AtD excerpt - "lilywhites"
Ghetta Life
ghetta_outta at hotmail.com
Wed Aug 9 17:02:49 CDT 2006
I think both are correct at the same time. "Lilywhite" would mean indoorsy
privilegded, which means innocent of the real yough life of a "brother" or a
cowboy. The unhip aspect would be the innocent, naive sense of the term.
Ghetta
>From: "davemarc" <davemarc at panix.com>
>
>Yes, "lily white" is used for caucasian and unhip, but it's also used for
>"untouched by the sun," which is probably more in context for ATD. It's
>like the word "paleface"--not necessarily to describe someone in contrast
>to a Native American, but to describe someone bookish or indoorsy or
>cultivated--definitely not a redneck (opinions and lifestyle aside,
>someone whose neck is reddened from labor under the sun). There's also a
>sense of "innocent" and "immaculate."
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