Monday, December 18, 2017

hip hop slang...



This week...we celebrate hip hop week! I figured that we'd get the week started off with talking about slang.

Hip hop slang.

One of the things that has helped define hip hop and the culture, is how we actually speak. In many ways, the slang that we've used over the years says a lot about who we are. Like most things in hip hop culture, slang can (and will) change. Or even better...it can have several meanings.

I found a few ofline. Look at how dope (lol) this is...


English Words with Changed Meanings (These words can be found with the same spelling in any English dictionary, but they are used as slang words and given an alternate meaning in hip-hop)

bent - adj.- intoxicated

bird - n.- girl

biscuit - n.- gun, pistol

blunt - n.- a cigar used as a joint, filled with marijuana instead of tobacco.

blunted - adj.- same meaning as 'stoned', but specifically the intoxication from smoking a blunt or blunts of marijuana.

boo -n.- affectionate term for one's significant other

bounce - v.- leave, go (EX: "Let's bounce." = "Let's leave.")

bugged out - adj.- Acting weird, unorthodox, or upset, etc. (EX: "He's bugged out.")

buggin'- v.- acting weird, unorthodox, or upset, etc. (EX: "Why you buggin'?")

bumpin'- adj.- cool, pleasurable, to one's liking. EX: "That song is bumpin'." Also as a verb, as in the phrase "It's bumpin'.", which usually refers to music.

burner-n.- gun

bust -v.- perform, do. (EX: "Bust a rhyme" = "Rapping a rhyme", while "Bust a move" ="Make a move/perform a move")

busted -adj.- ugly, caught doing a crime. {EX: "Yo' girl is BUSTED!")

cap - n.- bullet (EX: "I'ma bust a cap in yo' ass." = "I will shoot you.")

capped -v.- shot.

cheese - n.- money

chill - v.- relax, keep cool

chill - adj.- relaxed, alright. (EX: "He's chill." = "He's alright." or "He's relaxed.")

chillin' - v.- relaxing

cold - adj.- tight, good, nice, and sometimes mean, as in the phrase "cold-hearted". If a guy cheats on his girl, a response might be "That's cold." If one is looking at a really nice suit, the response might be "Man, that suit is COLD!"

coolin' - v.- relaxing, being comfortable

crib -n.- place of residence

dime - n.- a very attractive woman; a "ten" on a scale of one-to-ten.

dip - v.- leave. (EX: "Let's dip." = "Let's go.")

dog (also "dogg" and "dawg") -n.- a close and trusted friend.

dope - adj.- cool, appealing, etc.

down - adj.- with it, or willing to take part. (EX: "I'm down to do it." = "I'm up for it." "Thatfool thinks he's down." = "That guy thinks he's hardcore.")

fat - adj.- cool, appealing. When written, it is almost always intentionally spelled " phat".

fire - adj.-tight, nice, cool. may also refers to marijuana.

flow - v.-rap with beat, can also be used as a noun. (EX: "He was flowing." or "Listen to my flow.")

fly - adj.- cool, appealing, etc.

folk - n.- friends, acquaintances, or at least temporary partners.

front - v.- pretending to be that which you are not, acting tough. also short for confronting someone.

game - n.- knowledge, skill, expertise, knack, "mack-skills", techniques, etc. (EX: "He got game with those girls." = "He has good technique with the ladies.")

ghost -v.- to leave, leave quietly, quickly. (EX: "He got ghost." = "He left quickly." or "It'stime to get ghost." = "It's time to evacuate from the scene.")

gully - adj.- from the hood or ghetto.

hate - v.- aside from its usual meaning, has different shades of meaning such as "criticizing", or "disrupting" someone's game. (EX: "Why you gotta hate on me?" = "Why do you have to insult me?")

hating (hatin') - v.- same meaning as 'hate' (see above). (EX: Don't be hatin'!)

heat or heater - n.- any type of firearm

heat - n.- police, FBI, law enforcement in general (used especially in the film,Heat).

herb - n.- especially marijuana but can be any sort of drug.

hood - n.- neighborhood, usually, or the turf of certain gangs

ice -n.- diamonds, usually refers to the plural. (EX: "That nigga got shit loads'a ice on hiswrist." = "That guy is wearing a bracelet with a lot of diamonds.")

ill -adj.- 1. cool, appealing, far-out (EX: "That's ill!") 2. crazy, rowdy, mean ("Why are you acting ill to that guy?")

I'ma - a contraction of "I'm" and "gonna"

jet- to leave quickly (EX: "C'mon, let's jet.")

iron -n.- firearm

kickin'- adj.- appealing; (EX: "Those rims are kickin'.")

lamp- v.- chill, relax

marinate -v.- chill, relax

murk (Also mirk) -v.- 1. leave. "I'm finna murk." = "I'm about to leave.") 2. murder, kill. (EX:"Pass me the strap, I'm 'bout to murk this foo." = "Give me a gun, I'm about to kill this guy.")

piece -n.- 1.firearm 2.pipe 3.a tagging (graffiti marking a certain gang or individual's turf)

piff 1. -n.- 1. cocaine (EX: "Pass the piff!") 2. -adj.- something cool (EX: "My style is straightup piff!")

pig -n.- police officer

player (also playa) - n.- 1. Someone who knows how to manipulate women towards sex, etc. 2.Someone who knows how to manipulate things in general. 3. Someone who cheats on hisgirlfriend or wife (or if a woman: boyfriend, husband). 4. Less correctly applied to a"baller" (see "baller").

