blackity-black
blackity-black adjective: typifying characteristic traits (e.g. physical, cultural, linguistic, etc.) of African-American blacks, especially in defiant contrast to those of whites or white-favouring blacks; quintessentially or characteristically black.
Adjective
blackity-black (comparative more blackity-black, superlative most blackity-black)
- Typifying characteristic traits (e.g. physical, cultural, linguistic, etc.) of African-American blacks, especially in defiant contrast to those of whites or white-favouring blacks; quintessentially or characteristically black
- Like my dad would say, he was "blackity black black." My parents would freak.2006, Carol Taylor, Wanderlust: Erotic Travel Tales
- And yeah, the second track, "Black Is Back," was quite possibly a major inspiration behind the "I'm Black, Y'all" (aka "I'm blackedy black black b-black black, yo, 'cause I'm black and I'm back") spoof in CB4.2008, Chris Woodstra, John Bush, Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Old School Rap and Hip-hop, page 78
Forms of blackity-black
| comparative | more blackity-black |
|---|---|
| superlative | most blackity-black |
| alternative form | blackity black |
| alternative form | blackedy black |
| alternative form | blackedy-black |
Origin of blackity-black
Uncertain. Perhaps from blackedy (“characteristically black”) + black, with reduplication serving to intensify or stress the focus on being black (i.e. African-American); blackedy being equivalent to blacked + -y; or alternatively a corruption of blackedly black. Compare blacked up. For the spelling with -ity, see -ety, -ity.
Words formed from blackity-black
- blackity-black black
- pro-blackity-black
Questions about blackity-black
- What does blackity-black mean?
- Blackity-black means typifying characteristic traits (e.g. physical, cultural, linguistic, etc.) of African-American blacks, especially in defiant contrast to those of whites or white-favouring blacks; quintessentially or characteristically black.
- What part of speech is blackity-black?
- Blackity-black is an adjective.
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