zip coon

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#1·5h ago

(US, obsolete, derogatory, offensive, ethnic slur) A black man.

Origin: From a minstrel song titled Ole Zip Coon (1834) about a minstrel show character named Zip Coon. The song stereotypically portrays Zip Coon as unintelligent and incapable of assimilating into white American society. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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(AAVE, dated) A black person who accepts an inferior social status to white people.

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