Sco

n. San Francisco, California. Subjects: California, English, Hip-Hop, Slang

Editorial Note: Usually constructed with the definite article: the Sco. Etymological Note: A clipping of the full name of the city beyond the far more common Frisco.

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Citations: 2001 Josh Scott Usenet: rec.music.hip-hop (Jan. 22) “Slanguage in your area”: The ’Sco…frisco…San Francisco. 2001 [BayAreaMobShit] Usenet: rec.music.hip-hop (May 30) “Re: Vallejo, Ca (Demystified And Clarified)”: When i first arrived here from the ’Sco in 89 it was all about E40 and M.V.P(MillaVillePlayers). 2002 Karen Rivas Girl Health (Fall) “Who We Are”: I do not plan to move away from the Sco, I love it here. 2003 James Sullivan San Francisco Chronicle (California) (Oct. 14) “Frisco, that once-verboten term for the city by the bay, is making a comeback among the young and hip” p. D1: From a slang standpoint, he says, San Francisco is now known to ultimate insiders simply as “the ’Sco.” 2004 Bay Way 41510 Usenet: rec.music.hip-hop (June 23) “Re: New Rap The King Of Usenet”: He’s throwin’ up the ‘sco, I’m throwin up the O. 2005 [415_Thugmisses] Lyrics Talk-Lyrics Forums (Apr. 15) “415 is da shit”: We keep it goin all day in da SCO. 2005 [Ry] Chinese Mike Presents… (California) (May 15): Much luv out the sco, keep them tapes knockin, keepin us on tha map !!! 41fifth til my last breath!! 2005 Megan Dickey, Mellina Stoney @ Lowell High School The Lowell (San Francisco, California) (Sept. 9) “California Crunk: Hyphy Takes over”: Heard all the way from San Francisco to San Jose—the “Sco” and “San Ho,” —Bay Area musicians have been ripping up the music scene. 2005 Tamara Palmer SF Weekly (San Francisco, California) (Nov. 9) “Mixtape Shmixtape”: “Sco to the O” (meaning, “San Francisco to Oakland”).

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