Term of derrogation used by Hispanics to refer to another Hispanic who emulates or kisses up to Anglo-Americans for purposes of social climbing. It means "brown on the outside, white on the inside."
We thought Bustamante would be the first Hispanic Governor of California since it was part of Mexico, but after he lost the lection everyone said he was just another cocoanut.
by Joel Parker November 22, 2003
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A person of Indian descent who acts white.
Look at that cocoanut hanging out with those white girls at the Gap.
by M O Thomas September 2, 2008
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a cocoa nut headed person. aka a retard, or may be used to refer to somebody being a fuckassed tard face.
stacy is a cocoanut head.
by santaklaas February 19, 2007
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A person who is obsessed wif hot chocolate.
Jed is such a cocoanut that he actually looks forward to an extra-chilly winter, since colder weather prompts more people to offer visitors a steaming cup of da sweet brown "muddy stuff".
by QuacksO September 30, 2018
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When someone unironically says some really stupid shit and its funny as fuck

or
when someone has a brain boom and our meer ape brains could never hope to understand their logic
hey man, what do you think Nutella is made of?

bro probably cocoa nuts.

this is a cocoanut moment because person 2 said something so dumb without thinking and it ended up being really funny
by KZMI November 9, 2020
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