tio Tom

[ tee-oh tom ]

/ ˈti oʊ ˈtɒm /

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noun Disparaging and Offensive.

a Latino considered by other people of Latin American descent to value the attitudes, customs, and behavior characteristic of white society over his Hispanic cultural heritage.

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Origin of tio Tom

An Americanism dating back to 1980–85; from Spanish tío Tomás, tío Tom, loan translations of Uncle Tom

Words nearby tio Tom

tinwork, tinworks, tiny, Tiny Tim, -tion, tio Tom, -tious, tip, tip and run, tipburn, tipcart

How to use tio Tom in a sentence

Tom Brady, the prettiest of pretty boys, leads the Patriots.
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There, many minority parents supported Tom Torklarson, who favored the education reform agenda.
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Tom Rust, a spokesman for the House Ethics Committee, declined to comment to The Daily Beast.
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Retired Det. Tom Nerney, formerly of the NYPD Major Case Squad, investigated Shakur.
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Tom Cotton credits Harvard as the place where he “discovered political philosophy as a way of life.”
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Tom—I felt out of myself in a way—as though I'd escaped—into—into quite different conditions——'
The Wave|Algernon Blackwood
The conflict in Tom's puzzled heart sharpened that evening into dreadful edges that cut him mercilessly whichever way he turned.
The Wave|Algernon Blackwood
She gave details of the singular mood that had come upon her with the arrival of Tony, but Tom hardly heard her.
The Wave|Algernon Blackwood
Then, inexplicably, he shifted to the other side that the old, the normal Tom presented generously to the new.
The Wave|Algernon Blackwood
Tom lingered a few minutes, watching them pass along the verandah to the room beyond.
The Wave|Algernon Blackwood