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Afro American 

a term used for the black race with larger, more rounded hair
Afroman
a member of the Afro American race
Afro American by Roo#1 January 19, 2009

afro american 

Noun (slang) A name for people of african descent and/or of the negro race who are citizens of the United States. Sometimes generally applied to any dark skinned person living in america. Not common in current use, it has been replaced with african american, for no appearent reason other than the two following; Possibly to distance the speaker or the referents from the late 1960s/early 1970s era when the term was in very common and popular use, or to make it harder to spell, to pronounce, and to use more characters in written material.
Of the socially acceptable and non slur terms used for people of the negro race in the 20th century like colored, of color, afro american, black, minority, or african american, my personal favorite is afro american.
afro american by notPCor1984 July 8, 2005

Afro-American 

1. a hyphenated word derived from the prefix 'Afro-', meaning African and the noun 'American', meaning a citizen of the United States of America.

2. used to describe an American of African descent.

3. a term which has fallen out of favor in recent years for the more politically correct two word phrase 'African American'. Possibly due to the fact that people think that the prefix 'Afro-' does not exist or is in some way derogatory. And believe the noun 'Afro', describing a popular 1970's hairstyle is the only definition available.
Some really smart kid named Jamal was ridiculed for using the word 'Afro-American', but he couldn't understand why. Then society explained it to him, but he still didn't understand the logic, or lack there of.
Afro-American by Severian_ November 11, 2008

Afro-American 

A person born in the United States whose ancestry likely originates with black-Africans. This term differentiates black-Africans who through naturalization are citizens of the United States and considered African-American.
Learning the struggle of the black-Africans who came to this country as slaves contributes to the identity and character of Afro-Americans.
Afro-American by Synthea Clark July 29, 2008

Afro-American 

Afro Amercian is a term that describes any person who is living in the americas (North America and South America) who is of african descent.
Those Afro-American People In Brazil Are Poor.
Afro-American by birdman17b July 5, 2007

afro american engineering

Objects or tasks that are not properly or completely built, installed, and/or finished.
Similar to nigger rigged and jerry rigged.
Unthoroughly fixed object.
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A plate of brown consists of foods that have little to no nutritional value, and are typically deep fried. A true plate of brown will also be accompanied by a dark soda.
Wanna go to meal hall & grab a plate of brown?
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