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Word: ofay (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Funky, jive, dawn, high, the Man, hawk, cool, hot, copped-out, cats, caps, kicked, reefer, Johns, juke, ofay, goofed, wing, hip, dig, soul, honkies, splib (spook as in Negro), grass and skag are just a few of the words appearing in black poetry that often have multiple meanings elusive to the white reader. For example, in Etheridge Knight's Poems from Prison, he says...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Undaunted Pursuit of Fury | 4/6/1970 | See Source »

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