noun
a nonstandard form of American English characteristically spoken by African Americans in the United States
• Syn:
↑African American Vernacular English, ↑African American English, ↑Black English, ↑Black English Vernacular, ↑Black Vernacular, ↑Black Vernacular English, ↑Ebonics
• Usage Domain: ↑colloquialism (for: ↑Ebonics)
• Members of this Usage Domain: ↑gangsta
• Hypernyms: ↑American English, ↑American language, ↑American
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abbr. Linguistics African-American Vernacular English
Useful english dictionary. 2012.