Asian don't raisin

English

Etymology

A reference to the wrinkly texture of raisins; modelled on earlier black don't crack.

Phrase

Asian don't raisin

  1. (colloquial) People of Asian descent show fewer physical signs of ageing.
    Coordinate term: black don't crack
    • 2022, Lynne M. Thomas, Michael Damian Thomas, Meg Elison, Uncanny Magazine Issue 45: March/April 2022, page 122:
      And for a bit of levity, "Asian don't raisin," so, like vampires, we don't age.
    • 2023, Karin Lin-Greenberg, You Are Here:
      Jackson pauses a moment, then he laughs. He's figured it out. Raisins are wrinkled. Old people are wrinkled. "Asian don't raisin," he says. He likes the incorrect grammar of the sentence.
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