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 jane

A Jane who isn't the first Jane. Usually superior to the other Jane. But which Jane is the other Jane? The only way to decide is a fight to the death with blunted spears.
Jane #1: I'm totally the other Jane.
Jane #2: No,I'm the other Jane.
Rowan: Potato.
Jane #1: There is only one way to decide.
Jane #2: Spear Fight?
Jane #1: Yep.
Rowan: Here's the Spears!
Jane #2: Fuck you Rowan.
by Rewin Ramsey May 18, 2016
mugGet the other janemug.

Real Other User

A guy who is known as the "Real Other User" is someone who is familiar or similar to Otheruser325.
"Real Other User just reached Hall of Masters in BTDB2 because of his ungodly offmeta strats."
by Otheruser325 December 24, 2022
mugGet the Real Other Usermug.
A state of ignorance; being uninformed
I’m going out on a limb here to say I bet you do not have any experience with the biology of a brain past that of an amateur, so it sounds as though you may be making assumptions from the other side of the highway. -FB comment in an Evolution interest group
by Wordrunner July 23, 2022
mugGet the other side of the highwaymug.

other-laws

classification of relationships that cannot be defined by traditional family titles or by in-law(s) -- relationships usually evolve through divorce, common-law marriage or couples who have children together but never marry
When Amy, the wife of Kate's ex-husband, wrote an article about Beth, Kate's current husband's ex-wife, some of their other-laws were confounded to realize that Amy and Beth's ships had not only passed; they had collided!
by Vivifier May 14, 2020
mugGet the other-lawsmug.

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