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el sporto de los negroes 

Basketball. Literally, "the sport of blacks." See African Roundball. Often shortened to "el sporto"
-Do you want to play a little two-on-two?

-Nah, it's too hot to play el sporto de los negroes.

Uppity Negroes 

The real Uppity Negroes are Black people who serve in official or unofficial leadership roles that supposedly serve the Black community or cast themselves as Black leaders, yet act like they are better than other Black persons who they perceive lie beneath their personal elite status.
Uppity Negroes, for example, are NAACP officials, or other advocates for the Black Community who thumb their noses up in an uppity manner or fail to speak to "common" Black persons because they erroneously think that those persons somehow fall beneath their elite status.
Uppity Negroes by Bussta B March 7, 2010

Magical Negroes 

"Magical Negroes" are characters of color that appear in otherwise totally-Caucasian works of fiction. These characters are hardworking, righteous and usually have magical powers, but despite their supernatural prowess they have no impact on the progress of the plot.

The "Magical Negro" character does not actually have to be of African-American decent, but is always the darkest member of the cast. The character's race is rarely if ever referred to, and usually speaks perfect English.

This plot device is beloved in Hollywood, because it allows producers and directors to say, "See? We're not racist! We have a minority in a featured role!"

Stephen King is especially well known for this device; see Scatman Crothers as 'Dick Halloran' in "The Shining" or Michael Clark Duncan as 'John Coffee' in "The Green Mile". See also Idris Alba as 'Heimdall' in "Thor" or Dev Patel as 'Zuko' in "The Last Airbender".
Examples: Scatman Crothers as 'Dick Halloran' in "The Shining", Michael Clark Duncan as 'John Coffee' in "The Green Mile", Idris Alba as 'Heimdall' in "Thor", Dev Patel as 'Zuko' in "The Last Airbender", Magical Negroes colorblind colorblind racism
Magical Negroes by Zildjean August 18, 2013

White negroes of Europe 

Polish people.

A title assigned to them by Haitian founding father Jean Jacques Dessalines after they were sent to Haiti by France to fight the rebels, but instead defected and helped the Haitians kick France's ass into oblivion. This would be only one of many losses to come for the surrender country.
Person 1: I ran into some white negroes of Europe at the mall yesterday

Person 2: you mean poles?

Negrosity 

Noun.

The feelings of contempt, hostility or aggression of a prejudiced black person towards another. Derivation of animosity.
"he felt a strong negrosity towards the girl's father"
Negrosity by Old school bossman September 9, 2020

negressitude 

That stupid bitch in front of you in line at Walmart who has a $215 cart who won't pay the three bucks that isn't covered by her food stamps and won't move until SOMEONE pays for her.
Her negressitude was unpleasant for those around her as she publicly showed her ignorance and sense of entitlement.
negressitude by Parnassus@Home April 6, 2015
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When your wife’s boyfriend let you sleep past 8pm 😎😎
Wife’s boyfriend: You have 5 more minutes
Me: Poggers!
Poggers by Just_Charles April 14, 2020
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Oblication 

A vacation, feeling more like an obligation, that involves visiting or staying with family.
So Joe where are you taking the kids for spring break vacation? We are going on an oblication to Boca to visit my mother-in-law.
Oblication by kimmerr May 5, 2011
Word of the Day on October 25, 2026

Surf Dracula Syndrome 

A phenomenon in film/television series, most notably streaming series, where the main premise is drawn out to such a point that it takes an entire season or more to get the parts of the series the audience is actually interested in seeing.

For example, if a series is titled "Surf Dracula," a majority of viewers would tune in expecting to see Dracula surfing by the first or second episode. However, the entire first season would instead be tedious padding and backstory before finally ending with Dracula surfing in the last five minutes of the season finale.
I watched "Smallville" on Netflix the other day. Dude, it was ten seasons of filler before he finally flew! Major Surf Dracula Syndrome!
Word of the Day on October 24, 2026

Northstarring

Finding your way back to the truth by fixing on one verified fact and working out from there, the way you navigate by the North Star when everything around you is spinning.
Rumours were flying everywhere, so she went northstarring — one checked fact at a time.
Northstarring by Light Bearer October 22, 2026
Word of the Day on October 23, 2026
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