English Explanatory Dictionary

we wuz kangz

English dictionary entry

Meanings

phrase
  1. Used to mock or satirize a popular but discredited Afrocentric theory claiming that sub-Saharan Africans were descended from ancient Egyptians.

Word forms

we wuz kangz

Etymology

From we was kings, in an African-American Vernacular English pronunciation. Kangz refers to kings, the pharaohs from which the Afrocentrist nationalists claim to be descended. First appeared on 4chan c. 2015.

Synonyms

we wuz kangz n shiet we wuz kangz n sheeit

Related words

whenwe

Derived words

kang
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