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Oreo¹
- /ˈɔɹioʊ/ US
Where it comes from
Brand name of unknown origin, trademarked by National Biscuit Company on 14 March 1912. See the Etymology section of Wikipedia's Oreo article for various theories. In reference to well-assimilated black people, derived from the slur that they are "black on the outside, white on the inside".
noun Oreos
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A cookie made of two wafers joined with a sugary filling, particularly a Nabisco cookie with two alkalized cocoa-powder wafers around a white creme filling.
The Oreo is really an antidepressant drug disguised as a cookie. You lost your job? Eat a bag of Oreos[…] There are two ways to eat Oreos. Kids like to pull the chocolate wafers apart and eat the sweat, creamy middle first. Adults dunk them in milk.
Similar: Oreo cookie
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A black person who has overly assimilated into white culture, a black race traitor.
She's a pure Oreo. You know, like the cookie, black outside and white inside.
Similar: Uncle Tom
oreo²
Where it comes from
Genericized use of Oreo, q.v.
noun oreos
- Alternative letter-case form of Oreo The young woman said, "Well, actually we do have one minority student." The young man chimed in, "Yeah, but he's an oreo." "An oreo?" I asked. "Please define the term oreo." "You know," the young man said. "Black on the outside, and white in the middle."
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Talk about this word "oreo." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/oreo. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. oreo. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/oreo "oreo." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/oreo.Cite this
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title = {oreo},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/oreo},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
