Halfrican

English

Alternative forms

  • halfrican

Etymology

Blend of half +‎ African.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhæfɹɪkən/

Adjective

Halfrican (comparative more Halfrican, superlative most Halfrican)

  1. (slang, offensive) Biracial, of one black parent and one of another race.
    • 2012 May 23, Robert Westergrom,1900 Harvey rd.,Wilmington,D.E, “HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHH !! The Halfrican Kenyan barely beats the "uncommitted" in Kentucky.”, in alt.politics‎[1] (Usenet):
      (POLITICO) — President Barack Obama continued to have trouble on Tuesday performing in Democratic primaries in traditionally conservative states, barely eking out wins in Kentucky and Arkansas.

Noun

Halfrican (plural Halfricans)

  1. (slang, offensive) A person who is biracial, with one black parent and one of another race.
    Synonym: mulatto
    • 1994, Myra Goldberg, Whistling and Other Stories, page 177:
      My son who calls himself a Halfrican-American flattens his hair by pressing the top of his head against the wall in our hallway.
    • 2004, Nicole Bailey-Williams, Floating, Random House, →ISBN, page 128:
      […] ¶ “White girl!” ¶ “Nigger bitch!” ¶ “HALFRICAN!” ¶ “MUTT!” ¶ “HALF-BREED!” ¶ […]
    • 2005, Wendy Coakley-Thompson, What You Won’t Do For Love, Dafina Books, →ISBN, page 79:
      "Oh, Biracial Humor!" Devin laughed. "Too clever for me!"
      He laughed, but the comment stung. It always had. It meant that even his closest friends saw him as inauthentic, the fake McCoy, a Halfrican.
    • 2005, Wendy Coakley-Thompson, What You Won't Do for Love, page 170:
      "Looks like you're working on a couple of potential little halfricans yourself." Devin laughed at the irony. Andre, who rode him the hardest about his ethnicity, was about to go the interracial route himself.
    • 2006, The Ladies' Home Journal‎[2], volume 123, numbers 7-12, page 106:
      Ailea says her friends have affectionately labeled her "halfrican."
    • 2014, Erin Eveland, Darkness:
      They got more halfricans working here than I knew lived in town. I don't let'um in my park, that's all I gotta say.
    • 2018, Christopher Kudyahakudadirwe, The Big Noise and Other Noises, page 46:
      The people in the city are what I've come to call Halfricans.

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