ofay

plural ofays

1. USethnicslangslurA white person.

   You get outa my alley, Lucas -- and take that ofay with you, hear?

   1983 May, Kurt Busiek, “The Chemistro Connection”, in Power Man and Iron Fist, volume 1, number 93, Marvel Comics Group

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   For example we have words like ofay, pink, fade, space, Mr. Charlie, cracker, peckawood, hoojah, and so on—nice words and bitter.

   [1929, Claude McKay, Banjo, published 1957, →ISBN, page 217

   The rival, the foe, the ofay, veins stretched and bulged between white knuckles.

   1997, Don DeLillo, Underworld

   Synonyms: honky, whitey, abelungu, ang moh, Angrez, balanda, béké, bule

comparative more ofay · superlative most ofay

1. USethnicslangslurWhite; white-skinned.

   Everything is strictly peachy keen, as the ofay kids say.

   1959. Lorraine Hansberry, A Raisin in the Sun

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   “You better tell your little ofay kid friend move along.”

   1963 (date written), John Kennedy Toole, A Confederacy of Dunces, London: Penguin Books, published 1980 (1981 printing), →ISBN

   ‘Baby,’ April Elgar said, ‘you may be an uptight ofay milk-toast limey bastard, but you ain’t no fag.’

   1984. Anthony Burgess, Enderby's Dark Lady