whitey

American  

[hwahy-tee, wahy-] / ˈʰwaɪ ti, ˈwaɪ- /

Or whity

noun

(sometimes initial capital letter)

whiteys plural

1. a contemptuous term used by Black people to refer to a white person or white people collectively.

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whitey British  

/ ˈwaɪtɪ /

noun

1. (used contemptuously by Black people) a White man

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• whiteys
  plural

Etymology

Origin of whitey

First recorded in 1820–30; white + -ey ²

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

whitey whiteys

Whereas Gil Scott-Heron spoke as if it's the taxes he's paying directly funding "whitey" on the Moon, currently the discussion surrounding Branson, Bezos and Musk is that they aren't being taxed enough.

From Salon ● Aug. 2, 2021

In the book, you call out the “tighty whitey sanitized language” that gets in the way of raw honesty in this realm.

From New York Times ● Feb. 15, 2019

“A rat done bit my sister Nell, with whitey on the moon,” Leon Bridges, who plays Scott-Heron, recites over a drum beat.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 13, 2018

The auction runs from July 16th to July 23rd on the Prop Store website, but the tighty whitey underwear is, sadly, nowhere in sight.

From Time ● Jul. 16, 2015

When rumors about the so-called whitey tape surfaced, a friend who knows me well called up, clearly worried that the lie was true.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

West rolling around a trash-filled room in his tighty whiteys was an early scene outrageously wrong enough to stain the entire series.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 22, 2022

“I grew up hood and I’m a whiteboy. Chicano culture is inclusive - I’ve seen whiteys, Asians, Blacks, Filipinos all putting in work for the hood. It’s part of street culture,” he added.

From Fox News ● Jul. 6, 2020

Anglers prefer big browns and rainbows to the snout-nosed whiteys.

From Washington Times ● Oct. 1, 2016

“I definitely wouldn’t be wearing tighty whiteys or any of the tight clothes that some of those guys wear,” he said.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 16, 2012