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4 lettersPronunciation /ˈoʊfeɪ/Sorted afoyStarts with OEnds with Y0 clues
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Definitions

  1. A white person.

Word origin

Unknown; perhaps from an African language (possibly Yoruba ófé (“to evade, disappear”)). Pig Latin for foe, though popularly posited, is probably not accurate.

Used in a sentence

  • For example we have words like ofay, pink, fade, space, Mr. Charlie, cracker, peckawood, hoojah, and so on—nice words and bitter.
  • You get outa my alley, Lucas -- and take that ofay with you, hear?
  • The rival, the foe, the ofay, veins stretched and bulged between white knuckles.

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