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eggplant
CEFRB1
/ˈɛɡ.plænt/
noun
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In plain English
- 01
noun
A purple vegetable with soft flesh and many small seeds.
- 02
noun
Extra detailA black person; used mainly by Italian-Americans.
Examples
I've prepared eggplant and egg for my breakfast.
Is there a white eggplant?
At a glance
Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale
- Senses
- 5
- Parts of speech
- 1
- Citations
- 4
- Synonyms
- 5
Deep Dive
noun
Extra meaningsA dark purple color, like that of the skin of this fruit.
The plant Solanum melongena or its edible fruit; an aubergine.
A 180 backside rotated invert in which the front hand is planted on the lip of the halfpipe wall.
More examples
In contextSome fun meatless recipes include jackfruit sandwiches in place of pulled pork; black bean meatless balls or eggplant and shiitake “meatballs.”
Hey. Yeah. And, and your great-great-great-great grandmother fucked a nigger, ho, ho, yeah, and she had a half-nigger kid… now, if that's a fact, tell me, am I lying? 'Cause you, you're part eggplant.
"Why am I not surprised?" This was the limit. "You know, I'm black enough for his family to yell eggplant-this and nigger-that at me," she said.
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Origin
noun
From egg + plant, originally applied only to the white-colored, egg-shaped variety.