blurple

blurple
 adj.β€” Β«Twenty-something male of African descent: “I’m so black I’m blurple!”Β» β€”β€œRhymes with Purple” Overheard in Philly (Philadelpia, Pennsylvania) Mar. 28, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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