Meaning of Colored People's Time | Babel Free

Definitions

A notional system of time (or time zone) which others sometimes derogatorily ascribe to African Americans, and which they sometimes jocularly ascribe to themselves, to account for their supposed tendency to be tardy.

US, dated, derogatory, slang, uncountable

Examples

““Colored People's Time,” King said with a grin. “It always takes us longer to get where we're going.””

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