(slang) The ability to detect whether or not a person is of African ancestry by observing that person.
(slang) The ability to detect whether or not a person is of African ancestry by observing that person.
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(dated, _, slang, offensive, ethnic slur) A person with dark skin.
(slang, of persons) Typifying characteristic traits (e.g. physical, cultural, linguistic, etc.) of African-American blacks, especially in defiant contrast to those of whites or white-favouring blacks; quintessentially or characteristically black.
(LGBTQ slang) The supposed ability to detect whether or not a person is gay by observing that person's appearance, mannerisms, etc.
(slang, of a non-black person) The practice of appropriating signifiers of black identity, such as darkening the skin, or wearing traditionally black hairstyles.
(LGBTQ slang) The ability to detect whether or not a person is lesbian by observing that person.