light skin

(noun) A person, not necessarily African or biracial, whose complexion is lighter than black and darker than white. Light skin is not to be confused with a person that has fair skin.
Laurence Fishburne, LL Cool J, and Lisa Raye all have light skin.
by ill_logic February 02, 2011
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light skinning

Taking hours, days, weeks, or even months to reply to text; trying to continue an old conversation weeks later.
Monday, Jan 1
What's up 😍

Saturday, Apr 5
Hey, mybad I was busy

Saturday, Apr 5
It's been 4 months, who the f#ck is busy that long? You light skinning too f#cking hard!
by OzBourne July 02, 2014
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[Light Skin]

A black person whose skin is lighter then brown. The skin tone of a light skinned person varies and they can be along what is referred to as a "Red Bone", a "High Yella", or a more caramel complextion.
"Hey you see that Light Skin, red bone, boy over there? He's the one that threw the bean pie at you."
by Dat Red Bone Gal January 15, 2009
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light-skinned

A guy/girl from the Black community who are lighter than the usual "black"
That girl ain't sexy dark chocolate, she light-skinned.
by Kalayla June 24, 2006
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light skin

a term used to describe a person who is mixed with african american and white. which would give the person a darker skin tone then that of a white person and a lighter skin tone then that of a black person.
i seen this boom light skin female when i was with my boys two hours ago.
by C monei October 11, 2006
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Light skin

A nigga who acts feminine.
"Ay mf why you acting like a light skin all of a sudden"
by cucklordnigga June 02, 2023
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light skin

light skin is a person who is either bi-racial/multi-racial,mixed with black and white /black but of lighter complexion/yellow-bone,yellow complexion/ or has skin a few shades darker than white skin but a few shades lighter than dark skin.
NB:do not confuse light skin and white skin
My favourite artist is Rihhana who is light skin.
The light skin Jamaican woman has a beautiful Afro hair.
by Mrs Bhadie July 29, 2020
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