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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front n. “One of my friends, every tooth in his mouth is gold, every one of them.”…In hip-hop parlance, they are called “grills” and “fronts” - a fashion statement and a state of mind where the more the merrier and the gaudier the better. [English Hip-Hop Slang] [full cite] (Aug. 16, 2004)

front n. Ranging in price from about $200 up to $50,000 or more, grills, also known as golds or fronts, are removable gold or platinum teeth that fit over real teeth that became popular in the ’80s among underground hip hop artists [English Apparel, Appearance, & Fashion Hip-Hop] [full cite] (Apr. 12, 2006)

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)

ghetto pass n. The first time I saw Latifah in person, I left my feminism and classical political theory class early so that I could hear her speak over the electric fence between a (white) feminism that many Harvard students and faculty wanted to hear her advocate, and a (black) womanism that the nebulous B-Boy council and many black students needed her to defend so that she could retain her ghetto pass. [English United States Hip-Hop] [full cite] (Dec. 15, 2004)

ghetto pass n. It’s like Ice Cube says: “You’re going to get your ghetto pass revoked.” [English United States Hip-Hop] [full cite] (Dec. 15, 2004)

ghetto pass n. House nigga scum/Give something back to the place where you made it from/Before you end up broke/Fuck around and get your ghetto pass revoked. [English United States Hip-Hop] [full cite] (Dec. 15, 2004)

ghost-ride v. Stockton police officers said they’re seeing more and more teens “ghost-riding the whip.” It’s a phrase coined by rap artists that refers to the act of jumping out of a moving vehicle and dancing alongside it. [English Automobiles & Transportation Hip-Hop Slang] [full cite] (Aug. 30, 2006)

gold n. Ranging in price from about $200 up to $50,000 or more, grills, also known as golds or fronts, are removable gold or platinum teeth that fit over real teeth that became popular in the ’80s among underground hip hop artists [English Apparel, Appearance, & Fashion Hip-Hop] [full cite] (Apr. 12, 2006)

grill n. “One of my friends, every tooth in his mouth is gold, every one of them.”…In hip-hop parlance, they are called “grills” and “fronts” - a fashion statement and a state of mind where the more the merrier and the gaudier the better. [English Hip-Hop Slang] [full cite] (Aug. 16, 2004)

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