person of pallor

person of pallor
 n.— «“Gawd you’re ignorant! I’m White.”…“Shouldn’t that be pigmentally disabled” “No, no, no. Get with the program! He’s a person of pallor!”» —“Re: racial” by Joseph T. Chew Usenet: rec.humor Nov. 22, 1991. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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