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    [Verb]  | "white*wash" | \ ˈ(h)wīt-ˌwȯsh \


    1: to whiten with whitewash

    2: to gloss over or cover up (something, such as a record of criminal behavior)

    3: to exonerate (someone) by means of a perfunctory investigation or through biased presentation of data


    Origin: 1591 ;

    [Noun]  | "whitewash" 


    1: a liquid composition for whitening a surface: such as

    2: a preparation for whitening the skin

    3: a composition (as of lime and water or whiting, size, and water) for whitening structural surfaces


    Origin: circa 1584 ;

    [Verb]  | "whitewash" 


    1: to dismiss as of little importance;


      * e.g., " ... refused to whitewash the governor's chronic disregard for the truth "



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    2: to make (something) seem less bad by offering excuses;


      * e.g., " ... don't try to whitewash your rudeness by claiming that you were having a bad day "



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    [Noun]  | "whitewash" 


    2: as in shutout, washout;


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     [ "whitewash" ]

    1: A term that now has also come to refer to the entertainment industry's attempt at making ethnic characters more appealing to the white, money-spending masses by making exotic characters less ethnic and more "white."

      * e.g.,  ... Isn't Chun Li supposed to be 100% Chinese? Why did Hollywood totally whitewash her and cast a half-asian actress to play her in that horrible new Street Fighter movie?? Thanks to commercial whitewashing, every token "black" girl on tv has become a light skinned black girl. This does not bode well for dark skinned black actresses. 

     [ "whitewash" ]

    1:  to win decisively, especially before the other side can achieve a single goal to make something undesirable, damaging seem legitimate or acceptable, usually by falsification or concealment

      * e.g.,  ... They Just whitewashed the election. 

     [ "whitewash" ]

    1: (n., v., or adj.) A process or result or act: when a person who is considered a minority adopts a lifestyle (including speech, mannerisms, clothing, etc.) that is attributed secludedly to those of European descent, white people.

      * e.g.,  ...  She is whitewashed. 

     [ "whitewash" ]

    1: A term used, apparently, only where it snows. A whitewash is when you grab somebody by the back of the head, usually when wrestling, and rub their face into the snow. This is a technique primarily used during snowball fights. Made better when the whitewashee bleeds. Distant relative: the swirly.

      * e.g.,  ... Dude, AJ face-planted while boarding today, and Chris whitewashed him on the bunny hill!! 

     [ "whitewash" ]

    1: It basically means to let go of your nationality and acting in ways "white".

      * e.g.,  ... Wow she just came to this country yet she doesn't have the slightest accent and rocks our style! She is soo whitewash. 

     [ "whitewash" ]

    1: When a college basketball team of lesser talent inserts five small white guys against a stronger, more athletic team. special thanks to ESPN's Bill Simmons

      * e.g.,  ... Man, Bucknell totally whitewashed Kansas for the upset 

     [ "whitewash" ]

    1: An individual who is of North American of minority ethnicity who shares displays similar speech patterns as well as common taste and fashion as American Whites.

      * e.g.,  ... "Vashni is from India but she has, like no accent at all. And omigod! Look at those sandals with the socks she's wearing! Damn, she is like totally whitewashed." 


     [ "whitewash" ]

    2: Such symptoms of a person who is whitewashed include the use of the word "like" as every other word, extensive wardrobe collection of Abercrombie & Fitch, a love of indie rock, and vulgar displays of cockblocking.

      * e.g.,  ... "I asked that fool Eric if he was coming to the Kwanzaa party and he said no, he had tickets to see The All American Rejects...what a whitewashed chump!" 

     [ "whitewash" ]

    1: to cum all over a place, person or thing.

      * e.g.,  ... Vijay whitewashed ludhiana. 

     [ "whitewash" ]

    1: Its basically any race that isn't white, Idolizing white ways and or customs. Whites can also be whitewashed, bascially meaning they're extremely "White". etc...

      * e.g.,  ... whitewash: like, OMG... 


     [ "whitewash" ]

    2: You'll know one , when you see one.


     [ "whitewash" ]

    3: Example: Certain EMO's , ditsy blonde chicks/talk. etc...

     [ "whitewash" ]

    1: Term used often in northern states, it's the action of rubbing a handful of snow in someone elses face, hard. Whitewashes can also be done by shoving their head into the ground and making them eat snow. Usually it's a significant end of a snowball fight.

      * e.g.,  ... I was kicking his ass in the snowball fight, so I just whitewashed him and left. 

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