Black English Slang, Jargon, and New Words from Double-Tongued Dictionary

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Used most often by, originating with, or associated with African-Americans, African-American Vernacular English (AAVE), or Black English. Includes terms sometimes said to be "Ebonics." You can also see entries assigned to this category.

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bustdown n. He so ugly he paid a bustdown just to give him a kiss. [Black English English Hip-Hop Slang] [full cite] (Feb. 22, 2005)

bustdown n. U nasty as hell u shouldnt put yo self out there like that its makes u look like a bustdown, a ho, a infected ass female and shit jus plain nasty. [Black English English Hip-Hop Slang] [full cite] (Feb. 22, 2005)

dry snitching n. The next day, she engaged in a tattling technique known as “dry snitchin.’” That’s when you tell on somebody while pretending that you’re trying to help them. [Black English English Slang] [full cite] (Nov. 14, 2007)

flossing n. Struck with a love of flossing (spending to affect an image of an affluent lifestyle), he gets in over his head financially. [Black English English Slang] [full cite] (Feb. 22, 2005)

get up v. Got up with…To meet with rendevous. [Black English English] [full cite] (Oct. 14, 2004)

ghetto pass n. We gave Kid Rock his ghetto pass. We’re black, all about the love. [Black English English Hip-Hop] [full cite] (Dec. 15, 2004)

ghetto pass n. I never thought ice cube would give up his Ghetto Pass. [Black English English United States Hip-Hop] [full cite] (Dec. 15, 2004)

herb n. “Why you acting like an herb?” For those who don’t know, “herb” is a derogatory name that the hip hop generation of African American’s has for people who seek knowledge and don’t want to be gangstas. [Black English Slang] [full cite] (Jan. 21, 2006)

honey dip n. He’d be calling Mommy “Miss Black America” and his “brown sugar honey dip” as soon as she got home. [Black English English Hip-Hop] [full cite] (Jul. 18, 2005)

hooping n. But though his teaching was done, Rodgers’ “hoop” was just beginning, in a voice turned musical pendulum. “I’ve got pow-er, to live for Him!” Rodgers half sang, half spoke, his lips an inch from the microphone. His words rose up the scale, dropped low, rose again.…Hooping has a long tradition in America’s black churches, and the expression sounds like what it describes: the lifting singsong delivery at a sermon’s peak that folds congregation and pastor together in jubilant worship. [Black English English Religion] [full cite] (Aug. 2, 2006)

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