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vessel n. Vessel: Similar to Brougham—a vehicle. ex: “We rode around in the VESSEL all night last night.” (Feb. 22, 2005) [full citation…]
pop off v. Popped off: Caught. Captured. ex: Twan got POPPED OFF last night by the Cops. (Feb. 22, 2005) [full citation…]
scummy adj. Scummy: Intoxicated, High, or Both. ex: We got Ultra SCUMMY last night. (Feb. 22, 2005) [full citation…]
demo n. Demo or demonstration: Gameplan, itinary. (Feb. 22, 2005) [full citation…]
Bin Laden n. Bin laden: A Certain kind of weed. Very potent and “Killer” (Feb. 22, 2005) [full citation…]
trick off v. Trick off : To spend money on a female who is not your woman- Men use this phrase and men only. Also means to engage in a sexual activity with a woman who is not your woman. ex: “I TRICKED OFF $80 last night on her and she didn’t give me nothing in return.” ex 2: “My wife suspects that I was tricking off last night because I didn’t come home.” (Feb. 22, 2005) [full citation…]
jap out v. Jap out: To wild out, to lose control. ex: My teacher hit me with a ruler and I JAPPED-OUT. (Feb. 22, 2005) [full citation…]
clacker n. I hear the phone called a “clacker.” ‘Aight then, Ill “clack” u later. I hate when people call it a two-way. (Feb. 21, 2005) [full citation…]
clacker n. So this guy walks into my store, asks me “Yo you got dem clackers?” I’ve sold other cellular phones before for various companies, so I k new clacker was slang for Nextel phones. (Feb. 21, 2005) [full citation…]
towel-biter n. I remember what Kerry said during the campaign! What he and his fellow Democratic towel-biters said was that this election wasn’t going to happen. (Feb. 21, 2005) [full citation…]
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