HyperDic: black_english

English > 1 sense of the expression Black English:
NOUNcommunicationBlack English, African American Vernacular English, AAVE, African American English, Black English Vernacular, Black Vernacular, Black Vernacular English, Ebonicsa nonstandard form of American English characteristically spoken by African Americans in the United States
English > Black English: 1 sense > noun 1, communication
MeaningA nonstandard form of American English characteristically spoken by African Americans in the United States.
SynonymsAfrican American Vernacular English, AAVE, African American English, Black English Vernacular, Black Vernacular, Black Vernacular English, Ebonics
BroaderAmerican English, American language, AmericanThe English language as used in the United States
Usagegangsta(Black English) a member of a youth gang

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