Casper

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Australia, UK/ˈkæspə/Australia, UK[ˈkʰæspə]US/ˈkæspɚ/US[ˈkʰæspɚ] ~ [ˈkʰæspɹ̩]

proper noun

A male given name from Old Persian, of occasional usage, variant of Caspar.

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Meanings

proper nounCasper (countable and uncountable, plural Caspers)

plural Caspers

  1. countableuncountableA male given name from Old Persian, of occasional usage, variant of Caspar.
  2. countableuncountableA city, the county seat of Natrona County, Wyoming, United States.
  3. countableuncountableA mountain in Wyoming.
nounCasper (plural Caspers)

plural Caspers

  1. ethnicoffensiveslangslurA white person.

    Speed is whitey's drug, from the palefaces who cook it to the Caspers who deal it to the ofay vanilla wafers who snort or spike it.

    1998, Jim Goad, The Redneck Manifesto, page 128
  2. abbreviationellipsishobbiesEllipsis of Casper flip.

Origin

Alternative spelling of Caspar. The slur denoting a white person is an allusion to Casper the Friendly Ghost. The skateboarding term is named after Bobby Boyden, a professional skateboarder who was given the nickname "Casper" as a child because of his pale skin (again in allusion to the friendly ghost).

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with Casper

jasperCaspar
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Sounds the same

CasparCaspar

Anagrams

spacerscrapeparsecCresapscapersecpar
Cite this entry
APA

Casper. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Casper

MLA

“Casper.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Casper. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Casper,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Casper.

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