sounds about white

phrase

Expressing that something (which was done or said by a white person) is the kind of thing the speaker would expect a white person or white people to do.

“For quotations using this term, see Citations:sounds about white.”

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Meanings

phrase
  1. colloquialhumorousoffensiveoftenExpressing that something (which was done or said by a white person) is the kind of thing the speaker would expect a white person or white people to do.

    For quotations using this term, see Citations:sounds about white.

Origin

A wordplay on sounds about right.

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Cite this entry
APA

sounds about white. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sounds%20about%20white

MLA

“sounds about white.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sounds%20about%20white. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sounds about white,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sounds%20about%20white.

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