Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗adj
White; white-skinned.
noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA white person.
Unknown; perhaps from an African language (possibly Yoruba ófé (“to evade, disappear”)). Pig Latin for foe, though popularly posited, is probably not accurate. A possible point of origin is Cab Calloway's Hepster's Dictionary, where the word is defined as "Policeman or law enforcement, 'The Man'".
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- Derivation mentionóféyo · to evade, disappear
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