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Colored People's Time
Noun
US
dated
derogatory
slang
uncountable
Japanese Meaning
（米国における古くからの侮蔑的なスラング表現で、時には自ら肯定的に用いられる）アフリカ系アメリカ人に対して、しばしば侮蔑的または冗談交じりに用いられる、存在しないとされる時間制度（または時間帯）のこと。つまり、彼らの「遅刻癖」を説明するために使われる表現です。
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(US, dated derogatory slang, sometimes reclaimed) A notional system of time (or time zone) which others sometimes derogatorily ascribe to African Americans, and which they sometimes jocularly ascribe to themselves, to account for their supposed tendency to be tardy.
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Colored People's Time
At the staff meeting he casually said we were always on Colored People's Time, not realizing the phrase was derogatory and making several people uncomfortable.
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At the staff meeting he casually said we were always on Colored People's Time, not realizing the phrase was derogatory and making several people uncomfortable.
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