Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

incognegro

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: incogne-gro
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Hiding one's blackness.

Example Sentences

"By Malik's words I knew I had shed my incognegro shell. What was emerging was a black man, a strong black man."
"Incognegro: From Black Power to Apartheid and Back"
"That's the thing: she ain't really a white lady. She's Xavier's cousin. She just going incognegro."

Etymology

Blend of incognito + negro.

Questions

What does incognegro mean?: Hiding one's blackness.
Where does incognegro come from?: Blend of incognito + negro.

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