• Oreo

    Origin

    Genericized use of Oreo, q.v.

    Full definition of oreo

    Noun

    oreo

    (plural oreos)
    1. .
      • 2012, Walter B.J. Mitchell, Stories I Tell My High School English Students, p. 78:The young woman said, "Well, actually we do have one minority student."
        The young man chimed in, "Yeah, but he's an oreo."
        "An oreo?" I asked. "Please define the term oreo."
        "You know," the young man said. "Black on the outside, and white in the middle."
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