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banana
noun- an Asian-American who rejects his Asian heritage and seeks to blend into the dominant white culture US, 1970
A variation on the most well known OREO- — Douglas Simonson, Pidgin to da Max, 1981
- — Multicultural Management Program Fellows, Dictionary of Cautionary Words and Phrases, 1989
- a Hong Kong Chinese of European or American parentage or aspirations HONG KONG
- “Is he marrying a gwailu (foreign devil) or banana?” “What’s a banana?” “Yellow outside, White inside.” — Howard Marks, Mr Nice, p. 230, 1997
- a New Zealand-born Chinese person NEW ZEALAND
- — David McGill, David McGill’s Complete Kiwi Slang Dictionary, p. 10, 1998
- a person of mixed race, with both black and white ancestors US
- — Lou Shelly, Hepcats Jive Talk Dictionary, p. 7, 1945
- a hospital patient suffering from jaundice US
- — Maledicta, p. 38, 1983: “More common patient-directed pejoratives used by medical personnel”
- — Sally Williams, “Strong” Words, p. 133, 1994
- in American casinos, a $20 chip US
From the yellow colour. - — Steve Kuriscak, Casino Talk, p. 2, 1985
- the penis US, 1916
- — Anon., King Smut’s Wet Dreams Interpreted, 1978
- a parenthesis sign ( or ) on a computer keyboard US
- — Eric S. Raymond, The New Hacker’s Dictionary, p. 39, 1991
- the convex curvature of the bottom of a surfboard US
- — D.S. Halacy, Surfer!, p. 216, 1965
- a comic in a burlesque show US, 1953
- Why do you think she went out and bought this army cot? Leave it to me: I’m always top banana in the shock department. — Truman Capote, Breakfast at Tiffany’s, p. 61, 1958
- — Harold Wentworth and Stuart Berg Flexner, Dictionary of American Slang, p. 18, 1960
- For years one of the most formidable second bananas in the comedy spectrum, Louis Nye comes into his own and attains premium solo status in his current nitery act. — Variety, p. 10, 23 May 1962
- Lenny had his mother, Sally Marr–a top banana when they all worked in burlesque–fitted out with a recorder[.] — Albert Goldman, Freak Show, pp. 211–212, 1968
- a crazy or foolish person US, 1919
- The kid was a banana! Bonzo. Loonier than his old man. — Joseph Wambaugh, Lines and Shadows, p. 108, 1984
- a dollar US
- I can’t help thinking about Billy the Bad-Ass, what a goodnigger, and that kid Meadows and his eight years for a lousy forty fucking bananas. — Darryl Ponicsan, The Last Detail, p. 182, 1970
- a £1 Australian note AUSTRALIA, 1953
- in street luge, a racer who frequently crashes US
- BANANA A luger who wipes out often. — Shelley Youngblut, Way Inside ESPN’s X Games, p. 130, 1998
▶ off your banana
mentally unstable, crazy UK- Here I was: off my banana in a nightclub[.] — Wayne Anthony, Spanish Highs, p. 70, 1999
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