Definitions for "Ebonics"
Keywords:  spoken, bve, aave, english, nonstandard
a name used to refer to a variety of English that is spoken principally by African Americans, although not all African American people use it and it is used by some non-African Americans. Ebonics is known by various labels, including AAVE (African American Vernacular English), BVE (Black Vernacular English), Black English, and African American English. Linguists recognize that Ebonics, like all other varieties of English, is SYSTEMATIC AND RULE-GOVERNED.
a nonstandard form of American English spoken by some Black people in the United States
see Black English. electromagnetic radiation radiation varying in wavelength and frequency from extremely short gamma and x-rays through the progressively larger and less frequent ultraviolet, visible light, infrared, short wave, TV and radio waves.