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EBONICS

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Dictionary entry overview: What does Ebonics mean?

• EBONICS (noun)
The noun EBONICS has 1 sense:

1. a nonstandard form of American English spoken by some Blacks in the United States

Familiarity information: EBONICS used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• EBONICS (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A nonstandard form of American English spoken by some Blacks in the United States

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

Black English; Black English Vernacular; Ebonics

Hypernyms ("Ebonics" is a kind of...):

American; American English; American language (the English language as used in the United States)

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