Definitions for ebonics
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Princeton's WordNet
African American Vernacular English, AAVE, African American English, Black English, Black English Vernacular, Black Vernacular, Black Vernacular English, Ebonics(noun)
a nonstandard form of American English characteristically spoken by African Americans in the United States
Wiktionary
Ebonics(ProperNoun)
African American Vernacular English.
Origin: . Ebonics was coined by Robert L. Williams in 1973 and first used in his book Ebonics: The True Language of Black Folks.
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