grey (the grey)

grey (the grey)
n
1a.
British
a conventional, conformist person. A vogue term in British counter-culture circles from about 1966 to 1968. The word had the same dismissive or pit-ying overtones as straight, which had supplanted it by the end of the 1960s.
1b.
British
the grey the collective mass of conformists, dullards and authority fig-ures, as opposed to the (literally as well as metaphorically) colourful hippies
2.
American
the 'white' man. A derisive term used by blacks.

Contemporary slang . 2014.

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