English edit

Etymology edit

pale +‎ -ass

Noun edit

paleass (plural paleasses)

  1. (offensive, derogatory, slang, ethnic slur) A contemptible white person.
    • 1968, John Brunner, Stand on Zanzibar:
      On the verge of anger—trust a paleass to misunderstand me!—Norman controlled himself.
    • 2002, Nick Tosches, In the hand of Dante, link:
      ...while almost everybody in this joint was black, this guy, even on dialysis, had the brothers as scared of him as he had us few paleass motherfuckers scared of him...