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adj
stylish and respectable; high-class
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: African-American Vernacular
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adj
striving to seem stylish and respectable; pretentious
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: African-American Vernacular
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adj
snobbish and uptight
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: African-American Vernacular
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name
diminutive of Dictyostelium discoideum (a soil social amoeba)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: diminutive, form-of
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noun
An upper-class black.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: African-American Vernacular
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History
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