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An occupant of UNC-Chapel hill. A fairly smart, pretentious hick. Someone who probably couldn't make it in to Duke.
My brother hates when Duke wins, because he is a Tar Heel
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Now used as an insult to black people, the tar baby was originally a jet black baby doll (becaue it was made out of tar) used to trap Br'er Rabbit Rabbit in an American folk tale.
Tar baby can also be a term used to describe a "sticky" situation.
It's not racist to call an actual tar baby a tar baby! That's like saying it's racist to call Ritz "crackers" or chocolate sandwich cookies "Oreos"!
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In Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time, Tar Valon is the ancient city of the Aes Sedai. Tar Valon is home to the White Tower where women learn to channel Saidar, the female half of the One Power. Tar Valon is situated on an island in the middle of the River Erinin. Tar Valon is one of the few Ogier built cities left.
Egwene al'Vere left the Emond's Field to train to become an Aes Sedai at Tar Valon.
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Tar baby is a synonym for nigger, except that it is only used in bigoted manners, whereas nigger can be a sign of respect, if the speaker is also African American.
It comes from a children's story in which the dark skin and seeming ignorance (caused by a lack of schooling) of slaves were explained by the idea that black children were baptised in tar, which made them dark and dumb.
see nigger
Biff: Let's beat the sh*t out of that tar baby.
Tad: Shall we?
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Jacky Tar / jack tar: n. 1 (late 18C+) a sailor.
They believe in rod, ... and Jacky Tar, the son of a gun, who was conceived of unholy boast, born of the fighting navy ... (James Joyce: Ulysses, PICADOR, 1997, p. 314).
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a tall and lengthy humanoid who indefinitely resembles a beaver. completely useless toward the development of society. a nickname for "stephen".
mykayla: so natalie, i heard your into beavers.
natalie: oh you mean stem-tar? yea hes pretty scrumdidillyumtious.
mykayla: hokay, you keep telling yourself that.
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