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(ō'fā') 
n. Offensive Slang
Used as a disparaging term for a white person.
n. Offensive Slang
Used as a disparaging term for a white person.
[Origin unknown.]
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noun
/'əυfeɪ/ /'əυfeɪ/
noun, US derog, mainly African-American
A white person. Also asadjective . (1899 —) .
B. Holiday Most of the ofays, the white people, who came to Harlem those nights were looking for atmosphere (1956).
[Of unknown origin, but probably African.]
/'əυfeɪ/ /'əυfeɪ/
noun, US derog, mainly African-American
A white person. Also as
B. Holiday Most of the ofays, the white people, who came to Harlem those nights were looking for atmosphere (1956).
[Of unknown origin, but probably African.]
| odds and sods, odds, oddball | |
| off, office, office copy |
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