BLACK IS WHITE

Domain	Definition
Literature	Black is White (See Swear. ) Beaten black and blue. So that the skin is black and blue with the marks of the beating. I must have it in black and white, i.e. in plain writing; the paper being white and the ink black. To say black's his eye, i.e. to vituperate, to blame. The expression, Black's the white of his eye, is a modern corruption. To say the eye is black or evil, is to accuse a person of an evil heart or great ignorance. The Latin niger also meant evil. (See Black Prince.) "A fool may do all things, and no man say black's his eye."- The Tell Tale. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
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Synonyms within Context: BLACK IS WHITE

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Reasoning,	Cut blocks with a razor, beat about the bush, play fast and loose, play fast and loose with the facts, blow hot and cold, prove that black is white and white black, travel out of the record, parler a tort et a travers, put oneself out of court, not have a leg to stand on.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Modern Usage: BLACK IS WHITE

Non-Fiction Usage: BLACK IS WHITE

Subject	Topic	Quote
Lexicography	Devil's Dictionary	OPTIMIST, n. A proponent of the doctrine that black is white. A pessimist applied to God for relief. "Ah, you wish me to restore your hope and cheerfulness," said God. "No," replied the petitioner, "I wish you to create something that would justify them." "The world is all created," said God, "but you have overlooked something -- the mortality of the optimist."
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Expression: BLACK IS WHITE

Anagrams: BLACK IS WHITE

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-b-c-e-h-i-i-k-l-s-t-w"
	-2 letters: switchable.
	-3 letters: chalkiest, hackliest, whackiest, witchlike.
	-4 letters: backlist, balkiest, bechalks, blackest, blackish, bleakish, chiliast, ciliates, ethicals, kielbasi, klatches, scablike, shiitake, sibilate, silicate, ticklish, tiebacks, wackiest, wetbacks.
	-5 letters: achiest, aitches, albites, albitic, alibies, astilbe, backlit, backset, bailies, basilic, bastile, batches, batlike, bawties, bechalk, bestial, bewails, bewitch, bhaktis, bhistie, bialies, bitches, blastie, cablets, cakiest, catlike, chablis.
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Alternative Orthography: BLACK IS WHITE

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Domain	Usage
Movie/TV Titles	Black Is White (1920)
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Specialty Definition: BLACK IS WHITE

Expression using "BLACK IS WHITE": prove that black is white and white black. Additional references.
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