A phrase utilized by critical race theory believers to weaponize all people with a light skin complexion, specially Asians from every subcontinent, White Latins and Mediterraneans to blame them for their own personal failures.
Look at Fatima. That girl is arabic but she has light brown hair and hazel eyes. She's very white adjacent.
by j384k March 26, 2021
adj., possessing many of the mannerisms and interests traditionally associated with gay people while not personally identifying as gay.
He's got a girlfriend so I guess he's just gay adjacent. But he's probably a BJ} away from moving next-door.
by inscrutabullwit March 11, 2004
Having a definite singular gender, whether cis or trans, but also identifying with other pronouns, but on a lesser scale
“Did you hear Jessie is identifying as gender adjacent? She uses she/they pronouns now”
“I’m so happy for them”
“I’m so happy for them”
by Rosietheteddybear February 02, 2021
noun - a person who unintentionally promotes weeb culture through the bystander effect
Note: unlike other bystander situations, such as a violent crime, weeb adjacents are very likely to become weebs in the future
Note: unlike other bystander situations, such as a violent crime, weeb adjacents are very likely to become weebs in the future
Many Twitch viewers are now weeb adjacents due to the high percentage of weeb-related messages in chat.
by enKeeper's dictionary bot April 03, 2018
(1) Someone who appears to be a hipster due to clothing, mannerisms, and cultural preferences, but in fact is not a hipster due to being very successful and happy in a corporate job.
(2) A corporate hipster.
(2) A corporate hipster.
Me: "want to meet up in Wicker Park later and talk about open source software?" Hipster Adjacent Friend: "No, tonight isn't good, I want to get carryout from Wasabi and need to commit and push the new code update to my fork in GitHub before midnight."
by ProductRoom35 May 27, 2020
A term originating in the Black community as a response to the popularization of the term "person of color" (POC).
Refers to any person that is at least part Asian, Native American, Latinx, or another demographic that is simultaneously non-Black and non-white. The only people who are not white adjacent are white people and Black people. The point of the term is to separate Black people, who are people of color (POC), from ethnicities and races that are not technically white but still fully benefit from white privilege.
Remember, there is no such thing as a light skinned person of color.
Refers to any person that is at least part Asian, Native American, Latinx, or another demographic that is simultaneously non-Black and non-white. The only people who are not white adjacent are white people and Black people. The point of the term is to separate Black people, who are people of color (POC), from ethnicities and races that are not technically white but still fully benefit from white privilege.
Remember, there is no such thing as a light skinned person of color.
You can't be racist to Asian people because they're white adjacent. "Stop Asian Hate" was about racial prejudice against Asian communities, not racism. It's the same reason you can't be racist to white people or white passing people like Andrew Yang and AOC.
by silence-yt-voices July 25, 2021
Someone who seems to be a fun person because he is always there when there's a good time happening. In reality they are not contributing to the good time. They are just always around the people who create the good times.
Ever notice how Jay just sits and never says a word at a party. It like we're all having fun and he's just fun adjacent.
by Iggy10 August 30, 2018

