bootlip

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bootlip

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From boot + lip.

noun bootlips · boot lip

  1. The lip at the top end of the shaft of a boot. He watched them back down the drive, same as the morning before. He waited a half hour, folded the knife and stuck it to his sock pulled high above the bootlip.
  2. derogatory A large lip, especially of a black person. Nigger, I can hear your bootlips blubbering. Now calm down, they'll lose their elasticity and won't snap back into shape after you gorge yourself on chicken wings!
  3. derogatory, ethnic, slur A black person. Sounds of agreement could be heard coming form our other teammates, indicating to me that Angie's husband was indeed significantly more racist than the rest of them. I took that to mean that he mus have been a part of some type of organized hate group, like the Klan, or the skinheads. “He can't stan

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@misc{bootlip_2026,
  title = {bootlip},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bootlip},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}