gibsmedat

See also: gibs me dat

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

A white caricature of how a black person would supposedly pronounce give me that.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡɪbsmidæt/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)

Noun

gibsmedat (uncountable)

  1. (slang, offensive) A supposed mentality of entitlement to welfare and a refusal to pay, stereotypically associated with African-Americans.
    • 2011 November 23, Sickle Cell, “10,000 GibsMeDat Niggers line up for turkey dinner.......”, in rec.arts.tv[1] (Usenet):
    • 2018, Francis Nally, A Manifesto About Stalking Patrick Hyland, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 75:
      I don't know whether gibsmedat is a part of African-American culture or blacks worldwide. But hear this Tyrone, I am not going to give you anything.
    • 2017, Pilleater, Almond Eyes, Baby Face, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 230:
      This is where everything is heading towards! One big Asian-Aryan society, and every other unworthy non-white suffers from both liberal egalitarian delusions and "gibsmedat" disorder. That is where our future is if we don't address this issue.
    • 2024 February 13, RabidPedagog, “(OT) Putin's Interview”, in comp.os.linux.advocacy[2] (Usenet):
      On 2024-02-13 5:22 p.m., Relf wrote: Black culture can be hard to understand, at first, if you're not used to it. It's fairly easy to understand the mindset of a nugger and the term "gibsmedat" pretty much sums it up.
    • 2025, Matt Flynn, Petia Genkova, Michael Morley, Martina Rašticová (editors), Handbook of Diversity Competence, European Perspectives, page 290:
      In his following messages, he summarizes his attitudes towards immigrants, identifying immigrants with gibsmedat.

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