break off

v. phr. to freely or gratuitously give something (to someone), especially money or something highly prized; in the form break (someone) off a piece, to give or receive sexual favors. Subjects: Black English, English, Hip-Hop, Slang

Editorial Note: Usually constructed as a transitive with an indirect object, "break someone off something," although there exists also the form "break me off" with an unspoken but understood direct object. Occasionally, it is followed by the preposition "with", perhaps by parallel construction to "hook me up with" 'to grant me access to (something); to get for me (something difficult to acquire)'. Etymological Note: Perhaps originating from or reinforced by advertising for the Kit-Kat chocolate candy, which for many years used as a marketing jingle “Break me off a piece of that Kit-Kat bar.”

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Citations: 1993 Ice Cube, K-Dee, QDIII Lethal Injection (song) (Dec. 7) “Make it Ruff, Make it Smooth”: I gots to make a livin’, I’m out to get mo/money, and got mo nuts for yo honey/so come and break me off, this nigga’s walkin’ soft. 1996 [J-Dogg ] Usenet: alt.rap (Feb. 18) “Snoop’s Trial”: Can anybody break me off with some news on Snoopy’s Murder? 1996 Edward Humes No Matter How Loud I Shout: A Year in the Life of Juvenile Court (Mar. 5) p. 59: “I told them I just reached down and picked up some of the money sitting there on the floor of the van and said, ‘Break me off.’…What’s wrong with that? Wouldn’t you want to break off some of the money for yourself, too?"…"You think the judge is going to believe anything you say now? Break me off. He’s gonna break you off, all right. Break you right off into prison.” 1997 Jim Rome Show (Jan. 15) “Huge Fax of the Day” @ Usenet: rec.collecting.cards.discuss (Apr. 29, 1999) “Why Stuart Scott Sucks”: Tell me the scores, don’t “break me off a little sumpin, sumpin. Give me information, don’t “bust out with the 411.” 1997 [Strikenow] Usenet: rec.gambling.blackjack (Mar. 21) “guaranteed 1 million in blackjack!”: Don’t forget when you hit that million bucks to break me off 5 grand. 1998 [dead.eyes.under] Usenet: alt.rock-n-roll.metal.death (Oct. 19) “Deadeyesunder seeks artist”: We need someone with some artistic abilities to break us off a nice brutal-ass evil/dark looknig deathmetal logo. none of thise 45 photoshop filters stuff. 1999 Usenet: ucd.life (Apr. 18) “Re: Battle of the MCs 2000”: I won’t disgrace myself with my white-boy rhyming skillz, but I think Ola should definetly break us off sumthin. 1999 Usenet: 3dfx.products.voodoo3 (Apr. 21) “Re: John Reynolds, DUDE!”: Ill trade your ass for a pack of smokes bitch. now break me off a piece of dat ass, bitch! 1999 [Louis M. Brown] Usenet: alt.tv.star-trek.voyager (May 21) “Re: This Is Who They Are!”: Hey Fiver, break me off with a copy of that pic. 1999 Usenet: alt.sports.basketball.nba.hou-rockets (June 28) “Re: Rice or bread?”: Do you look at your posts before sending them? Perhaps an extra moment or two for proofreading would help you appear more intelligent. Although pushing for Knight is crazy no matter how well you craft your text. Just break us off some puntuation, “G.” 2001 [Douglass] Usenet: alt.seduction.fast (Sept. 6) “MuLtIpLe ChOiCe TeSt”: At a nightspot, you offer an arousing female a drink and she accepts. You would ideally like to end up having this girl “break you off a piece.” 2003 Franklin White Money For Good (Nov. 15) p. 17: I’m going to find Rossi before the weekend is over and see if he’ll break me off.…Ain’t no way I’m gonna let that easy money get away. 2004 Lori Bryant-Woolridge Hitts & Mrs. (Jan. 1) p. 110: You’re not drawn to him at all? Not one little iota of I’d- like-to-break-me-off-a-piece-of-that buzzing around your head or other, more pertinent parts? 2005 Rob Harvilla East Bay Express (Emeryville, California) (June 1) “Scions of Scion”: I’ve seen DJs roll around in those things, and I think what they do, if you’re willin’, they’ll hook you up on some sort of artist payment plan.…It’s funny; a lot of people figure, “It’s a fuckin’ car company, break us off.” But those are $20,000 cars.

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