Casper
nounAU, UK /ˈkæspə/ · US /ˈkæspɚ/
Etymology Alternative spelling of Caspar. The slur denoting a white person is an allusion to Casper the Friendly Ghost. The skateboarding term is named after Bobby Boyden, a professional skateboarder who was given the nickname "Casper" as a child because of his pale skin (again in allusion to the friendly ghost).
- Speed is whitey's drug, from the palefaces who cook it to the Caspers who deal it to the ofay vanilla wafers who snort or spike it.1998, Jim Goad, The Redneck Manifesto, page 128:
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Hobbies, Lifestyle, Skateboarding, Sports Abbreviation, Ellipsis Ellipsis of Casper flip.