stand-up comedian Chris Rock in his 1999 television special Bigger & Blacker.

Synonyms

abelungu ang moh Angrez balanda béké bule cac Caucasian cornstarch crusader cracker cumskin European farang firangi gringo gora gussuk gweilo haole honky hoogie hoojah ice monkey ivory joganosh kabloona laowai leucoderm mayo mayo monkey mayonnaise face melanin-challenged migaloo mlungu mzungu ofay oyinbo paddy Pakeha paleface pigskin pinky roundeye saltine snow bunny snow roach toubab umlungu vazaha vanilla wadjela white whiteboy white bread white devil whiteface white man whitey Whitoid wigger
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