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cac

/kæk/

cac noun: a white (Caucasian) person.

Noun (1)

cac (plural cacs)

  1. (derogatory, ethnic, slang, slur, African-American Vernacular) A white (Caucasian) person.

Noun (2) capitalized: CAC

CAC (countable and uncountable, plural CACs)

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of collective action clause.
  2. (US, abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of Common Access Card.
  3. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of Central Asian country.
  4. (US, derogatory, ethnic, offensive, slang, slur) Alternative letter-case form of cac (cracker-ass cracker), a white person.
  5. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of customer acquisition cost (“cost associated in convincing a customer to buy a product”).

Proper noun capitalized: CAC

CAC

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of Catholic Apostolic Church.
  2. (abbreviation, initialism) initialism of Cotation Assistée en Continu (Continuous Assisted Quotation), an indexing system used on the Euronext Paris electronic stock exchange.

Synonyms of cac

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Forms of cac

pluralcacs
pluralCACs

Origin of cac

Acronym of cracker-ass cracker. Emerged on African-American internet forums in the early 2000s. Originally spelled in uppercase (see CAC), with the lowercase form becoming more popular in the 2010s. The reduplication "cracker-ass cracker" was popularised by stand-up comedian Chris Rock in his 1999 television special Bigger & Blacker.

Words that rhyme with cac

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Questions about cac

What does cac mean?
Cac means a white (Caucasian) person.
What part of speech is cac?
Cac can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce cac?
Cac is pronounced /kæk/.
What is the plural of cac?
The plural of cac is cacs.

Words near cac in the dictionary

  1. cabwoman
  2. cabwomen
  3. Cabécar
  4. Cabécars
  5. cabécou
  6. cac
  7. caca
  8. Cacace
  9. Cacaces
  10. Cacafean
  11. cacafogo

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