English Dictionary

Colored People's Time

名詞

アメリカ英語 古風 軽蔑的 俗語 不可算名詞

(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.

日本語の意味

（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。

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.

職員会議で彼は何気なく「私たちはいつもいわゆる『黒人の時間』で動いている」と言ったが、その表現が侮蔑的であることに気づかず、何人かを不快にさせてしまった。

意味（1）

(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.

“Colored People's Time,” King said with a grin. “It always takes us longer to get where we're going.”

CP Time （ canonical ）