Casper
nom proprenomattesté dans les dialogues
- États-Unis//ˈkæspɚ//
- États-Unis/[ˈkʰæspɚ] ~ [ˈkʰæspɹ̩]/
- Australie//ˈkæspə//
- Australie/[ˈkʰæspə]/
A male given name from Old Persian, of occasional usage, variant of Caspar.
nom propre
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A male given name from Old Persian, of occasional usage, variant of Caspar.
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A city, the county seat of Natrona County, Wyoming, United States.
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A mountain in Wyoming.
Étymologie
Alternative spelling of Caspar. The slur denoting a white person is an allusion to Casper the Friendly Ghost. The skateboarding term is named after Bobby Boyden, a professional skateboarder who was given the nickname "Casper" as a child because of his pale skin (again in allusion to the friendly ghost).
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argotA white person.
Speed is whitey's drug, from the palefaces who cook it to the Caspers who deal it to the ofay vanilla wafers who snort or spike it.
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Variante de Casper flipEllipsis of Casper flip.
Formes
- pluriel
- Caspers
Casper · A male given name from Old Persian, of occasional usage, variant of Caspar.
cass · To render moot or void; to annul; to rejectCass · A diminutive of the female given name Cassandra of medieval…cassandra · Synonym of leather leaf (“Chamaedaphne calyculata”).