buckwheat

plural buckwheats

1. uncountableusuallyAn Asian plant, of the species Fagopyrum esculentum.
2. uncountableusuallycookingThe fruit of this plant used as a pseudocereal.

   I'll need a few things. I'll need some mayonnaise and a silver tin of sardines, a banana. I'll need some buckwheat flapjack mix.

   2017, Sam Shepard, chapter 27, in Spy of the First Person, →ISBN, page 62

3. USWesternuncountableusuallyAny of the wild buckwheats in the genus Eriogonum.
4. slanguncountableusuallyA slow and painful murder by the Mafia as a warning to others.

   Mob murders are seldom buckwheats, being instead simple business matters. An exception is made, however, for murders of example, such as in the case of informers, or mobsters who hold out on gang revenues […]

   2006, Carl Sifakis, The Mafia Encyclopedia, page 66

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   Mafia mythology has many believe that the method used to eliminate a person is often a reflection of the respect for that individual. In this case, the Profaci gunman must have witnessed a "buckwheat's" execution, where an example is being made of the victim by inflicting pain for a prolonged period.

   2000, Olindo Romeo Chiocca, Mobsters and Thugs: Quotes from the Underworld, page 17

5. USderogatoryethnicoffensiveslangsluruncountableusuallyThe curly hair of a black person.
6. slanguncountableusuallyPubic hair.

1. derogatoryhumorousBarack Obama.

   How will "Buckwheat" Obama handle the ever increasing nuke threat from Iran?

   2008 February 4, Gabby Hayes, “"Buckwheat" Obama and Iran”, in alt.politics (Usenet)

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   You know as well as I do that OIF will end sweetly, nicely, AND WAAY BEFORE 2012. Unlike Hitlary (always ducking sniper fire) and Buckwheat (doesn't know when to duck or how to fire), McAmnesty will leave a bloody trail of blasted ass from the Mall to Langley!

   2008 May 6, Patriot Games, “Buckwheat Gets Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Endorsement!”, in alt.politics (Usenet)

   If you voted for Buckwheat in 2008, it proves your^([sic]) not a racist. If you vote for Buckwheat in 2012, it will prove that you are a frickin' idiot. Life's tough, but it is tougher when you are stupid.

   2011 August 4, L.W. Van Leuven, Pivotal Point, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN, page 14

   Buckwheat was the first to ignore the 1st Ammendment^([sic]) and the government not interfering with the free exercise of religious faith.

   2012 February 10, duke, “Catholic bishops cry wolf on contraception”, in alt.religion.christian.roman-catholic (Usenet)