Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

black don't crack

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.37 in modern English

Syllables: black- -don't crack
IPA

31

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

phrase

People of African descent tend to wrinkle less with age than people with lighter skin.

Colloquial

Example Sentences

"[…] Ms. [LaWanda] Page revealed to the [white] girl that she is 55 years old. Then, before the girl could stammer her disbelief, Ms. Page quipped, "Well, you know, Black don't crack!""
"She was going to be an example of black don't crack."
"Okay, so usually black don't crack — unless we aren't living right."
"But there again, she looked amazing in the flesh too. Well, you know what they say. Black don't crack."

Usage

Colloquial

Inflected Forms

good black don't crack (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

Asian don't raisin

Questions

What does black don't crack mean?: People of African descent tend to wrinkle less with age than people with lighter skin.

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