A site dedicated to the dynamic, colorful and highly functional Inner City patois of Ebonics - a language spoken by many, understood by more and almost exclusively limited to African Americans living within Inner Cities throughout the United States. The links contained herein point to other sites - many of which include much more than is presented here -- this site merely containing those usages and terms witnessed by one White, two decade long Inner City community activist and concerned resident.
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411: (four eleven) information 5 O: (five oh) police; blu actin' out : bull$hittin'; saying false/crazy things; trippin' a'aiht: alright; okay; did you hear me?! ax: contraction for ask air up: placing air in a tire, ball or ??? baby daddy: father of the child (not in home) baby momma: mother of the child (not in home) be: are, is (used in place of 's contraction befo: (bee foe) before bicth: a common graffiti misspelling (see bitch) bidness: contraction for business; personal matters bitch: woman or man belonging to a man's man blood: fellow compadre as in "blood brother" blu: police; 5 O booty: buttox (*quick sex) booty call: lookin' to get some quick sex boyz: gang friends bro: brother (black only) buck naked: bare assed naked buck wild: really crazy cap: bullet cash money: sure thing; drugs; ??? (an easy money maker) chillin': relaxing hangin' cool: okay (referring to something not 100% legal); checked out; with it; phat crack: cheaper form of cocaine smoked in a special pipe crack head: doper specializing in smoking crack dawg: dog - hip way of saying player or bro dealer: drug seller in the ghetto dis: disrespect or insult someone dog: dawg - hip way of saying player or bro doo doo: feces (see duky • dookie) dookie: feces (see duky • doo doo) doper: one who takes dope or 'illegal' drugs duky: feces (see dookie • doo doo) DWB: Driving While Black (re police profiling stops) fittin: contraction of "getting ready" see fixin fitty: 50 (not to be confused with 5-oh) fixin: contraction of "getting ready" see fittin fly: with it; cool; on the spot; phat folks: as opposed to peoples (gang terminology) for real?: polite way of saying, "no $hit?"; telling the truth fronting: putting up a false front; pretending to be something one isn't gang banger: gang member (for real) Gangster Diciples: gang members (as opposed to Vice Lords) ganja: Jamaican marijuana GD: Gangster Disciple (see OGD) get me: short for "obtain something for myself" ghetto: cool; dangerous; hard; tough go: short for goes . is . went as in "There he go." gumint: contraction for government hang: as in hang-out or gathering of homeys (not homies) hangin': contraction of hanging or gathering with friends happenin': up with the times; cool; with it; hip; phat hard core: serious gang banger or street homey hip: cool; with it; happenin'; phat ho: contraction of whore homey: friend from the hood or adjacent streets hood: contraction of neighborhood (where homeys hang) Hunter: white cop in the hood (or White man who looks like a cop) I am so mad and ready that there ain't no time for no 'going to', I AM KILL YOU! is you is, is you ain't?: colorful way of asking, "Are you or are you not?" kickin': hangin' knockin boots: making love (ancient) mary jane: marijuana (universal slang) mo: contraction of more mufuqr: (with q becoming more silent each year) a generalized pronoun similar in common usage to "you know" (subliminally) but not appearing at the end of sentences. my bad: my error/mistake/goofup OGD: Original Gangster Disciple old timer (see GD) packin': packing a piece; strapped peace out: same as adios; au revoir; good bye peeps: friends (as opposed to the gang affiliated peoples) peoples: as opposed to folks (gang terminology) phat: lookin' good; cool; with it; hip piece: pistol pimp: player with a string of ho's (purveyor/protector of prostitutes) playa': player (gang banger or not; pimp; dealer) player: someone who knows their way around the ghetto or Inner City po-leece: police (emphasis on the PO) props: congratulations; kudos; support for someone psych: fake someone out or fool someone rat: snitch someone telling about another's illegal activities raise down: either raise or lower - depending upon context (this may be more a deep south idiom than true Ebonics term). It is one of the few phrases heard from Black people who otherwise never speak Ebonics in front of White people. (It was first heard among small children who knew Ebonics as their first and only language.) revocated:(2/11/08) revoked; used when discussing how many Inner City youth have had their driver's licenses "revocated" - often before they've ever been issued one. skank: a really dirty smelly ugly or unattractive woman snitch: someone who calls the po-leece; a rat stank: stink; bad body odor stay: live reside
strapped: same as packin' stuff: $hit as in "stuff happens" (more American than Ebonics) t'sup?: contraction of "What's up?" or What's happening? The Man: the person in charge of something (police politician player) thug: hard core gangster or out of control and violent moron tight: checked out and with it (not an outsider) triflin': worthless; no account; shiftless; time wasting(er) trippin': actin' out; bull$hittin'; saying false/crazy things Vice Lords: gang members (as opposed to Gangster Diciples) VL: Vice Lords (as opposed to GD) wack: whack; out of it; NOT COOL; bad $hit was: used in place of were have been whack: wack; out of it; NOT COOL; bad $hit what's up: what's happening with you what's going on with it: happenin'; up with the times; cool; knows his $hit; phat word up: listen up; pay attention yo: contraction of hey you! or just hey! you is me: so are you; you too (come back to an insult)
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Website link/location/URL: http://Ebonics.KidsRiot.com or http://www.KidsRiot.com/ebonics.htm or http://www.Jamrent.com/ic/ebonics.htm