Ebonics

American  

[ih-bon-iks] / ɪˈbɒn ɪks /

Or ebonics

noun

(used with a singular verb)

1. African American Vernacular English.

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ebonics British  

/ ɪˈbɒnɪks /

noun

1. (functioning as singular) another name for African-American Vernacular English

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Etymology

Origin of Ebonics

An Americanism first recorded in 1970–75; blend of ebony and phonics

Example Sentences

Next up was Micah Bournes, 35, who drove from Long Beach to perform “Native Tongue,” a spoken-word poem on cultural assimilation and Ebonics.

From Los Angeles Times

It is the culinary counterpart to African American vernacular English, “in other words, black English, Ebonics,” he explained.

From Washington Post

And just as quickly retreat, as Ebonics gives way to Yiddish.

From The Guardian

While he did start his pundit life off with some fairly extreme stunts — including an anti-affirmative action piece written in "Ebonics," after graduating from college, he typified traditional, neoconservative values.

From Salon

Ebonics, people said, was simply a collection of “slang and bad grammar”—not nearly enough to make a language.

From The New Yorker