Casper

English

Etymology

Alternative spelling of Caspar. The slur denoting a white person is an allusion to Casper the Friendly Ghost. The skateboarding term is named after Bobby Boyden, a professional skateboarder who was given the nickname "Casper" as a child because of his pale skin (again in allusion to the friendly ghost).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈkæspɚ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkæspə/

• Audio (General Australian):

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Proper noun

Casper

1. A male given name from Old Persian, of occasional usage, variant of Caspar.
2. A city, the county seat of Natrona County, Wyoming, United States
3. A mountain in Wyoming

Noun

Casper (plural Caspers)

1. (offensive, slang, ethnic slur) A white person.
   • 1998, Jim Goad, The Redneck Manifesto, page 128:

     Speed is whitey's drug, from the palefaces who cook it to the Caspers who deal it to the ofay vanilla wafers who snort or spike it.

2. (skateboarding) Short for Casper flip.

Anagrams

• crapes, pacers, secpar, Pacers, recaps, escarp, scarpe, e-scrap, Cresap, spacer, Scaper, CASREP, scaper, parsec, scrape, capers, sparce

Danish

Proper noun

Casper

1. a male given name, variant of Kasper

References

• [1] Danskernes Navne, based on CPR data: 11 153 males with the given name Casper (compared to 19 060 named Kasper) have been registered in Denmark between about 1890 (=the population alive in 1967) and January 2005, with the frequency peak in the 1990s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.

Norwegian

Proper noun

Casper

1. a male given name, variant of Kasper

Swedish

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Casper c (genitive Caspers)

1. a male given name, variant of Kasper