Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of the nonstandard varieties of English spoken by black people throughout the world.
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- proper noun Synonym of
African American Vernacular English .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a nonstandard form of American English characteristically spoken by African Americans in the United States
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Except in Black English vernacular, where it remains common, now virtually restricted to contexts of deliberate and contemptuous ethnic abuse. b.
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They've done a signal service in reminding us that Black English is as "legitimate" a dialect as the Queen's English, and that speaking the way Jane Austen writes doesn't make you more righteous than someone who uses y'all.
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