Anytime a person of color either looks white enough or acts white enough to get by the white people's racist radar, granting the full benefits of white privilege. This also applies to any time a person of color gains the benefit of white privilege by hanging out with white people.
Guy 1: Joe got pulled over and he didn't even get a ticket or nothin'!
Guy 2: How did he pull that off?
Guy 1: I was in the car with him so he got privilege by proxy.
Guy 2: How did he pull that off?
Guy 1: I was in the car with him so he got privilege by proxy.
by Reverend Oats June 11, 2020
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Compulsive preoccupation with a fixed idea, feeling or emotion, often accompanied by symptoms of anxiety when close to a given person or thing.
1. When a guy talks to a waitress at a bar and she asks him what he would like to drink, that guy then has a proximity obsession and thinks he has a chance to score because she talked to him. 2. A wanting for an item that is within your immediate vicinity but you had no desire or wanting for it otherwise.
by Brad Humphrey March 25, 2006
Get the Proximity Obsession mug.A single man who is used as a sex toy and temporary father figure for a woman who's still married but in the process of getting divorced.
Paula was using Tim as a proxy husband until she figured out what she was doing with her life.
His role was one of a proxy husband.
His role was one of a proxy husband.
by Erock April 7, 2004
Get the proxy husband mug.Kevin Mitnick should have used a proxy.
by [KdAwG] December 11, 2002
Get the proxy mug.An insult used in Buffy the Vampire Slayer which is directed mostly to Spike by Xander and Angel. They use this probably cause Spike bleaches his hair which is oh so sexy by the way :p.
Angel: "I'm getting the brush off for Captain Peroxide"
I call Ryne Captain Peroxide sometimes cause of his super blond hair which is surprisingly natural :p
I call Ryne Captain Peroxide sometimes cause of his super blond hair which is surprisingly natural :p
by tara_bkk October 29, 2005
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