Oreo

Or o·re·o

[awr-ee-oh, ohr-]

noun

Slang: Disparaging and Offensive.

plural

Oreos 

1. a Black person who is regarded as having adopted the attitudes, values, and behavior thought to be characteristic of middle-class white society, often at the expense of their own heritage.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Oreo¹

An Americanism dating back to 1965–70; from trademark name of a dark chocolate cookie with a white cream filling

Example Sentences

Dirk Van de Put, chief executive of Mondelez International, the Oreo maker, said shoppers haven’t increased their spending for 2½ years, even as prices have gone up, meaning that they are buying less.

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Apps, the consumer-brands expert at Bain, highlights products that have managed to stay culturally relevant, such as Oreo and Dr Pepper.

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The corporation behind Oreo has filed a lawsuit in the US against the budget supermarket Aldi, accusing it of "blatantly" copying the packaging of its famous snacks.

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My list included Thomas’ bagels, Dave’s 21-grain bread, Farmer John bacon, Breyers ice cream, Campbell’s chicken soup, Mott’s apple juice, Triscuits, Cheez-Itz, Oreo cookies, Gold Medal flour, C&H sugar, Skippy peanut butter, Classico pasta sauce, Barilla pasta, Lucerne milk, Lay’s potato chips, Lucerne cheddar cheese, Ben’s rice, navel oranges, bananas, iceberg lettuce, and russet potatoes.

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Two weeks earlier, the Sierra Madre Elementary School fifth grader was just getting back from winter break, scraping a waxing Gibbons and a waning crescent out of Oreo frosting in a science unit on the phases of the moon.

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