A.K.- {aykay} Gun. "I gots my a.k. so don't try and play me."
Ayeite- {ahite} Comes from the English words "all right." "Diamonds! Ayeite!"
B- {bee} One uses this word to address a friend. "Yo, chill b."
Back {bak} to be backed up by other gangsters. "Money's got mad back."
Backing that ass {Bakkindadow!} An expression used to display loyalty. "I'm backin' that ass, so
don't step."
Bass {Base} Crack-cocaine. "I deal bass so i gets paid!"
Beef- {beef} A problem with another person so as to want to engage in fisticuffs."Yo, nigga, you
got beef wit me?"
Bitch-{bitch}- Woman, used in derogatory manner. Bits. Girlfriend. "Who yo bitch?"
Blunt- {bluh} A Marijuana cigar. "Yo, roll the philly blunt bitch."
Bomb(the)- {da bomm} The greatest. "Shiny Bear Jackets are the bomb, yo.
Boogie-{booggy} Dance "Boogie down, sistaz, shake dat ass."
Boom- {boom} Marijuana. "Spark da boom my brutha"
Booty- {bootay} A woman's buttocks. "Shake yo' booty, shake yo' rump."
Brother- {brutha} African, black person, negro "Whitey be keepin' us bruthaz down, yo."
Buddha-{booda} Marijuana. "Yo, Herman, lets smoke a da Buddha."
Bugging- {bugin'} Not all right, going crazy. "Yo, are you buggin'? OJ be a brutha, so he
innocent."
Bust- {bus'} to get shot. "A Nigga just got bust in the head, brutha."
Bust A Nut- {bustanut) To be able to produce sperm. "Yo, dat kid be getting cluck, and he can't
even bust a nut."
Buzzard- {buzad} Someone who farts a lot. "This kid be a buzad."
Butters-{buttahz} Smooth, good, great. "Yo, Carney, you are buttaz in center field!"
Cap-{capp} Punch, beat. "Yo don't makes me cap you."
Chill- {chil} Calm down. "you best chill yo' ass."
Chronic- {kronik} Strong Marijuana, or Marijuana laced with crack cocaine. "Dat chronic messed
wit my dome piece nigga."
Chump- {chump} A person that is considered a loser or someone not liked. "Yo get da hell out of
my crib you chump."
Cluck- {cluck} Woman, in a derogatory manner. "You be doin' the bump and grind wit a
cluck??"
Crazy-{crayzee} Very. "Yo, whiteys are crazy wak"
Crib- {kribb} House. "Dis weekend, yo, I'm bringin' all da honeys to my crib"
Crue- {crew} A group of individuals. "Don't step to my crue,bitch."
Cuffed-{cuft} Arrested. "All my bruthaz be cuffed yo."
Da (The) Hood- {da hood} Place where all rappers live, and chose to stay their whole lives. Only
rappers can be found here, so they like it. Its usually the crappiest neighborhood in any city.
"Yo, I knowz you ain't from Da Hood."
Diesel- {deezul} Strong, or tough "Yo! Mike Tyson be diesel, yo."
Dogs- {dawgs} Feet. "My dogs be stankin' hard core."
Dome Piece-{doam peese} head "I'm doo-doo wak in da dome piece."
Doo-Doo-{doodoo} Very bad. "Yo dis piece doo-doo wak."
Dope- {doap} Good, great, etc. "Yo money, that bitch be mad dope."
Down-{down} Going along with something. "You down wit dat, brutha?"
Dumb-{dum} Very. "Whitey be dumb wak."
Fine-{fine} Hot, sexy, good looking "Yo bitch, you are fine!"
Five-Oh-{five owe} Run, the cops are coming! "Yo, put down da crack pipes, 5-0!!"
Flavor-{flava} To be something special. "Yo, flava flav gots da flava."
Fly {flah} Good, great, etc. "Dem fly girls be bitches, money."
Fool-{Foo'} Someone not liked. "Step out da way, foo', before i cap yo ass."
Forty-{fowtee} Forty ounce of beer. Usually Old English, or St. Ides."I got my 40 and my gat, I'm
set for da night."
Fresh- {fresh} This word used to equal cool, but then the whiteys started saying it, thus rappers
stopped immediately. (For old words that are now considered "wak", "Yo dah fresh prince of
bel air ain't fresh no more, he be played."
