the new black
English edit
Etymology edit
The phrase originates with clothing fashion, where at one point black was a fashionable color in clothes, and the next color to become fashionable was referred to as "the new black".
Noun edit
- Something that is trendy, popular; the latest fashion.
- 2004, Out, volume 4, numbers 1-5, page 14:
- These reporters are so caught up in the ‘red is the new black’ mentality," he says, "they're more interested in selling clothes than taking a stand on anything.
- 2008, Nina Raine, Rabbit, page 49:
- EMILY: ... I'm interested in the brain, and stuff... neurology... it's very trendy right now.
RICHARD. Neurology. It's the new black.
- 2009, Graham Huggan, Ian Law, Racism Postcolonialism Europe, page 77:
- The writer and political activist A. Sivanandan has argued that ‘poverty is the new black’ (2001).
See also edit
References edit
- “new black”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.