Colored People's Time

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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.

Pronunciation

En-au-Colored People's Time.ogg

Word forms

Colored People's Time

Etymology

From its facetious treatment as a time zone.

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