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dicty

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  • adjective African American Vernacular stylish and respectable; high-class
  • adjective African American Vernacular striving to seem stylish and respectable; pretentious
  • adjective African American Vernacular snobbish and uptight
  • noun African American Vernacular An upper-class black.

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  • reesetee commented on the word dicty

    From RH Unabridged:

    1. high-class or stylish.

    2. snobbish or haughty.

    July 23, 2007

  • knitandpurl commented on the word dicty

    ""Not speaking, huh? Dicty, ain't you, Miss Siditty? Okay, hello, small stuff," he said in a put-down voice."

    Oreo by Fran Ross, p 149 of the New Directions paperback edition

    October 7, 2015