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Black English

or black Eng·lish

[ blak ing-glish, or, often, -lish ]

noun

  1. any of a variety of dialects of English or English-based pidgins and creoles associated with and used by some Black people.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of Black English1

First recorded in 1730–35
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Example Sentences

“That is the best of both worlds, because we want to show how Black English is part of the larger of Englishes, as they say, spoken around the world,” he said.

He spent four years in the Welsh League at Airbus UK, where he earned the distinction of becoming the first black English manager to both qualify a team for European football and then take them into the competition.

From BBC

On Jan. 3, body-camera footage caught Los Angeles police repeatedly Tasering a Black English teacher, Keenan Anderson, after he had requested help in the aftermath of a traffic accident.

Mando, the black English Labrador retriever puppy the Commanders adopted as their team dog in the summer, was an instant fan favorite when he was introduced in September.

Linguists are unsure of how Black English came about, but they believe it might have originated from West African or Creole languages.

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