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A delusional dark skin black woman pretending to be mixed race.
Sharkeisha wants to be mixed so bad, she's calling herself an exotical. She looks black to me.
Exotical by CreoleMama November 5, 2023
An exotical is usually a black (monoracial) / mixed race (biracial / multigenerationally mixed) who benefit from an ism or multiple isms (colorism / featurism / texturism ) and has faced outcasting, mistreatment, and having their experiences shunned due to their many privileges/ being put on a pedestal/ being considered a beauty standard/ being considered as a preference (highly coveted and desired) within and outside the black community (due to their exotic beauty and adjacence to other communities due to their ethnicity or phenotype).
Exoticals are often placed on a pedestal due to their beauty.

I got a lot of special privileges and celebrity treatment due to my pretty privilege. Exotical tax!
EXOTICAL by honey bunny exotical December 15, 2025

Exotical Beat 

A style of music written and composed by Exotical people. Characteristics of this music can be traced to their black and other heritage. In its simplist form, it is often recognized by a mixture of contemporary sounding beat and production style typical to black culture with other elements and styles derived from folk (colloquial) music of their non-black heritage.
This Ethno house mix was relatable by both middle eastern and carribean folks because of its exotical beat

Exotical Privilege 

Privilege placed upon a person who is an 'Exotical';

Privilege given to you because you are Mixed or 'look mixed';

An advantage you have as a Mixed person or a person who 'looks mixed', for being 'universally pretty', having 'universal appeal', or being 'racially ambiguous';

Similar to 'pretty privilege' but used solely for describing 'Exoticals'.
That girl is such an Exotical - she must get Exotical Privilege.

Only Exoticals have 'Exotical Privilege'.

"You have Exotical Privilege because of your type 3 curls!"

"Your facial features give you Exotical Privilege..."
Exotical Privilege by Aamich December 14, 2023

Exotical Privilege 

Privilege placed upon a person who is an 'Exotical';

Privilege given to you because you are Mixed or 'look mixed';

An advantage you have as a Mixed person or a person who 'looks mixed', for being 'universally pretty', having 'universal appeal', or being 'racially ambiguous';

Similar to 'pretty privilege' but used solely for describing 'Exoticals'.
That girl is such an Exotical - she must get Exotical Privilege.

Only Exoticals have 'Exotical Privilege'.

"You have Exotical Privilege because of your type 3 curls!"

"Your facial features give you Exotical Privilege..."
Exotical Privilege by Aamich December 16, 2023

Exotical Privilege 

Privilege placed upon a person who is an 'Exotical';

Privilege given to you because you are Mixed or 'look mixed';

An advantage you have as a Mixed person or a person who 'looks mixed', for being 'universally pretty', having 'universal appeal', or being 'racially ambiguous';

Similar to 'pretty privilege' but used solely for describing 'Exoticals'.
That girl is such an Exotical - she must get Exotical Privilege.

Only Exoticals have 'Exotical Privilege'.

"You have Exotical Privilege because of your type 3 curls!"

"Your facial features give you Exotical Privilege..."
Exotical Privilege by Aamich March 18, 2024
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Oh man those burritos gave me the throat sweats, I hope I don’t have food poisoning.
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