cac

C3A1C3
/kæk/

noun

A white (Caucasian) person.

Less commonScrabble 7

Meanings

cac1

nouncac (plural cacs)

plural cacs

  1. derogatoryethnicslangslurAfrican-American VernacularA white (Caucasian) person.

    Synonyms: abelungu, ang moh, Angrez, balanda, béké, bule, Caucasian, cornstarch crusader

CAC2

nounCAC (countable and uncountable, plural CACs)

plural CACs

  1. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablebusinessInitialism of collective action clause.
  2. USabbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablegovernmentInitialism of Common Access Card.
  3. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableInitialism of Central Asian country.
  4. UScountablederogatoryethnicoffensiveslangsluruncountableAlternative letter-case form of cac (cracker-ass cracker), a white person.
  5. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablebusinessInitialism of customer acquisition cost (“cost associated in convincing a customer to buy a product”).
proper noun
  1. abbreviationinitialismInitialism of Catholic Apostolic Church.
  2. abbreviationinitialismbusinessinitialism of Cotation Assistée en Continu (Continuous Assisted Quotation), an indexing system used on the Euronext Paris electronic stock exchange.

Synonyms & antonyms

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 & wordplay

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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