Oreo

See also: oreo and oreó

English

Oreo cookies

Etymology

Brand name of unknown origin, trademarked in 1912.

Pronunciation

• Audio (AU):

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Noun

Oreo (plural Oreos)

1. A cookie made up of two light black, chocolate wafers joined by a layer of white, sugary filling.
2. (US, mildly pejorative, slang) A black person who embodies the social and cultural features of a white person
   • 1971, Iceberg Slim, The Naked Soul of Iceberg Slim, Holloway House:

     She's a pure Oreo. You know, like the cookie, black outside and white inside.

Coordinate terms

• (acting white): coconut, Twinkie, banana (Asian)

Antonyms

• (acting white): wigger

Translations

cookie made up of two dark brown chocolate wafers joined by a layer of white, sugary filling

• Arabic: أوريو
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 奧利奧／奥利奥 (zh) (Ào lì ào)

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• Hebrew: אוראו
• Japanese: オレオ (Oreo)
• Thai: โอรีโอ (ohreeoh)

See also

• Uncle Tom
• Oreo cookie

Anagrams

• -eroo, oo-er, ooer