halfie

English

Alternative forms

• halfy

Etymology

From half +‎ -ie.

Pronunciation

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Noun

halfie (plural halfies)

1. (informal) A person of mixed-race ancestry.
   • 2003, Bridget A. Kevane, Latino Literature in America, page 78:

     But, in this story, it is perfectly acceptable for a young Latino man to choose to date, and to want to date a brown girl, a white girl, a black girl or a halfie.

   • 2022 September 19, E. Alex Jung, quoting Karen O, “In Conversation: Karen O”, in New York‎^[1]:

     I went through an awkward patch on my halfie journey, being self-conscious about not looking like the other white kids.

   • 2024 August 4, Danzy Senna, “In Kamala Harris’s Blackness, I See My Own”, in The New York Times‎^[2], →ISSN:

     Multiracial, mulatto, mixed-nuts, halfies: Whatever you want to call us today, we remain the fastest growing demographic in our country.

2. (slang) A half-smoked cigarette.

See also

• hafu, haafu

Further reading

• “halfie n.”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang, Jonathon Green, 2016–present