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Definition of new black, the

new black, the

noun

  • a new popular thing.
    Person A: I like your jacket.

    Person B: Thanks. Yeah, gray is the new black.

    Last edited on Nov 09 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Aug 26 2009.

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Other terms relating to 'well-known, popular':

Definitions include: very popular.
Definitions include: a metaphorical list of the post popular people.
Definitions include: something popular but lacking in substance.
Definitions include: metaphorically, the center of attention.
Definitions include: fashionable famous people.
Definitions include: something that is currently popular.
Definitions include: well-known, established.
Definitions include: a person who is famous due to their world-wide web presence.
Definitions include: stolen.
Definitions include: adhering to current trends.
Definitions include: See on the map.

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Other terms relating to 'black':

Definitions include: a penis.
Definitions include: acronym for "big black cock".
Definitions include: acronym for "big black dick".
Definitions include: heroin.
Definitions include: police.
Definitions include: a person very skilled in a particular area.
Definitions include: crime against a criminal who is in the act of breaking the law.
Definitions include: oil.
Definitions include: person who engages in computer security breaching for malicious purposes.
Definitions include: not understood.
Definitions include: not showering before bed after working all day.
Definitions include: a type of heroin.
Definitions include: a woman who kills her husband(s).
Definitions include: "The answer to your question is obviously 'yes'."
Definitions include: acronym for "driving while black".

Other terms relating to 'new':

Definitions include: to put on airs.
Definitions include: different, or fake, or hateful, like they was born yesterday.
Definitions include: new.
Definitions include: somewhere in the middle of nowhere
Definitions include: "fucking new guy".
Definitions include: a comment that usually serves no other purpose above telling listeners (or more often: readers) that the speaker (writer) is in the technological "in group".
Definitions include: quickly.
Definitions include: a new situation.
Definitions include: a newcomer.
Definitions include: a new popular thing.
Definitions include: New Jersey.
Definitions include: the new person somewhere.
Definitions include: a brief amount of time.
Definitions include: acronym for "New Year's Eve".
Definitions include: to attack, beat up.

Other terms relating to 'the':

Definitions include: the real information or the proof, instruction, the know how, where, when, and why about something or someone.
Definitions include: walking, generally as opposed to driving.
Definitions include: interrogation.
Definitions include: extremely intoxicated
Definitions include: information.
Definitions include: something you have now is worth more than two things you have just a chance of getting.
Definitions include: a good estimate.
Definitions include: a secret advantage.
Definitions include: inclusive.
Definitions include: to make a bad situation worse.
Definitions include: with the amount of time left to finish a task rapidly disappearing.
Definitions include: having an opinion or belief prior to it becoming common or popular.
Definitions include: of a male, to urinate.
Definitions include: Someone being butthurt over having something, they do to others regularly, done to the them
Definitions include: secret sexual activity with a person other than one's partner.

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