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Used to mock or satirize a popular but discredited Afrocentric theory claiming that sub-Saharan Africans were descended from ancient Egyptians.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Internet, derogatory, humorous, offensive, sarcastic
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Synonyms: we wuz kangz n shiet, we wuz kangz n sheeit
Antonyms: none provided
History
From we was kings, in an African-American Vernacular English pronunciation. Kangz refers to kings, the pharaohs from which the Afrocentrist nationalists claim to be descended. First appeared on 4chan c. 2015.
