Oreo

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A cookie made of two wafers joined with a sugary filling, particularly a Nabisco cookie with two alkalized cocoa-powder wafers around a white creme filling.
  2. A black person who has overly assimilated into white culture, a black race traitor.
noun
  1. Alternative letter-case form of Oreo.

Pronunciation

/ˈɔɹioʊ/ En-au-Oreo.ogg LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Oreo.wav /ˈorɪjo/

Word forms

Oreo Oreos

Etymology

Brand name of unknown origin, trademarked by National Biscuit Company on 14 March 1912. See the Etymology section of Wikipedia's Oreo article for various theories. In reference to well-assimilated black people, derived from the slur that they are "black on the outside, white on the inside".

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