blaccent
nounIE, UK /ˈblak.sənt/ · CA, US /ˈblæk.sɛnt/
Etymology Blend of black + accent.
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US An accent characteristic of African-Americans (black Americans).
- He's black, but doesn't have a trace of a blaccent.2003 January 5, Eric Stewart, “the people's kitchen”, in misc.activism.progressive (Usenet):
- Timberlake has long sought to overcome his whiteness to perfect a "blaccent", as the kids call it these days, and the McDonald's ad campaign explicitly relies on a hiphop idiom.2004 February 19, Ben Zimmer, “Is the slogan grammatical?”, in sci.lang (Usenet):
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- 2005 November 15, “Eli” of Michigan, “Lord of The Dance”, The Life of a Swordfish, at swordfish22.spaces.live.com http://swordfish22.spaces.live.com/Blog/cns!3E0970E9C37CD8E0!497.entry She spoke with a very thick blaccent...as she screamed "C'mon B!, C'mon B! C'mon B!" (she was quite persistent with this phrase, and used the actual word) "I betta neva see yo A out eating sub sammiches eva again!".
- 2006 February 8, “Drew” of Philadelphia, “The moral's I'm immortal ”, Trapper Juan, at trapperjuan.blogspot.com https://web.archive.org/web/20061027173921/http://trapperjuan.blogspot.com/2006/02/morals-im-immortal_08.html Rothlisberger...speaks with a blaccent, which in reality is not that uncommon. The problem is his inconsistency. Sometimes, he lays it on thicker than J. Will haggling at a swap meet
- The sad thing is that for many people, the blaccent connotes lack of intelligence.2009, John McWhorter quoted on, The World:
- (Mr. McClelland notes the existence of various Midwestern “blaccents,” though he doesn’t explore them.)2016 December 4, Jennifer Schuessler, quoting Edward McClelland, “‘How to Speak Midwestern,’ a Heartland Dialect Guide”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
- Coordinate terms
- African-American English, African-American Vernacular English, Ebonics