blackvoice

noun, verb — 2 senses

blackvoice

noun

Etymology From black + voice, modelled on the earlier blackface.

1

The adoption by nonblack people of black vocabulary, catchphrases, or speech styles.

  • In 1838, one playwright in particular emerged as the defining voice of Cuban satire, popularizing the use of blackvoice before blackface made its debut on the theater stage.2016, Guadalupe Garcia, Beyond the Walled City: Colonial Exclusion in Havana, page 121:

blackvoice

verb

Etymology From black + voice, modelled on the earlier blackface.

1

To use blackvoice.

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