One of the most annoying terms known to man. People use it when they are afraid that calling someone "black" is racist. What they don't know is that by calling a black person "African American", they are assuming that the person is both African and American.
by Star Riley April 28, 2010
Get the african americanmug. Note: This is defining the term, not the people.
A ridiculous and ill applied label that was accepted with a thoughtless rush just to make white people feel at ease and slightly noble.
A ridiculous and ill applied label that was accepted with a thoughtless rush just to make white people feel at ease and slightly noble.
Those African Americans are great!
by David Cross19484 October 6, 2009
Get the African Americanmug. A term white people like to use because they think saying "black guy" just isn't politically correct.
Person A: Do you remember Mark from the party last night?
Person B: No, what did he look like again?
Person A: He was the African American gentleman in the blue shirt.
Person B: No, what did he look like again?
Person A: He was the African American gentleman in the blue shirt.
by WalterWhitman December 7, 2013
Get the african american gentlemanmug. by Frank Big November 29, 2010
Get the African-American Fridaymug. by Slum Shady Dips July 14, 2017
Get the fellow african americanmug. since i dont have a pipe i place a nug in my right nostril, and use my left nostril as a carb and light it like a jolly-african american for a straight to the dome finish.
by theycallmetilatequila## December 7, 2010
Get the jolly-african americanmug. The act of blacking out while being over the top politically correct. First use of phrase used by comedian Zach Galifianakis.
by Alias-MarlonJones August 23, 2011
Get the African-Americaned Outmug.