[Ads-l] Further Antedating of "Oreo"

[Shapiro, Fred]

Oreo (OED, 2., 1968 [Dec.])

1968 Sacramento Union 14 July 4/4 (Newspapers.com)

The present guard, a Negro, has acquired among minority students the nickname of "Oreo," — Keller says — "like the cookie, black outside and white inside."

Fred Shapiro

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