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  • proper noun Plural form of Oreo.

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Examples

  • Y'all probably were wondering if I was drowning my sorrows in Oreos or pita and hummus (my current vice ... er ... favorite snack).

    A follow-up 2006

  • Y'all probably were wondering if I was drowning my sorrows in Oreos or pita and hummus (my current vice ... er ... favorite snack).

    Archive 2006-08-01 2006

  • The worst jurors, from Corboy's standpoint, also turned out to be nonwhites, but the research suggested they were what some blacks called "Oreos" -- black on the outside, white on the inside.

    Chicago Reader 2010

  • They've been called Oreos, traitors and Uncle Toms, and are used to having to defend their values.

    Why the Left Needs Racism 2010

  • They've been called Oreos, traitors and Uncle Toms, and are used to having to defend their values.

    Diversi-Tea Training James Taranto 2010

  • I cant stop thinking about how clever that ismore clever than the dirt cake made of cookies, Cool Whip, and pudding in a flowerpot, Gummi Worms poking through a topsoil layer of crushed Oreos, which is served to delighted five-year-olds via garden trowel.

    Let Me Eat Cake Leslie F. Miller 2009

  • I cant stop thinking about how clever that ismore clever than the dirt cake made of cookies, Cool Whip, and pudding in a flowerpot, Gummi Worms poking through a topsoil layer of crushed Oreos, which is served to delighted five-year-olds via garden trowel.

    Let Me Eat Cake Leslie F. Miller 2009

  • Also, the rice milk is a change from last year, but the Oreos are a standard.

    Dear Santa Claus | Spontaneous ∂erivation 2008

  • Also, the rice milk is a change from last year, but the Oreos are a standard.

    2008 December | Spontaneous ∂erivation 2008

  • Actually, Uncle Tom is used by Blacks to describe people who also called Oreos – traitors to their true origins.

    Think Progress » “A black Rush Limbaugh.” 2006

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