Fronting-{fruntin'} Being aggresive in a arguement that could turn into fisticufs. "I knowz you ain't
frontin'."
G - {jee} One uses this word to address a friend. "Yah, what g? you must be illin'. "
Ganked- {gankt} to be fooled or ripped off. "Yo dat bitch got ganked for all her cash, G."
Gat- {gat} Gun. "I'm gonna shoot you wit my gat, nigga'."
Gear- {geer} Material items."I wuz out on da streets, wit my gear."
Get Down {git dowwwn} Dance. "Git down bruthas and sistas."
Gibbage {gibbige}- Comes from the English word garbage. Something bad, not good. "Whitey
play basketball like gibbage, yo!"
Glock- {glock} Gun. "Don't be frontin' I'll break out my glock."
Grill-{grio} Derogetory word for woman's reproductive organs. "You get sum grill, my brutha?"
Grub-{grubb} Food, never bought by themselves, but begged for from people happily enjoying
thir own meal, You'll never see a fat rapper, unless they a famous and makin lots of cash.
"Homey, let me get some grub?"
Hard Core-{hard coor} Hard core. "Yo dat crack be gibbage, not hard core to da least bit."
Hell Yah-{hell ya} or {Helz yah}Confirmation. During a rap, the person who gets the main
rappers back, says this repeadately, confirming anything the rapper has just said. "You momz
be wak, HELL YAH."
Herb-{herb} 1) Nerd, dork, loser, geek. 2) Marijuana "Yo, herb! You want to smoke some
herb?"
Hit That- {hit dat} Have sex with that. "Yo, dat bitch be slammin'! I'd hit that any day of da
week."
Hoe-{ho} Woman used in a deragotory manner. "I get aw-ul dah hoes."
Hole- {hoal} Basketball hoop. "Yo, he'll beat you to da hole."
Homey- {hoemee} One uses this word to address a friend. "Yo homey, whats up in dat
piece?"
Honey-{hunnee} Woman. "Yo, your honey be slammin'."
Hoochie-{hoochy} What women are called in a derogetory manner. "Yo, your hoochie is mad
fine, my brutha."
Hook-up-{hookup}To obtain material possesions. "Yo G, he be gettin' mad hook-ups!"
Also, to have a relationship with somebody. "Did you get hooked-up wit dat bitch foo'?"
Hot- {hot} Commonly used word to describe something good. May replace dope or fly as the
word of choice for gangstas until chumps start saying it. "Yo dat shit be hot!"
Illing-{illin'} crazy, out of their mind. "You be illin' if you think I'm coming off welfare, yo."
I'mo - {ime O} I am going to. "If you don' quit callin' my hoe a bitch
I'mo whup yo ass"
I'm out- {ime out} I'm leaving now! "Yo, dis be wak, I'm out."
In The House- {in dah howse} To be good, or great, or cool at the specific time, or to be there at
the moment. "Sinbad not only in da house, he in dis house: welcome sinbad"
In Effect- {ineffekt} To be good or great. Or cool at a specific time. "Nate dog in effect!"
Ism- {izm} Marijuana. (See: Boom, Chronic, Sess) "Yo we be sparkin' mad izm."
Jumped- {jumpt} to get attacked, usually by a gang that out numbers you."You play me chump,
you get jumped."
Kid-{kehd} Someone not liked. "Ked, don't be messin' with my bitch."
Kicking-{kikin'} Smelling "Yo mama be kickin'"
Kicks- {kiks} Shoes "I stole some new kicks from a whitey."
Large- {larj} rich, big, fat "Yo I be livin' mad large."
Lifted {liftded} to get high. "Yo its Friday, lets get lifted my brutha."
Loco-{lowkoh) crazy, insane. "Are you loco? hell yah!"
Macking- {mackin'} to come on to a female, or to flirt. "Yo, Rakeem was mackin' it wit Laquanda
last night!"
Mad {madd} very "Mad wak G."
Mo' {Mow} Comes from the English word: more. "I gotz to get mo' grub, yo"
Money- {munee} One uses this word to address a friend. "Yo money, i gotz to admit you in da
house."
