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a nonstandard form of American English characteristically spoken by African Americans in the United States

They arrive complete with ebonics, gold teeth, and most importantly an inability to read that is awkwardly and pointedly made fun of in between their many, many fight scenes where they fight … each other …. yo. — Twitch
"They only exist to talk in bad ebonics, beat each other up and talk about how stupid each other is." — Brandon Sun Online - Top Stories
If it's slang used by a white person, it gets the name of the subculture group that uses it ... if it's slang used by black people, it's "ebonics" or "black language" if you want to defined the root & suffix meanings. — Techdirt
"Rev. Brown broke the spell check on his pc even his ebonics are bad"
Could you ever imagine someone suggesting that white "surfer-slang" was its own acceptable language as people have suggested ebonics is? — AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed