blaccent
n.— «I’m slowly being adopted at the new favorite employee of the crazy black girl in my department. I’ve been there two days. I think it’s because I told her that her weave must be in too tight if she thought I was ready to start taking calls. Ooops. Sometimes the blaccent just blasts out and there’s nothing for it.» —“Pant Pant Pant Pant” by Stumps McGurk (whiskeyblood) Tons of T&A (Pittsburgh, Pa.) Feb. 3, 2004. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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