halfie
Two ethnic backgrounds
Halfie is informal for a person of mixed racial or ethnic heritage, typically with parents from two different backgrounds: As a halfie, she sometimes felt caught between cultures.
The term can be affectionate or dismissive depending on context and who's using it.
Halfie also casually describes splitting something in two: Want to go halfie on this pizza?
Having two racial ancestries
- mixed-raceOf multiple ancestries
- biethnicOf two ancestries
- EurasianOf two connected continents
- Afro-AsianPertaining to Africa-Asia relations
mestizo · mulatto · Creole · parentage · ancestry · lineage · descent · bloodline
Having two racial ancestries
- mixed-raceOf multiple ancestries
- code-switchingAlternating between linguistic varieties
- belongingState of fitting in
- in-betweenOccupying middle position
neither-nor · passing · identity crisis · self-identification · racial identity · hybrid identity · third culture · liminal
biracial
Having two racial ancestries
- mixed-raceOf multiple ancestries
- biethnicOf two ancestries
- EurasianOf two connected continents
Afro-Asian · mestizo · mulatto · Creole · parentage · ancestry · lineage · descent · bloodline · interracial
biracial
Having two racial ancestries
- mixed-raceOf multiple ancestries
- code-switchingAlternating between linguistic varieties
- belongingState of fitting in
in-between · neither-nor · passing · identity crisis · self-identification · racial identity · hybrid identity · third culture · liminal · othered
hybrid
Thing of mixed parentage
halfiepurebred
Of single breed ancestry
full-blooded · pureblood · unmixed · thoroughbred · homogeneous
- half an hourSixty minutes halved
- in halfInto two equal portions
- half fullContaining fifty percent capacity
- half priceReduced by half
- second halfLater of two parts
- half hourThirty-minute span