Nigga- {nigga'} 1.) Comes from the 18th century word used to demean African-Americans. Now
used by rappers to demean white people and/or people they don't like. 2.) Used to show
friendship, only when spoken by rappers/gangsters. "Nigga please!"
Nina- {neena} Old word for gun. "I got my nina and you know I'm straight trippin'."
Old English {O-E} Favorite beer of rappers. "Yo, bartenda got any O-E?"
Peace- {peese} 1) Let there be peace in the world. 2) Good bye "Peace, brutha I'm out."
Phat- {fat}- Good, great, etc. "I be not only livin' large, but phat too, yo."
Piece-{peese} 1) place, or thing. "Yo, whats up with this peice?" 2) Gun
Play-{plae} Sexual action. "I getz dumb play."
Played-{plaed} Not good anymore, not in. "Yo, dat video bew played, yo."
Player-{plaer} Someone who gets a lot of sexual action. "Yo, Denzel be a player, he gets all da
hoochies."
Poison-{poyzun} Drugs. "Pass da poison ova he-ah."
Posse-{possee} a group of individuals joined together for a common purpose,usually to kill people
or steal things. "I be Representin' my home town posse, money."
Proper-{proppa} Politically correct. "MC Hammer's song: pray be crazy proper."
Props-{propps} Material items, or respect. "When I'm on top, i gets dah props"
Raw- {rauw} Hard core. "Dat herb be raw."
Represent- {represent} to be a part of a gang or area. "Representin' Brooklyn Queens, yo."
Rock-{rok} 1)Basket ball. "Put da rock in da hole, yo." 2) Crack - cocaine. "You smokin' rock,
bitch?"
Sess- {sess} Marijuana. "Yo we smokin' sess and drinkin' beers."
Shorty-{shortee} A derogetory word for a female. "I got a 40 and a shorty, G."
Sister-{sistah} Black woman, Negroette. "Yo all da brothers and sisters do dah bump and grind."
Skunk {skun'} bad marijuana. "Dis be skunk, nigga wheres da chronic?"
Slamming-{slaamin'} Hot, sexy, etc. "Yo' cluck be slammin', b."
Son-{sun} An individual not liked, or precieved by another as lower, in age or class. "Yo, sun,
you about to get trashed."
Spark-{spark} To light something, usually a marijuana joint or crack pipe. "spark the izm, yo hurry
up B!"
Stanking-{stanken'} Comes from the English word stinking, can also be pronounced "astank!".
"Yo momz ass be stanking."
Stepping- {steppen'} To be aggressive in a manner that may cause a physical altercation. "I hope
you ain't steppin, kid. "
Stick it {stikitt} to have sexual intercourse. "Yo did you stick it to dat ho?"
St. Ides- {saint ahdes} Perfered beer by gangsters, only because Warren G was in the commercial. "I be drinkin St. Ides."
Stupid- {stoopit} Very "Yo' bitch be stupid!"
Tag- {tagg} the letters a person uses repeatedly when they paint graffiti."Yo whats yo' tag, G?
Minez KYD."
Threads-{Thredz} Clothing. "You gotz some new threads at Kmart, yo?"
Tight-{tite} Something bad, not good. "Datz tight yo.
Timbs- {timz} Timberland Boots, or shoes. "Yo, my kicks be timbs."
Tripping-{trippin'} high, not alright, crazy. "I got my nina and you know I'm straight trippin'."
Wak {whack} Bad, sucks. "Yo, herbs be mad wak, crazy wak, doo doo wak, stupid wak, nigga."
Whitey-{Wite-E} The person keeping the brothers down. "I blame all my problems on da whitey
man, he be keepin' me down every way he can."
Wild-{wild} Very. "Dis diccionary be wild phat."
Wreck It- {rek it} Forget it. "Yo, I'm out, wreck it."
Word {wurd} Really? For Real? "I'm in the house." "Word?" "Word."
Y'all-{yall} comes from the English words you all. Used primarily by southern rappers, and hicks.
"Y'all get down, and boogie down."
Yo- {yoh}- Rappers accross the world use this. It is the most popular word of their language. We
don't know what it means, but the rule is it must be used several times in each sentense. "Yo,
what be up with that, yo?"
Young-{yung} Tight. "Dese threads be mad young!"