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plural ofays
(US, ethnic slur, slang) A white person. quotations
For example we have words like ofay, pink, fade, space, Mr. Charlie, cracker, peckawood, hoojah, and so on—nice words and bitter.]
, published 1957, page 217
You get outa my alley, Lucas -- and take that ofay with you, hear?
1983 May, Kurt Busiek, “The Chemistro Connection”, in Power Man and Iron Fist, volume 1, number 93, Marvel Comics Group
The rival, the foe, the ofay, veins stretched and bulged between white knuckles.
1997, Don DeLillo, Underworld
comparative more ofay, superlative most ofay
(US, ethnic slur, slang) White; white-skinned. quotations
“You better tell your little ofay kid friend move along.”
a. 1969, John Kennedy Toole, A Confederacy of Dunces, Penguin, published 1981
‘Baby,’ April Elgar said, ‘you may be an uptight ofay milk-toast limey bastard, but you ain’t no fag.’
1984. Anthony Burgess, Enderby's Dark Lady
Everything is strictly peachy keen, as the ofay kids say.
1959. Lorraine Hansberry, A Raisin in the Sun