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Racial Othering

Racial othering is when white people are treated as the norm, while Black, Indigenous, and people of color are treated as “different.”It stems from a phenomenon called the white default, which defines white people as the standard for behavior, appearance, and culture.

Source: Racial Wellness, a book by Jacquelyn Ogorchukwu Iyamah
It bothers me when people ask me "Where are you REALLY from?" It's a form of racial othering.
by Racial Wellness September 18, 2023
mugGet the Racial Otheringmug.

Other Creatures of a Woman Being

Used to describe trans femmes, particularly those in the Dallas, Texas area of Portland, Oregon.
I deserve not to gaze upon the Other Creatures of a Woman Being, lest they return my gaze and fill me with shame for having thought to try.
by dumpsterpumpkin February 11, 2025
mugGet the Other Creatures of a Woman Beingmug.

Baby-other

A non-gender specific way of referring to your child's other parent. Almost exclusively used out of contempt.
Co-parenting is hard with a baby-other who fucks your world up like a drunken godzilla
by Cmonster81 January 7, 2023
mugGet the Baby-othermug.

In one eye and out the other

When someone shows you how to do something and you pay no attention whatsoever and therefore cannot do the thing they showed you to do
I know I just watched you put that windshield wiper on the car… but it just went in one eye and out the other
by Ositam September 9, 2021
mugGet the In one eye and out the othermug.

The other day

Any day that is not today.
by ItsHeyZues December 16, 2021
mugGet the The other daymug.

Otheritis

A disability when someone is very slow mentally and is different than others
She’s so others!
I feel bad for her, she has Otheritis.
by wakawakacloud1 June 2, 2023
mugGet the Otheritismug.

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