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Asian don't raisin
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English
Etymology
Modelled after en black don't crack, alluding to the wrinkly texture of raisins. en raisin Raisin is used as a verb.
Pronunciation
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Phrase
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en slang People of Asian descent show fewer physical signs of aging.
en black don't crack
en 2022 Lynne M. Thomas Michael Damian Thomas Meg Elison Uncanny Magazine Issue 45: March/April 2022 122 And for a bit of levity, "Asian don't raisin," so, like vampires, we don't age.
en 2023 Karin Lin-Greenberg You Are Here Jackson pauses a moment, then he laughs. He's figured it out. Raisins are wrinkled. Old people are wrinkled. "Asian don't raisin," he says. He likes the incorrect grammar of the sentence.
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