What is Darkies?
1.
derogatory name used for people of the night, a.k.a. coloreds
Operation Human Shield. Send in the Darkies!
2.
A term used by the older generation, due to their socialisation and ignorance, to describe people with dark skin or black people. Not used as a term of mallice, simply due to lack of metropolitan society in the inter war period
Ken: Ooh, i like big brother me, derek's my fave
Grandma: Which one's Derek? He's the err... darkie, is he?
3.
A word used by South African's to describe indigenous african people, because they are afraid to use the term "KAFIR"
Wit oke's in S.A. are constantly under threat from the darkies.
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4.
Often used in Argentina to describe people who wear dark clothes, make-up, that could easily be goths, some sort of punks, etc. They usually go out in big groups (more than 3 people) at night, generally "depressed", and with the thought that they dont belong to society. It also doesnt aply to the sort of music they´re interested, only to the way they look/dress. Its common among them to only relate between "Darkies", not very sociable.
"I went to a Rasmus concert... It was filled with Darkies"
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5.
Thick black rubber marks left by wheelspinning or skidding a powerful car on tarmac
I locked up the wheels and put it through a hedge, the darkies were still there 4 months later
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