Caucasity

English

Alternative forms

• caucasity, Caucacity, caucacity

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ(ː)ˈkæs.ɪ.ti/

Etymology 1

Blend of Caucasian +‎ audacity. Apparently popularized by The Kid Mero who has also claimed to have coined it.^[1][2][3] Variation in spelling may be the result of cross-pollination between senses, different interpretation of where the two parts of the blend meet, and respelling to match pronunciation.

Noun

Caucasity (uncountable)

1. (slang, especially African-American, humorous or derogatory) Stereotypically white (Caucasian) behaviour, especially arrogance or entitlement.
   • 2009 June 18, @catteadams, Twitter‎, archived from the original on 2022-01-20, retrieved 2022-01-19:

     @sodamichelle oh oh your caucacity is showing..

   • 2012 November 22, The Kid Mero [Joel Armogasto Martinez], “Brian Eno's "Lux" Is Full Of Caucacity In A Mostly Good Way”, in Vice‎, retrieved 2022-01-19:

     STANDOUT TRACK: YO THIS NIGGA HAD THE CAUCACITY TO GIVE ALL THE JOINTS ON THIS SHIT THE SAME NAME. *SWIFTLY ROUNDHOUSES THIS NIGGA IN THE THORAX*

   • 2022 January, Oludara Adeeyo, Self-Care for Black Women: 150 Ways to Radically Accept & Prioritize Your Mind, Body, & Soul, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 72:

     Our real pain is often meant for non-Black people to enjoy as they watch from behind a screen. The caucasity.

Etymology 2

Probably Caucasian +‎ -ity or from the same as the other sense, Caucasian + audacity. Variation in spelling may be the result of cross-pollination between senses or different interpretation of the term's etymology.

Noun

Caucasity (uncountable)

1. (slang, especially African-American) The state of being racially white; Caucasianness.
   • 2000 August 13, Kip Williams, “Re: Do cats go to heaven?”, in rec.arts.sf.fandom‎ (Usenet), retrieved 2022-01-19:

     As long as drug use is a crime you can walk away from by having sufficient money, family connections, and caucacity, it's a perfect way to separate out folks who don't fit in 'our' circle.

   • 2015 May 29, Chris Lee, “I'm not buying Emma Stone as an Asian-American in Aloha”, in Entertainment Weekly‎, Meredith Corporation, archived from the original on 2015-05-30:

     But in order to process this idea of [Emma] Stone as a bi-racial character […] you must first get past the obvious stumbling blocks: her alabaster skin and strawberry blond hair, her emerald eyes and freckles—past the star’s outwardly unassailable #Caucasity— […]

   • 2019 February 14, Victor LaValle, “How Miles Morales Changed the Spider-Verse”, in The New York Times‎, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2021-05-11:

     In the sea of Caucasity that was (and still is) the comic book industry, you [Miles Morales] were long overdue.

References

1. The Kid Mero [Joel Armogasto Martinez] (2014 December 22) Twitter‎, archived from the original on 2022-01-22, retrieved 2022-01-19: “NOTABLES SUCH AS #CAUCACITY #KNOWLEDGEDARTS #PREGGAETON ALL BIRTHED AND NURTURED IN MY OWN CRANIAL UR WELCOME”
2. The Kid Mero [Joel Armogasto Martinez] (2017 November 28) Twitter‎, archived from the original on 2022-04-13, retrieved 2022-01-19: “RANDOM BUT AS THE CREATOR OF THE TERM #CAUCACITY CAN YA SPELL THE SHIT RIGHT?! ITS “CAUCACITY” NOT “CAUCASITY”.”
3. “Caucasity”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.