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Noun: African American Vernacular English
  1. A nonstandard form of American English characteristically spoken by African Americans in the United States
    - AAVE, African American English, Black English, Black English Vernacular, Black Vernacular, Black Vernacular English, Ebonics

Type of: American, American English, American language

Encyclopedia: African American Vernacular English