Colored People's Time

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A notional system of time (or time zone) which others sometimes derogatorily ascribe to African Americans, and which they sometimes jocularly ascribe to themselves, to account for their supposed tendency to be tardy. US,dated,derogatory,slang,uncountable
    — “Colored People's Time,” King said with a grin. “It always takes us longer to get where we're going.”

词源

From its facetious treatment as a time zone.
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