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if it ain't snowing, I ain't going

if it ain't snowing, I ain't going phrase: an expression, used primarily by nonwhite people, to indicate a romantic or sexual preference for white people, often implying a rejection of people of other racial backgrounds.

Phrase

if it ain't snowing, I ain't going

  1. (slang, African-American Vernacular, potentially offensive) An expression, used primarily by nonwhite people, to indicate a romantic or sexual preference for white people, often implying a rejection of people of other racial backgrounds.
  2. (humorous) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see snow. Indicating reluctance to go out unless it is snowing.

Questions about if it ain't snowing, I ain't going

What does if it ain't snowing, I ain't going mean?
If it ain't snowing, I ain't going means an expression, used primarily by nonwhite people, to indicate a romantic or sexual preference for white people, often implying a rejection of people of other racial backgrounds.
What part of speech is if it ain't snowing, I ain't going?
If it ain't snowing, I ain't going is a phrase.

Words near if it ain't snowing, I ain't going in the dictionary

  1. if I've ever seen one
  2. if ifs and buts were candy and nuts, we'd all have a merry Christmas
  3. if it ain't broke, don't fix it
  4. if it ain't broken, don't fix it
  5. if it ain't busted, don't fix it
  6. if it ain't snowing, I ain't going
  7. if it be so
  8. if it bleeds, it leads
  9. if it fits, I sits
  10. if it had not been for
  11. if it had teeth, it'd bite one

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