African American Vernacular English

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

African American Vernacular English
    n 1: a nonstandard form of American English characteristically
         spoken by African Americans in the United States [syn:
         {African American Vernacular English}, {AAVE}, {African
         American English}, {Black English}, {Black English
         Vernacular}, {Black Vernacular}, {Black Vernacular
         English}, {Ebonics}]