Meanings
cac1
CAC2
plural CACs
- abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablebusinessInitialism of collective action clause.
- USabbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablegovernmentInitialism of Common Access Card.
- abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableInitialism of Central Asian country.
- UScountablederogatoryethnicoffensiveslangsluruncountableAlternative letter-case form of cac (cracker-ass cracker), a white person.
- abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablebusinessInitialism of customer acquisition cost (“cost associated in convincing a customer to buy a product”).
- abbreviationinitialismInitialism of Catholic Apostolic Church.
- abbreviationinitialismbusinessinitialism of Cotation Assistée en Continu (Continuous Assisted Quotation), an indexing system used on the Euronext Paris electronic stock exchange.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA white (Caucasian) person.
Origin
Acronym of cracker-ass cracker. Emerged on African-American internet forums in the early 2000s. Originally spelled in uppercase (see CAC), with the lowercase form becoming more popular in the 2010s. The reduplication "cracker-ass cracker" was popularised by stand-up comedian Chris Rock in his 1999 television special Bigger & Blacker.
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Rhymes with cac
Cite this entry
cac. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cac
“cac.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cac. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cac,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cac.
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