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halfie

halfie noun: a person of mixed-race ancestry.

Noun

halfie (plural halfies)

  1. (informal) A person of mixed-race ancestry.
    • But, in this story, it is perfectly acceptable for a young Latino man to choose to date, and to want to date a brown girl, a white girl, a black girl or a halfie.2003, Bridget A. Kevane, Latino Literature in America, page 78
    • I went through an awkward patch on my halfie journey, being self-conscious about not looking like the other white kids.2022 September 19, E. Alex Jung, quoting Karen O, “In Conversation: Karen O”, in New York
  2. (slang) A half-smoked cigarette.

Forms of halfie

pluralhalfies
alternative formhalfy

Origin of halfie

From half + -ie.

Questions about halfie

What does halfie mean?
Halfie means a person of mixed-race ancestry.
What part of speech is halfie?
Halfie is a noun.
What is the plural of halfie?
The plural of halfie is halfies.

Words near halfie in the dictionary

  1. halfhelms
  2. Halfhill
  3. Halfhills
  4. halfhuman
  5. halfhumans
  6. halfie
  7. halfies
  8. halfing
  9. halflife
  10. halfling
  11. halflings

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