HyperDic: black_vernacular_english

English > 1 sense of the expression Black Vernacular English:
NOUNcommunicationBlack Vernacular English, African American Vernacular English, AAVE, African American English, Black English, Black English Vernacular, Black Vernacular, Ebonicsa nonstandard form of American English characteristically spoken by African Americans in the United States
English > Black Vernacular 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, Black English Vernacular, Black Vernacular, 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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