Sara and I saw this in WalMart last year and I couldn't pass up taking a picture.
So, let me get this straight......Ashy is now a "real" word and not just a UMC-ism? I was baffled and had to get to the root of this word evolution. So, of course, I googled it.
According to the free online dictionary - ash·y (sh)
adj. ash·i·er, ash·i·est
1. Of, relating to, or covered with ashes.
2. Having the color of ashes; pale.
And then I found the urban dictionary definition (complete with the word used in a sentence, so as not to cause confusion)
- ashy: When a negro's skin so dry it looks like they a white folk who been workin' in a coal mine.
Ex. Damn, Sheila skin be ashy.....she need some cocoa butter to moisten up.
.........And I quote. Thanks, WalMart and google.