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 citations assigned to this category.

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backpacker n. a fan of underground or non-mainstream hip-hop music, sometimes perceived as a poser, slummer, or elitist. (posted Jul. 30, 2004) [full entry…]

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. (posted Jun. 2, 2005) [full entry…]

bustdown n. a promiscuous or undesirable woman; a ho; a bitch. (posted Feb. 22, 2005) [full entry…]

crunk adj. good, fine, phat. (posted May. 13, 2004) [full entry…]

cuddie n. used vocatively, friend or pal; homie, cuz. (posted Nov. 11, 2004) [full entry…]

dirty dirty n. the southern United States; the South. (posted Oct. 12, 2004) [full entry…]

fiending n. craving, desiring, wanting, obsessing (over or about). (posted Sep. 28, 2004) [full entry…]

ghetto pass n. figurative or literal approval from Black Americans or the hip-hop music community (of a non-Black person or a now-successful Black person); the street cred of someone known for keeping it real. (posted Dec. 15, 2004) [full entry…]

guap n. (a lot of) money. (posted Apr. 24, 2007) [full entry…]

hiplife n. a musical genre from Ghana which combines elements of American-style hip-hop and the Ghanaian pop genre known as highlife. (posted Aug. 10, 2004) [full entry…]

hype man n. a hip-hop performer responsible for backup rapping and singing, and increasing an audience’s excitement with call-and-response chants. (posted Jun. 3, 2004) [full entry…]

isht n. a euphemistic misspelling of shit, with the same uses and meanings. (posted Mar. 11, 2005) [full entry…]

knot n. a roll of paper currency, esp. many small-denomination bills wrapped in a higher-value note. (posted Apr. 25, 2004) [full entry…]

mean-mugging n. staring in an aggressive or threatening manner. (posted Aug. 19, 2004) [full entry…]

merk v. 1. to kill (someone); to verbally or physically attack someone; to defeat, to overcome someone or something, to do well; 2. to depart; to travel (to a place). (posted Feb. 23, 2005) [full entry…]

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