orange-American
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Etymology
orange + American, by analogy with other racial categories such as African-American or white American, and referring to Donald Trump's allegedly excessive use of tan makeup.
Noun
orange-American (plural orange-Americans)
- (humorous, derogatory) A white American who has orange-colored skin, primarily in reference to Donald J. Trump.
- 2014 February 18, Anna Merlan, “Donald Trump's Fake Gubernatorial Campaign Will Soon Have a Fake Exploratory Committee”, in The Village Voice:
- Famous orange-American Donald Trump has had a busy few months, feuding with State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, pretending to be friends with recently deceased civil rights icon Nelson Mandela, and fulminating on Twitter about how climate change isn’t real because it’s cold outside during winter.
- 2016 March 22, Megh Wright, “Larry Wilmore Attempts to Understand a Group of Black Donald Trump Supporters”, in Vulture:
- According to the Trump supporters, their main takeaways are that he's a lot like a rapper, he won't make them slaves, and they're tired of all the jokes, like one of Wilmore's questions: "Are you voting for Trump because, as an orange-American, he's the only remaining candidate of color?"
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Adjective
orange-American (comparative more orange-American, superlative most orange-American)
- (humorous, derogatory) Of or pertaining to an orange-American.
- 2016 October 12, News.com.au, “The only joke Donald Trump can't take”, in New York Post:
- "You can make fun of his hair, his appearance, the fact that he could be our first orange American president, none of that bothers him," Ross said to Jimmy Kimmel in July.
- 2017 March 10, Jim Zarroli, “Falling Stars: Negative Yelp Reviews Target Trump Restaurants, Hotels”, in NPR:
- "The person who runs these hotels is a giant racist which is pretty ironic for someone who is Orange-American. Would not recommend," said another.
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