Iam "Looks like we were wrong about the zodiac killer thing and the inferring meaning thing... Hmm..."
Hym "Ah! Shit! Stop DOING that! But I prefer the term 'correct adjacent.' We were close... So very close..."
Iam "The infer meaning thing was the opposite of what we said"
Hym "👌 Correct adjacent 👌 "
Iam ".....Whatever I'm going back to sleep..."
Hym "Announce yourself visually before you chime in again. I'm tired to you just popping up out of nowhere!"
Iam 🥱👋
Hym "Ah! Shit! Stop DOING that! But I prefer the term 'correct adjacent.' We were close... So very close..."
Iam "The infer meaning thing was the opposite of what we said"
Hym "👌 Correct adjacent 👌 "
Iam ".....Whatever I'm going back to sleep..."
Hym "Announce yourself visually before you chime in again. I'm tired to you just popping up out of nowhere!"
Iam 🥱👋
by Hym Iam June 19, 2022
A term originating in the Black community as a response to the popularization of the term "person of color" (POC).
Refers to any person that is at least part Asian, Native American, Latinx, or another demographic that is simultaneously non-Black and non-white. The only people who are not white adjacent are white people and Black people. The point of the term is to separate Black people, who are people of color (POC), from ethnicities and races that are not technically white but still fully benefit from white privilege.
Remember, there is no such thing as a light skinned person of color.
Refers to any person that is at least part Asian, Native American, Latinx, or another demographic that is simultaneously non-Black and non-white. The only people who are not white adjacent are white people and Black people. The point of the term is to separate Black people, who are people of color (POC), from ethnicities and races that are not technically white but still fully benefit from white privilege.
Remember, there is no such thing as a light skinned person of color.
You can't be racist to Asian people because they're white adjacent. "Stop Asian Hate" was about racial prejudice against Asian communities, not racism. It's the same reason you can't be racist to white people or white passing people like Andrew Yang and AOC.
by silence-yt-voices July 25, 2021
The use of a tasteless caricature of a group of people that isn't quite as racist as blackface, but is still pretty racist, classist, sexist, homophobic, xenophobic, etc.
To help raise money for the homeless Melinda and Bill Gates spent the night sleeping in a cardboard box on the streets of downtown Seattle. Some passersby viewed this as an exercise in empathy, while others condemned it as a blackface adjacent publicity stunt.
by Dr. MWF May 16, 2019
I was recently reprimanded by an English teacher, who stated that the phrase “adjacent to the truth” has no meaning and therefore does not exist in the English language ..!
So, does being “adjacent to the truth” exist within the English language..?
Or, have I invented a new English phrase ..?
So, does being “adjacent to the truth” exist within the English language..?
Or, have I invented a new English phrase ..?
by Stretch Armstrong May 30, 2018
by Chlseea October 12, 2018
Someone who tries really hard to be gangster, but just fails miserably. This person usually uses lots of slang in their speech to try and make themselves sound cooler, but it just doesn't work.
by Not Tatsu April 2, 2016
This is the effect of hob-knobing with those rich fucks. Eventually you may have enough coin to buy a whore of your own. Just standing beside me make you 😎 cool.
By the way I can only imagine what I'll will look like hanging with the skinny fucks you will lose my fat nigger cunt because of the adjacent upward mobility effect.
by Big moma shay April 21, 2018