Have you ever heard wanna-be gangsters or rappers talking and didn't know what the shit they were talking about. I'm sure you have cuz that's all you hear nowadays. It seems that everyone is either a gangster, rapper, or wanna-be rapper or gangster (sometimes both). This could someday be a survival tool, because, in our great nation, the English language as you know it is quickly fading.
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."
Butters-{buttahz} Smooth, good, great. "Yo, Carney, you are buttaz in center field!"
Buzzard- {buzad} Someone who farts a lot. "This kid be a buzad."
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."
Def- {deaf} This word is not used anymore, meaning unknown to 90's gangster. "Yo' kicks be def."
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, thus rappers stopped immediately. "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?"
Grip-{gripp} This word is older than the oldest old, no definition is known to modern rappers. "Grip? Ha! you sill use dat word, you herb?"
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."
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 that shit is hot, damn!"
Illing-{illin'} crazy, out of their mind. "You be illin' if you think I'm coming off welfare, yo."
Ism- {izm} Marijuana. "Yo we be sparkin' mad izm."
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!"
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' BrooklynQueens, yo."
Rock-{rok} 1)Basket ball. "Put da rock in da hole, yo." 2) Crack - cocaine. "You smokin' rock, bitch?"
Run Game- {rungame} to rip someone off or do something to harm someone, usually a rich person or whitey. "Shame on a nigga that tries to run game on a nigga"
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."
Slice- {sliess} This word is so old, even Vanilla Ice aviods using it. "Homey G money grip, homey slice."
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 is 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?"
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-{WiteE} 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 dictionary 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."
Word Is Born- {wordisborn} The news is here. "Yo, word is born Shamee just got bust in his head two times."
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} Good, great, etc. "Dese threads be mad young!"
Note: The pronunciation of "th" is usually "d". For example: "That" is pronounced as "Dat". Also, Rappers and G's frequently add an "s" or a "z" to the end of words for no reason at all. For example: "Yo Momz is fly" which means in English: "Your mother is good-looking or sexy".