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whitie

whitie is the alternative form of whitey.

Meaning of whitey

Noun

whitey (plural whiteys or whities)

  1. (derogatory, ethnic, offensive, slur, especially African-American Vernacular) A white person, a person of Western European descent.
    • I can't pay no doctor bills / But whitey’s on the moon / Ten years from now I'll be payin' still / While whitey’s on the moon1970, “Whitey on the Moon”, in Gil Scott-Heron (lyrics), Small Talk at 125th and Lenox
  2. (UK, slang) A state or bout of sickness, especially induced by cannabis use.
    • (Drug users consuming this much alcohol are either slumpped in the corner having a whitey or already on their way to casualty in an ambulance.)2002 April 11, mi...@emgee.demon.co.uk, uk.politics.drugs (Usenet)

Forms of whitie

pluralwhities

Origin of whitie

From white + -ie.

Questions about whitie

What is whitie the alternative form of?
Whitie is the alternative form of whitey.

Words near whitie in the dictionary

  1. whitherto
  2. whithertofore
  3. whitherward
  4. whitherwards
  5. Whithorn
  6. whitie
  7. whitier
  8. whities
  9. whitiest
  10. whitified
  11. whitifies

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Adapted from Wiktionary: whitie (page history and authors); whitey (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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