blackity-black

comparative more blackity-black · superlative most blackity-black · alternative blackity black · alternative blackedy black · alternative blackedy-black

1. slangTypifying 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

   Like my dad would say, he was "blackity black black." My parents would freak.

   2006, Carol Taylor, Wanderlust: Erotic Travel Tales

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   And yeah, the second track, "Black Is Back," was quite possibly a major inspiration behind the "I'm Black, Y'all" (aka "I'm blackedy black black b-black black, yo, 'cause I'm black and I'm back") spoof in CB4.

   2008, Chris Woodstra, John Bush, Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Old School Rap and Hip-hop, page 78

   I'm black y'all, and I'm black y'all And I'm blackity black and I'm black y'all [...]

   2014, Teresa Wiltz, The Real America: The tangled roots of race and identity

   “I'm black. You're black. African American, Bilalian, Negro, Colored folk, blackity-black, black. Those Oreos up there, they're black too, although I'm sure they'd cry if you told them.

   2015, Mat Johnson, Loving Day: A Novel

   The ceremony and reception were opulent, lavish, over the top, Blackedy-Black (they gave each other dap after the kiss), and not unlike what I imagine the fictional Mary Jane's wedding to a millionaire might look like.

   2016, Brittney C. Cooper, Susana M. Morris, Robin M. Boylorn, The Crunk Feminist Collection