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blackvoice

blackvoice noun: the adoption by nonblack people of black vocabulary, catchphrases, or speech styles.

Noun

blackvoice (uncountable)

  1. The adoption by nonblack people of black vocabulary, catchphrases, or speech styles.
    • In 1838, one playwright in particular emerged as the defining voice of Cuban satire, popularizing the use of blackvoice before blackface made its debut on the theater stage.2016, Guadalupe Garcia, Beyond the Walled City: Colonial Exclusion in Havana, page 121
    Synonyms:
    vocal blackface

Verb

blackvoice (third-person singular simple present blackvoices, present participle blackvoicing, simple past and past participle blackvoiced)

  1. To use blackvoice.

Synonyms of blackvoice

Forms of blackvoice

Noun
alternative formblack voice
Verb
third-person singular presentblackvoices
present participleblackvoicing
past participleblackvoiced
pastblackvoiced

Origin of blackvoice

From black + voice, modelled on the earlier blackface.

Questions about blackvoice

What does blackvoice mean?
Blackvoice means the adoption by nonblack people of black vocabulary, catchphrases, or speech styles.
What part of speech is blackvoice?
Blackvoice can be a noun or a verb.

Words near blackvoice in the dictionary

  1. blacktress
  2. blacktresses
  3. blackula
  4. blackulas
  5. Blackville
  6. blackvoice
  7. blackwall
  8. Blackwall hitch
  9. Blackwall hitches
  10. blackwalls
  11. blackware

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