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person of pallor n. a white or Caucasian person. Editorial Note: Usually used jocularly or ironically. Etymological Note: Constructed after “person of color,” a person who is other than white or Caucasian. (source: Double-Tongued...
people of pallor n.— «White People: Politically incorrect term for those of European descent. More currently acceptable terms are People of Pallor, Color Challenged, or the Pigment Denied.» —“What’s in a word? Plenty” by...
people of pallor n.— «“White” only describes what a few people look like, and it needs a dignified euphemism, like “People of pallor.”» —“Kiss Me—I’m “White’” by Rob Morse San Francisco...
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...
woman of pallor n.— «I saw a bevy with a sign that said, “Women of Color,” another bevy with a sign that said, “Woman of Pallor.”» —“Too many axes to grind” by Joanna McClelland Glass Globe and...