Black Manosphere Glossary

To serve as a companion piece to the article “The Black Manosphere is Not An Ally To Black Women,” I have created a glossary to explain many of the group’s esoteric terminology. Manosphere glossaries are available readily online, and because the black counterpart borrows the same vocabulary, I have provided two links for reference (here and here). This list does not serve to be comprehensive. Some terms derive from African American slang and other online subcultures.

ABW/BAW: American Black Women or Black American Women

ADOS: American Descendants of Slaves. In the Black Manosphere, the term is used to distinguish ABW/BAWs from black women in other countries.

Bebe’s Kids: A term that originates from a stand-up routine by comedian Robin Harris and later turned into an animated film in 1992. It describes rambunctious children.

Becky: stereotypical name used when referencing white women

Black Box: [see da communitah]

“Black Female Fuckery”: a phrase coined by Mumia Obsidian Ali that refers to his belief that black women exhibit unflattering behaviors that are unique compared to women of other races and ethnicities.

Black Manosphere: an online, anti-feminist community that operates off the template of the (White) Manosphere. Focuses strictly on heterosexual black men.

Black Matriarchy: a largely debated historical term that labels black communities as constituting a matriarchy, where single-mother-headed households are associated with matriarchal rule. In the Black Manosphere, this term allows black men to make black women liable for every social ill affecting black people.

“Black Vaginavision Media”: a term coined by Mumia Obsidian Ali that reference media organizations and personalities he deems as the “gatekeepers” of mainstream dialogue about black love.

Bottom shelf Becky/Rebecca: the stereotypical “low quality” white women that some black men allegedly date to have proximity to whiteness. Often depicted as an obese or unattractive white woman.

Bottom shelf Brad: the “low quality” white men that black women allegedly date and tolerate their mental and physical abuse just to have proximity to whiteness. Furthermore, it’s assumed that black women will lower their dating standards just to be with white men, but still hold black men to a higher standard.

“Checking for Brothers”: a phrase that portrays women abroad as having a strong sexual or romantic desire for American black men. Black Manosphere dogma insist that racism abroad mostly comes from jealous men.

Clean-up Man: the belief that once black women have dated unreliable men in their youth and are left with children, they seek a beta-male provider to bail them out of their troubles.

Cuts!: a word use to reference austerity measures. Black Manosphere dogma insist that slashing welfare programs will make black women submissive or resort to criminal activity.

Da Communitah: a term that describes not just the geographic confines of black communities, but also real and perceived attitudes held by black people that the Black Manosphere deems as self-defeating.

Daggledom: [see scraggle daggle]

Daughters of the Trade: a book published by historian Pernille Ipsen that covers five generations of interracial marriages along the Gold Coast. The Black Manosphere reference it to make ahistorical and anachronistic claims that black women have always sought to be white men’s concubines and betrayed black men to their advantage during the Atlantic slave trade.

David Carroll: a YouTuber referenced frequently in the Black Manosphere and is upheld as a guru. His videos often cover black women, interracial sex, and black pathology.

“Dick Policing”: the act of being overly concerned about who a man sleeps with in private. Also used as a straw man argument to discredit critics.

EBM: Escape Black Men. Often used to encourage men to leave the “black box” or “da communitah.”

Educated Lame: a term that refers to educated black men who don’t fit the thuggish stereotype that black women are deemed to be attracted to.

Fe-fail: a portmanteau of the words “female” and “fail.”

Female/Feminist Talking Points: a phrase used to deflect criticism, regardless of its legitimacy, and portray it as a rehashing of cliché arguments made by black women.

Free Speech Avenger: a video-sharing platform for former and current YouTubers to upload material not suitable for YouTube (formerly called Black Avenger TV). Content often features profane, violent, and pornographic material.

Good Black Men: a term that describe black men who are educated, fatherly, upwardly mobile, as well as have never been incarcerated. The term is a juxtaposition to stereotypical portrayals of black men as uneducated, poor, criminal, and absentee fathers.

Hairhat: a term coined by radio host Tommy Sotomayor that refers to black women who wear weaves.

Hotep: [see pro-blacks].

Hyena: a term to describe black women.

IBMOR: Introspective Black Men of Reform. A group of black men who seek to abolish white supremacy and black matriarchy.

