Meanings
- InternetderogatoryhumorousoffensivesarcasticUsed to mock or satirize a popular but discredited Afrocentric theory claiming that sub-Saharan Africans were descended from ancient Egyptians.
Synonyms: we wuz kangz n shiet, we wuz kangz n sheeit
Synonyms & antonyms
phraseUsed to mock or satirize a popular but discredited Afrocentric theory claiming that sub-Saharan Africans were descended from ancient Egyptians.
Origin
From we was kings, in an African-American Vernacular English pronunciation. Kangz refers to kings, the pharaohs from which the Afrocentrist nationalists claim to be descended. First appeared on 4chan c. 2015.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
we wuz kangz. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/we%20wuz%20kangz
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