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Oreo

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[ awr-ee-oh, ohr- ]

noun

Slang: Disparaging and Offensive.
plural Oreos.
  1. a Black person who is regarded as having adopted the attitudes, values, and behavior thought to be characteristic of middle-class white society, often at the expense of their own heritage.


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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of Oreo1

An Americanism dating back to 1965–70; from trademark name of a dark chocolate cookie with a white cream filling
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My list included Thomas’ bagels, Dave’s 21-grain bread, Farmer John bacon, Breyers ice cream, Campbell’s chicken soup, Mott’s apple juice, Triscuits, Cheez-Itz, Oreo cookies, Gold Medal flour, C&H sugar, Skippy peanut butter, Classico pasta sauce, Barilla pasta, Lucerne milk, Lay’s potato chips, Lucerne cheddar cheese, Ben’s rice, navel oranges, bananas, iceberg lettuce, and russet potatoes.

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Two weeks earlier, the Sierra Madre Elementary School fifth grader was just getting back from winter break, scraping a waxing Gibbons and a waning crescent out of Oreo frosting in a science unit on the phases of the moon.

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He was wondering if he could offload his rabbit, Oreo, and his cat, Winston, with her as he fled the Palisades fire that was burning across the canyon from his house.

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The count at the moment is roughly 20 dogs, 20 cats, and Oreo the rabbit.

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