Slang
Slang is
the non-standard use of words in a language and sometimes the creation of
new words or importation of words from another language. Slang terms are often
particular to a certain subculture - such as hip hop. Several scholarly works
have begun to explore the relationship between hip hop slang and African American
English (otherwise known as Ebonics).
Below is a list of alternatives to general English that has been adapted by many in the hip hop community.
Alternative Pronunciation
Alternative Spelling
Conjoined Words
Partial Words
Replacement Suffix
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Phrases
Alternative
Pronunciation
Used to shorten, alter, or change the sound of a word. Often used for
ease of rhyming or to fit into rhythm, such as placing emphasis on the "O"
vowel, while dropping the end consontants. Can also be used as self referential
humor, by adopting a known variation in pronunciation used in local or regional
settings, movies or popular media, dialects, accents, etc, with the end result
of an intentional adopted spelling of this pronunciation.
| * aight, aite, aw-ite - all right |
| * axe - ask "I want to axe you a question." |
| * befo' - before "I told you this befo'.’" |
| * biatch - bitch |
| * da' - the "He's da' man." |
| * dat - that "I love dat." |
| * dis - this "I love dis." |
| * down - I'm up for it. "I'm down." |
| * fitty - fifty "He's fitty years old.' |
| * flava - flavor |
| * flow - to rap, can also be used as a noun, "Listen to my flow." |
| * flo' - floor |
| * fo'(1)- for "This is fo' my Aunt." |
| * fo'(2) - the number four. |
| * fo'(3) - short for before, or any -fore suffix. |
| * ho - prostitute, short for whore |
| * mo' - more "I can't stand it no mo." |
| * moo' - move "moo’ over there for me." |
| * nigga, niggaz - one's boyz, those one hangs out with |
| * 'sup - what's up |
Alternative Spelling
Spelling that alters letters in a word but results in roughly the same
pronunciation. The intent is to place more emphasis on a part of the word
than in the traditional pronunciation.
| * boi - boy | |
| * herre - here, pronounced as "her", introduced by rap artist Nelly in | |
| song lyrics, "It's getting hot in herre." | |
| * phat - very cool | |
Words that are combined for ease of pronunciation, and to reduce the total number of syllables.
* busta - snitch,
"You's a busta."
* fugly - fucking ugly, "She looks fugly."
* hella - hell of "He's hella cool."
* payce - peace "Payce dawg."
Uses part of a word to represent an entire word.
| * cuz - short for because | |
| * cuz(2) - a citation what's up cuz? / cousin, especially in Crips | |
| slang "He's my cuz." | |
| * feds - short for Federal Agents, refers to cops or other law | |
| enforcement agencies | |
| * popo - cops, short for police | |
| * po' - poor "He's too po' to afford a house." | |
| * sitch - situation | |
The ending of a word is removed, and replaced with a new suffix used as a substitute, much like Pig latin.
* bizzle - bitch
* fizzle
- can be female or fuck
* hizzle(1) - house
* hizzle(2) - hook, as in "Off the hook"
* nizzle - nigga
* rizzle - real
* shiznit - shit
* shizzle - sure
* tizzle - a state of agitation or nervousness
| * bail - leave "I'm gonna bail." | |
| * be - are, am, is - usually refers to location "I be over here." or | |
| "He be sleeping right now." | |
| * bent - intoxicated | |
| * buggin' - acting in a manner which is not socially acceptable "Why | |
| she buggin'?" | |
| * bumpin' - to one's liking "That song is bumpin'." | |
| * busta cap - to shoot a gun "I'ma busta cap in yo ass." | |
| * busta move - to act quickly, or to perform a dance move | |
| * bust out(1) - to leave, to exit. "He busted out of the club." | |
| * bust out(2) - to show or introduce something. "He busted out a | |
| deck of playing cards from his coat pocket." | |
| * chillin' - relaxing. "We chillin' at State and 3rd." | |
| * dime - hot girl | |
| * diss - to show disrespect. | |
| * fittin' or fixin' - going to do something "I'm fittin' to buy me some | |
| cigarettes." | |
| * gank - to steal "He ganked my ride." | |
| * jet - leave "We gotta jet." | |
| * lunchin' - behaving erratically | |
| * roll out - to leave | |
| * scrap - to fight "We scrapped in the back yard." | |
| * spit - see flow. | |
| * booty - buttocks, especially female | |
| * guns - muscular arms | |
| * puntang, poontang, punanny, pooty, poot - female genitalia |
Brand
Names & Commercial Trademarks
Learn more about Product Mentions in Rap Music.
