velcro-head

Definition

Slang

• noun a Negro. A phrase from the 1980s, deriving from the supposed likeness between velcro (a trademark name for a fabric-fastening material) and a black person’s hair. Like rag-head and towel-head as applied to Arabs, the term is invariably pejorative.

Nearby Definitions of “velcro-head”

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Contexts for “velcro-head”

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• Slang