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ofay
[ oh-fey ]
noun
- a contemptuous term used to refer to a white person.
ofay
/ ˈəʊfeɪ /
noun
- slang.a derogatory term for a White person
Word History and Origins
Origin of ofay1
Word History and Origins
Origin of ofay1
Example Sentences
“You better tell your little ofay kid friend move along.”
After Norman Mailer called Baldwin “too charming a writer to be major,” Baldwin replied by offering up what the black jazz musicians Mailer loved said of him: “They thought he was a real sweet ofay cat, but a little frantic.”
The sassy black kid�the slick-speaking bro who scores points off the ofay�goes back to the Good Times of the mid-'70s.
After his first walk through Harlem's streets, he was convinced that "Mister Ofay"-the white foe-"was the enemy now, the lord of this filthy ghetto."
Says Baldwin of his friend Norman Mailer: "They thought he was a real sweet ofay* cat but a little frantic."
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