popes - n. - the police, an abbreviation of po-po. (EX: "Look out for the popes!")

punk - n. - a coward, alternatively an asshole

punk - a coward or wimp. (EX: "Don't punk out on me." = "Don't get cowardly.")

punked - intimidated. (EX: "He got punked by that fool." = "He got intimidated or bullied bythat person.")

pussy - n. - a coward, a sissy. used as a put-down, usually against males. It also refers to thefemale vagina or the female in general.

pussy - v. - Sex (EX: "I'm gettin' hella pussy back at my crib tonight" = "I will have sextonight at my house.")

scratch - n. - money

skrillah - n. - money

shorty - n.- a girl or woman if referring to a girlfriend, a child if referring to someone's son or daughter.

spit - v.- rap (EX: "He can spit." = "He can rap.")

steel -n.- firearm

straight - adj.- fine, okay. not related to sexuality. (EX: A person asks "You want someHenny?" The other person replies, "No thanks, I'm straight.")

strapped -adj.- bearing a firearm

stunting - showing your best or to act out of the ordinary

tight - adj.- cool, high-quality, appealing.

toaster -n.- firearm

trippin' -v.- high on drugs, kidding, or being crazy. (EX: "You must be trippin'.")

tweak -n.- to do crystal meth; Can also be altering something


Drug Related Slang Terms

Papi - The drug connect

White Lady - Cocaine

Slanging - Selling Drugs

Girl - Cocaine

Dope boy - Drug Dealer

Trapping - Selling drugs

The Trap - Place where people sell drugs

boi -heroin

brown - heroin

bud -marijuana

buddha - marijuana

butter -crack cocaine

chewy - a cigar that has been emptied and refilled with marijuana and cocaine

chronic - marijuana

cookies - crack cocaine

dank - marijuana

dime (also "dimebag" or "dimesack") - ten dollar bag of illicit drugs

dodo - marijuana

doja - marijuana

drank - codeine

'dro- marijuana grown using a hydroponic set-up

dub - a twenty dollar bag of marijuana. can also refer to twenty inch rims on a car.

fire - marijuana or meaning a sex term towards oral sex

ganja- marijuana

gizz - crack cocaine

green - marijuana

hard - crack cocaine

hydro - marijuana grown using a hydroponic set-up

indo - marijuana from Indonesia or marijuana that has been grown indoors

limb - marijuana. a term popularized in Florida.

mota - marijuana

nick (also "nickel", "nickelbag", "nickelsack") - a five dollar bag of illicit drugs

Reggie Miller - "regular killer" commercial weed, usually from Mexico.

rocks - crack cocaine

shwag - marijuana

soft -cocaine

smack - heroin

smoke - marijuana

sticky icky - marijuana

piff- cocaine

powder - cocaine

primo - a joint laced with angel dust or crack cocaine

purp - codeine (Houston)

thizz - ecstasy. Other forms of the word include thizzin', thizzed. Used primarily by Bay Area MCs

wet - a marijuana cigarette that has been dipped

white - cocaine

work - cocaine

yayo - cocaine

Maybelline - cocaine

Powdering his face - snorting cocaine

Hip-hop Slang Phrases

Brain - Oral sex from a woman

Buck - 1. To act uppity o provoke (EX: You wanna get buck fool?) 2. To steal (Yo, we was buckin' gummy worms all day!)

Bus a nut - Ejaculate

bum rush - crashing into a show hoping to see it for free, to arrive in force, to ambush from behind

bust a cap - shoot a bullet

bust a move - to act first in an altercation, to perform a dance step. popularized by YoungM.C.'s hit single, "Bust A Move" (1989).

bust out - leave or exit quickly. (EX: "He busted out of the club." = "He left the club quickly.")

bust out - show or bring out something. (EX: "He busted out a fat dubsack from his coat pocket." = "He took a big sack of drugs out of his pocket.")

cappin - lying, saying you were going to do something and not doing that thing. popularized by rapper Tampa.

clap iron - to shoot a firearm

coolin' it - relaxing

da bomb - the bomb. cool, appealing, or popular

da shiznit - "the shit". cool, appealing, etc. popularized by Snoop Dogg.

dead presidents - money (U.S. currency has a picture of a former President of the United States)

heavy metal - firearms

keep it trill - keep it true and real (true + real = trill)

kickin' it - relaxing

my bad - my mistake or I'm sorry

off the chain - unbelievable, outrageous, wild, etc.

off the hook - unbelievable, outrageous, wild, etc.

oh fo sure - no problem, you're welcome

open up shop - sell drugs, establish a drug-selling spot

peace out - good bye

peep game - to take note of someone's game, observe someone's game in action, etc.

plexing - starting stuff or beefing

roll out - leave. specifically, to get in your vehicle and leave the scene.

spit game (also "spittin' game") - to speak "game". see the definition of "game" above.

to the beat - acceptable, on top of things

throwed - tight, the best, or great

what's goin' down? - what are we doing tonight? can refer to a fight.

what tha dilly yo? (also "...dealio?") - what is going on?. Originated from "What the deal, yo?"

what up? - hello, how are you?, or what is going on?

wiggity-wack - very disturbing. presently, the "wiggity" has been dropped and those in hip-hop now use just "wack".)

word up - you got that straight, that's right, or how's it going. many now simply use the word"word".

5000 - to say peace or to leave (short for Audi 5000)




Did you learn anything? I hope so. There's about 1 million slang words that I didn't mention...


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