Meanings
- slangPeople of Asian descent show fewer physical signs of aging.
And for a bit of levity, "Asian don't raisin," so, like vampires, we don't age.
2022, Lynne M. Thomas, Michael Damian Thomas, Meg Elison, Uncanny Magazine Issue 45: March/April 2022, page 1221 more example
Jackson pauses a moment, then he laughs. He's figured it out. Raisins are wrinkled. Old people are wrinkled. "Asian don't raisin," he says. He likes the incorrect grammar of the sentence.
2023, Karin Lin-Greenberg, You Are Here
Origin
Modelled after black don't crack, alluding to the wrinkly texture of raisins. Raisin is used as a verb.
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Asian don't raisin. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Asian%20don't%20raisin
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