| * Benz - short for Mercedes Benz, known for luxury automobiles | |
| * Cristal - Roederer Cristal, a brand of champagne | |
| * Lex - short for Lexus, known for luxury automobiles |
| * bub - short for bubbly, i.e. champagne | |
| * rims - wheels of a vehicle, often a customized wheel replacing a | |
| manufacturer wheel, with an appealing design or "bling-bling" | |
| appearance. Size is also a factor, generally twenty to twenty-four | |
| inches denotes luxury or extra expense. | |
| * whip - car | |
| * bud - marijuana | |
| * dime, dimebag, dimesack, sawbuck - a ten dollar "bag" of illicit | |
| drugs | |
| * ice - crystalized methamphetamine, ice cream, dream catcher | |
| * mac - blunt | |
| * nick, nickel, nickelbag, nickelsack, - a five dollar "bag" of illicit | |
| drugs | |
| * yayo, yay - cocaine | |
| * weed - buda, shwag, mota, bud, mary jane, dodo, green, fire, | |
| smoke, peace stick, watar, bluntos | |
| * hydro - dro, dodo, banga, ganja, dank, sticky | |
| * elbow - LB (lb.) pound of illicit drugs | |
| * dub - a twenty dollar "bag" of illicit drugs | |
| * quarter - a twenty five dollar "bag" of illicit drugs | |
| * eight ball - an eight ounce "bag" of illicit drugs | |
| * roll - MDMA, ecstasy pill | |
| * gangsta - member of a street gang | |
| * playa - someone who is not monogamous / someone who's really | |
| in, someone who's got a lot of respect | |
| * playa hata - one who has ill feelings towards the actions of a | |
| playa / someone with no respect, wanksta | |
| * thug - hard core gangster | |
| * wanksta - fake ass gangsta | |
| * P.H.D. - pimping hoes daily | |
| * noassatall - no ass at all | |
| * chillax - chilling while relaxing | |
| * white girl - cocaine, coke, yayo, blow,the shit | |
* cap - bullet
* Mac 10, Mac - gun
* nine, nina - 9mm handgun
* piece - gun
* strapped up - holding a gun
* AR - AR 15 machine gun
* K - ak 47
* pump - shotgun
* pistol - gun
* heat - gun
* biscuit - gun
* ruger - gun
* 4 pounda - 40 caliber gun
* 44 - 44 caliber gun
* areous - area
* crib - place of residence
* hood - neighborhood
* bodega - corner store
* the shops - mall somewhere to go shopping
| * 313 - from, of, or referring to a Detroit (telephone) area code | |
| * 213 - from, of, or referring to a southern California (telephone) | |
| area code | |
| * 411 - information, from the telephone directory service in the US | |
| * 420 - marijuana related, from the police code used for possession | |
| or use of marijuana | |
| * 5-0 - police (referring to the television show Hawaii Five-O) | |
| * 808 - police code for excessive noise pollution, supposedly named | |
| after a sound system of the same name. | |
| * 730 - the code for crazy | |
| * 247 - all day hustle | |
| * 187 - murder | |
| * 817 - Fort Worth TX,(funkytown, murderworth,and partyworth) | |
| telephone area code | |
| * benjamins - refers to 100 dollar bills after the American president | |
| Benjamin Franklin, whose face is on them. "It's all about the | |
| benjamins". | |
| * bling bling - expensive jewelry or other expensive material | |
| possessions, refers to the imaginary sound of glistening metal or | |
| other shiny surfaces. "bling bling" added to Oxford Dictionary | |
| * bo janglin' – stupid, not paying attention | |
| * busted - ugly nigga, "Yo' girl is busted." | |
| * dope - cool, tight | |
| * dime - a very attractive woman, a "ten" on a scale of one-to-ten | |
| * fly - appealing "She is so fly." | |
| * koolin' it - kickin' it, chilling | |
| * kickin' - appealing "Those rims are kickin." | |
| * straight - okay | |
| * the shit - awesome, great. "That man is the shit." | |
| * tight - attractive "Your car is tight." | |
| * wack - not to one's liking "This relationship is totally wack." | |
| * ba-donka-donk - an incredibly attractive ass | |
* boo - boy/girlfriend,
beau
* boyz - gang friends
* brurva - a male acquaintance
* crew - one's good friends (similar to boyz)
* haps - mother
* hoodrat - girl with loose morals
* homie, homey, homeboy - friend
* jigga - acquaintance, alternate of "nigga"
* peeps - people, acquantainces
* shorty - girl, or girl on the side
* jakes - cops
* jonx - belongings
* junk - stuff, belongings, male or female genitals
* shit - stuff, belongings. "Get away from my shit."
* lowckin - checking out the scene
* da bomb -
the bomb, i.e. cool, appealing, or popular
* my bad - my mistake
* off the hook, off the chain - unbelievable, outrageous, wild, etc.
* peace out - good bye
* rise up, foo - bring it on
* school ya - to teach a lesson, to win a confrontation
* sku me - excuse me
* whas goin' down? - what are we doin` tonight?
* what tha dilly yo? - what is going on?
* what up? - hello, how are you?
* word up - got that straight, that's right, or how's it going?
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(Source: Wikipedia)
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