“Klingon Culture/Bitches”: a term that reference the fictional warrior race of aliens from Star Trek known for their brutality. The term refers to black women for their suppose destructive nature and pressuring black men to conform to rigid notions of masculinity.

Maggle: a term that describe men who defend black women or “black female fuckery.”

Manosphere 3.0: a social media construct wholly curated by The Black Brain Trust. Technocratic thought and ideals, Globalization, Geo/Domestic Politics, Technology, Economics, Health, are the topics of commentary.

Maria/Selena: a stereotypical name used when referencing Latinas.

Matrix: an alternative term to describe Western societies, particularly the United States, that are deemed as overly feminized and hostile towards black men.

Negro Manosphere: a website dedicated to topics such as men’s rights, anti-feminism, dating, health, pop culture, and contemporary events.

“Nigga/Negro Juice”: another term for swag.

“Nigger Bitch”: a term used by YouTuber Brian Solonge to describe black women (he uses the term on Free Speech Avenger).

Park Apes: a term to describe criminal or violent behavior. Black women are deemed to be the “bearer of Park Apes.”

Passportbros: a group of black men who have or are obtaining passports and share stories and photographs with one another about their experiences in foreign countries.

Pay-to-Play: [see tricking]

Plantation: [see da communitah]

Pleasantville: a term that refers to idyllic communities (middle- and upper-middle class, predominately white areas). Often juxtaposed to black communities, which are deemed as inherently dysfunctional and undesirable places to live.

Pookie and Ray Ray: a popular slang term in African American culture to describe men with thuggish or degrading behaviors. Black Manosphere dogma insist that black women, regardless of class status, sexually and romantically desire these men.

Pro-Blacks: a group of people seeking to uplift black people and culture, but often lacks inclusiveness regarding sexual orientation and identity as well as oppose interracial dating.

Pro-Wacks: a term used to mock “pro-blacks.”

Ricebunny: a term that fetishizes Asian women

Save Yourself Black Men (SYSBM): an online subculture that demonizes black women and promotes interracial dating/marriage as saving oneself.

Scraggle Daggle: a name used by SYSBM to refer to black women’s dysfunctional behavior. Mostly used as a substitute for black women.

Scraggle Daggle Trapple: a term coined by YouTuber Xanatos Clutch to describe black men’s tendency to make eight-plus hour live streams ranting about black women.

Select/Non-Select Men: the alternative of alpha/beta male. Dating coach and book author Rom Wills popularized it and the Black Manosphere later appropriated it.

Simp: A man who puts women on a pedestal and gets nothing, particularly sex, in return. In the Black Manosphere, it is used to refer to critics.

Slaying Evil: a blog created by London-based writer Babatunde Umanah that mostly documents American black women’s dysfunctional and pathological behavior. Regularly refers to black women in dehumanizing terms.

Snowbunny: a popular slang term used among African American men that fetishizes white women

Stargate: a term used by SYSBM to describe a woman of “high quality” in regard to culture, behavior, family structure, and attractiveness. Black women who fit this definition are deemed as a rarity.

Suspect: an assertion made when questioning a man’s heterosexuality. Used against critics who question Black Manosphere dogma.

Swirling: a term to describe black people who date, marry, or have sex with people of other races

“The Most Educated”: the phrase refers to black women because of their post-secondary degree attainment in the United States. The Black Manosphere uses it sarcastically by following up with an example of dysfunctional or irrational behavior.

The Prom Story: a tale Mumia Obsidian Ali recounts to critique double standards in male dating preference. His mother and sisters tried to get him to attend prom with girls he deemed unattractive after he failed to secure a date. He rejected their assistance. Their response frustrated him so much he skipped his high school graduation ceremony, left home, and didn’t return for over a decade. Some men have ridiculed him for this.

Thinking Black Men: a term to describe black men who have not been brainwashed by “da communitah” and have escaped the “black box.”

Tricking: an alternative term for men who seek out sex workers or transactional sex, particularly overseas.

Wall of Silence: an online subculture that emerged in the early 2010s. Black men proclaimed to date interracially because they grew frustrated with black women’s attitudes and behaviors.

Whoa Vickies: a term to describe white women who “act black” or hang around “low class” black women. It derives from the Instagram handle of Victoria Waldrip, who became famous after a viral video where she claimed to be black.

Winning: a term used to describe black men who date or sleep with non-black women.