Hip-Hop Slang, Jargon, and New Words from Double-Tongued Dictionary

Hip-hop (rap) music and culture. This may include AAVE terms. You can also see entries assigned to this category.

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cipher n. The “Emcee Cypher,” also spelled cipher, is a chance for DJs/producers to showcase their skills while simultaneously enticing a group to create a verbal collage. In hip-hop parlance, cipher refers to something like a jam session. Everyone forms a circle and contributes to the creative experience—DJs, dancers, rappers or graffiti writers. [English Hip-Hop] [full cite] (Mar. 23, 2006)

crunk adj. He looks around the classroom and a wide smile breaks across his face. He starts enthusiastically bobbing his head and out comes, ‘Dang, this class is crunk!’ I think what he was trying to say was that he was excited to be interested in what he was learning. [English United States Hip-Hop Slang] [full cite] (May. 4, 2004)

crunk adj. On that same MTV broadcast, TLC’s Tionne “T-Boz” Watkins introduced another addition to the Southern lingo list, “crunk"—as in “really good.” Or the way Watkins put it: “That video was crunk.’’ [English Hip-Hop Slang] [full cite] (May. 13, 2004)

crunk adj. crunk (adj) Hype, phat. “Tonight is going to be crunk”—??. [English Hip-Hop Slang] [full cite] (May. 13, 2004)

cuddie n. Cuddie: Un pote de toujours. Cf interview de Mac Mall dans The Source n°80. [English United States California Hip-Hop Slang] [full cite] (Nov. 11, 2004)

cuddie n. Cuddie (n.): A close friend or relative, derived from “Cousin”; anyone from Vallejo’s Crestside neighborhood (cf. Mac Mall, Illegal Business?, 1993). [English United States California Hip-Hop Slang] [full cite] (Nov. 11, 2004)

cuddy n. “Many times here, what I’ve considered to be thoughtful commentary based off Hip Hop history and the mores therein has been twisted to mean that I’m hating on something. Hmmmm…” “Not by me cuddy. though I disagree with you from time to time.” [English United States Hip-Hop Slang] [full cite] (Nov. 11, 2004)

dime piece n. I’m like a dime piece…you know a dime piece you don’t know if you should holla at the b***h or not. [ Language English Subject Hip-Hop] [full cite] (Dec. 4, 2005)

dirt-hustle v. He used to press up his own CDs and hand them out for free, just to get a buzz going. The practice of “dirt-hustlin,” as it’s called, is a time-honored tradition in the Bay Area music industry. With no major-label infrastructure to support the hundreds of independent rap artists trying to make a name for themselves, rappers, DJs, promoters, and producers have had to be creative, engineering DIY schemes and networking with other like-minded individuals. [English Hip-Hop Music Slang] [full cite] (Sep. 27, 2006)

Dirty Dirty n. “I’m from the Dirty Dirty…,” goes one of Pitbull’s most contagious raps, “Dirty.” [English United States Southern Hip-Hop Music Nickname] [full cite] (Oct. 12, 2004)

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