pimp cup

n. an ornately decorated goblet resembling a trophy. Subjects: English, United States, Hip-Hop

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Citations: 2002 Nas God’s Son (rap album) (Dec. 17) “Made You Look”: Knock a pimp’s drink down in his pimp cup. 2003 [Johndaigle1] Usenet: alt.tv.nick-at-nite (Mar. 13) “the new classic award”: Please dont get no salt in my pimp cup. 2003 Nekesa Mumbi Moody Canadian Press (Dec. 22) “Missteps, misfires and misjudgments mark the year in pop music”: The pimp cup. When the gold-encrusted goblet favoured by purveyors of women becomes so ubiquitous that former Nickelodeon star Nick Cannon is rocking it in a video, you know it’s time to retire it. 2005 Kelefa Sanneh New York Times (Aug. 29) “‘Video Music Awards’ Look a Bit Out of Place on MTV”: This trend will probably continue until that dark day when some unsuspecting viewer happens upon a junior Congressman clutching a pimp cup, humbly thanking C-SPAN for his gleaming Spanny award.

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Reader comments:

I believe all of this “pimp cup” business started in emulation of former pimp Don “The Magic” Juan, who carries around a big chalice of “pimp juice”. He was featured in the 1999 HBO documentary, “Pimps Up, Ho’s Down”.

by Ben Zimmer 02 Sep 05, 0231 GMT