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1) A black man. see coon, nigger, etc etc
2) A road cyclist because they can't ride anywhere but on the tar-seal without needing a different bike. 3) A booby trap: shaped like a baby but made of tar. 1)ship that tar baby back
2) Stupid tar babies on their pricey road-only bicycles 3) I'm stuck to this tar baby |
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A dummy made of tar, which cannot be struck without getting oneself hopelessly stuck to it--from the story "Mr. Rabbit and Mr. Fox" by Joe Harris, as told by his fictional narrator, Uncle Remus.
Tar baby has become short hand for a situation better avoided than confronted. The issue of immigration has become a tar baby for president Gearge W. Bush.
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a situation almost impossible to get out of; a problem virtually unsolvable; His political advisers told him to stay away from the controversy,
that it was a no-win cause, a “tar baby.” |
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Tar baby is a synonym for nigger, except that it is only used in bigoted manners, whereas nigger can be a sign of respect, if the speaker is also African American.
It comes from a children's story in which the dark skin and seeming ignorance (caused by a lack of schooling) of slaves were explained by the idea that black children were baptised in tar, which made them dark and dumb. see nigger Biff: Let's beat the sh*t out of that tar baby.
Tad: Shall we? |
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A sticky mess. Something unable to get away from.Alternate: Similar to a Catch-22. Damned if you do and damned if you dont. A mistaken notion or misunderstanding that immediately produces indignation. Talking about un-wed teen pregnancy is a real tar baby
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Now used as an insult to black people, the tar baby was originally a jet black baby doll (becaue it was made out of tar) used to trap Br'er Rabbit Rabbit in an American folk tale. Tar baby can also be a term used to describe a "sticky" situation. It's not racist to call an actual tar baby a tar baby! That's like saying it's racist to call Ritz "crackers" or chocolate sandwich cookies "Oreos"!
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An african american baby, most likely very black. Oh gosh it's a tar baby! Lock the car doors!
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Someone who looks like they're half alive or too high to even function, they're sunken in and skinny. Have you talked to him lately?
No, he's turned into a tar baby. |
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