halfrican

plural halfricans

1. Alternative letter-case form of Halfrican

comparative more Halfrican · superlative most Halfrican · alternative halfrican

1. offensiveslangBiracial, of one black parent and one of another race.

   (POLITICO) — President Barack Obama continued to have trouble on Tuesday performing in Democratic primaries in traditionally conservative states, barely eking out wins in Kentucky and Arkansas.

   2012 May 23, Robert Westergrom,1900 Harvey rd.,Wilmington,D.E, “HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHH !! The Halfrican Kenyan barely beats the "uncommitted" in Kentucky.”, in alt.politics (Usenet)

plural Halfricans · alternative halfrican

1. offensiveslangA person who is biracial, with one black parent and one of another race.

   Ailea says her friends have affectionately labeled her "halfrican."

   2006, The Ladies' Home Journal, volume 123, numbers 7-12, page 106

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   My son who calls himself a Halfrican-American flattens his hair by pressing the top of his head against the wall in our hallway.

   1994, Myra Goldberg, Whistling and Other Stories, page 177

   […] ¶ “White girl!” ¶ “Nigger bitch!” ¶ “HALFRICAN!” ¶ “MUTT!” ¶ “HALF-BREED!” ¶ […]

   2004, Nicole Bailey-Williams, Floating, Random House, →ISBN, page 128

   "Oh, Biracial Humor!" Devin laughed. "Too clever for me!" He laughed, but the comment stung. It always had. It meant that even his closest friends saw him as inauthentic, the fake McCoy, a Halfrican.

   2005, Wendy Coakley-Thompson, What You Won’t Do For Love, Dafina Books, →ISBN, page 79

   "Looks like you're working on a couple of potential little halfricans yourself." Devin laughed at the irony. Andre, who rode him the hardest about his ethnicity, was about to go the interracial route himself.

   2005, Wendy Coakley-Thompson, What You Won't Do for Love, page 170

   They got more halfricans working here than I knew lived in town. I don't let'um in my park, that's all I gotta say.

   2014, Erin Eveland, Darkness

   Synonyms: mulatto