wonderbread

English

Etymology

From Wonder Bread, a brand of white bread.

Pronunciation

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Noun

wonderbread (countable and uncountable, plural wonderbreads)

1. Synonym of white bread (“the food”)
2. Synonym of white bread (“white person”)
   • 2003, Elizabeth Stromme, Joe's Word, page 97:

     One of the wonderbreads had motioned me to rack up.

Adjective

wonderbread (comparative more wonderbread, superlative most wonderbread)

1. (slang) Synonym of white bread (“bland, boring; conventional”).
2. (derogatory) Synonym of white bread.
3. (of a fishing lure) White with brightly-colored spots.

Synonyms

• See white bread