Dirty South Slang

• Dirty South -The deep south region of the USA, meaning the states of Texas, Alabama, Mississipi, Louisianna, Carolinas, Georgia, and Florida. The word dirty refers to corruption in the legal system, the oppression, the dirty secrets people keep about the dirty things they do to make a living like lying, thugging and stealing. "Now what you niggas know about the dirty South" -- Scarface featuring Devin, Tela (Southside: Houston, Texas)

• Crunk - To get crazy drunk. Originally, this term comes from the words crazy and funk. As opposed to popular opinion, crunk has had no relation to being coked up and drunk until recently. Because if its similarity of terminal sound with the word drunk many rappers have used it in reference with being crazy and under the influence. This and the intrinsical association with hard partying has brought about its association with alcohol.
• Chuck Deuce - To "chunk deuce" is a way to say good bye. The way you would chunk deuce is to put two fingers to the side when your leaving.
• Swangers are rims usually called 30's or 84 spokes. "When we come through in Caddies on Swangaz and Vogues " -- Paul Wall & Chamillionaire (Game Over)
• Purple Drank - Liquid Codeine (prescription cough syrup), a drug that is drank or used to dip joints or cigarettes in. Also known as "lean," "syrup," or "sizzurp."
• Poppin Trunk - To pop open the trunk of your car to get a weapon; shotgun, bat etc. "I go to my heavy Chevy and pop the trunk" Bonecrusher "Neva Scared" Also: To open your trunk to show off your system, neon lights, ect. "pop trunk on dem hoes"
• Tippin - To ride laid back in your pimped-out car or truck, and to swerve from left to to right, or visa versa. Tippin' on fo-fo's , wrapped in fo Vogues -- Mike Jones (Still Tippin [2004])
• Screwed and chopped - Slowed down versions of rap songs, made popular by DJ Screw , DJ from Texas. Apparently influenced by the consumption of " sizzurp ", cough syrup mixed with alcohol, which could understandably slow down one's perception of things. DJ Screw gets his name from when he was younger, he used to use a screw on the records to make different sounds, but he is known for his slowing down of music. That is the "screwed" part, and the chopped part is the specific way that he mixed his music. RIP Screw.
  

Changed Meanings

• bail - v.- leave- " Let's bail. "--'Let's leave'/'Let's go'. Common slang, meaning basically the same as in "Let's bail out" (common English usage).
• bent - adj.- intoxicated
• biscuit - n.- gun, pistol
• bitch - n.- besides the usual meanings, "My Bitch" can simply mean "my girl." When applied to males, it is an insult meaning 'coward, sissy, punk', etc. ("You's a bitch").
• blunt - n.- a cigar used as a joint, filled with marijuana instead of tobacco.
• blunted - adj.- same meaning as 'stoned', but specifically the intoxication from smoking a blunt or blunts (plural of blunt).
• boo -n.- affectionate term for one's significant other
• bounce - v.- leave, go- " Let's bounce ."--'Let's leave/go'.
• bugged out - adj.- " He's bugged out. " Acting weird, unorthodox, upset, etc.
• buggin'- v.- "Why you buggin'?" Why are you acting upset, or weird, etc.
• bumpin'- adj.- cool, pleasurable, to one's liking- " That shit is bumpin'. " Also as a verb, "It's bumpin'."---meaning, the beat of the music is bumping in a pleasurable manner.
• bust -v.- perform, do. " Bust a rhyme. "--'Say a rhyme.' " Bust a move ."--'Make a move/perform a move.'
• busted -adj.- ugly; "Nigga, yo' girl is BUSTED! ".
• buttaface-n.- A girl with a nice body with an ugly face ex: "Sasha's girl is a buttaface, yo."
• cap - n.- bullet
• capped -tr.v.- shot. " He got capped in the knee "--"He got shot in the knee".
• cheese - n.- money
• chill - v.- relax, keep cool
• chill - adj.- relaxed, alright. " He's chill. "---meaning, "He's alright/relaxed."
• chillin' - v.- relaxing
• coolin' - v.- relaxing
• crab -n.- A derogatory term (used mostly by factions of the Blood gang groups) for Crip gang members.
• crib -n.- place of residence (One of MTV's shows is MTV's Cribs )
• dime - n.- a very attractive woman; a "ten" on a scale of one-to-ten.
• dip - v.- leave. " Let's dip ."--'Let's go.' "I'm a dip if I see one-time pop up. "
• dog (also dogg ) -n.- 1. a close & trusted friend.
• dope - adj.- cool, appealing, etc.
• down - adj.- 'I'm down to do it' meaning 'I'm up for it'. 'I'm down' meaning 'I'm up for it' or alternatively, 'I'm hardcore'. 'That fool thinks he's down...' meaning 'that guy thinks he's hardcore'.
• fat - adj.- cool, appealing, and so on. When spelled (outside of the music), it is almost always intentionally spelled ' phat '.
• flow - v.- to rap ; can also be used as a noun, " ...listen to my flow. "
• fly - adj.- cool, appealing, etc.
• folk - n.- friends, acquaintances
• game - n.- knowledge, skill, expertise, knack, mack-skills, techniques, etc. " He got game ."--He has the technique, the skill, the knack, the pull.
• ghost - to leave, leave quietly, quickly. "He got ghost."--He left quickly. "It's time to get ghost."---It's time to evacuate from the scene.
• hate - v.- aside from its usual meaning, has different shades of meaning such as "criticizing", or "disrupting" someone's game . " Why you gotta hate on me? "
• hating (hatin') - v.- same meaning as 'hate' (see above). " Why you hatin' on a nigga? "
• heat - n.- any type of firearm
• heat - n.- police, FBI, law enforcement in general (used also in the film, Heat ).
• herb - n.- marijuana
• hood - n.- neighborhood
• ice -usually as a plural noun- diamonds . "That nigga got a lot of ice on his wrist."--meaning, 'That guy is wearing a multi-diamond-studded bracelet'.
• ill -adj.- 1. cool, appealing, far-out ("That's ill.") 2. crazy, rowdy ("Act ill").
• jet- to leave, to leave quickly- " C'mon, let's jet. "
• iron -n.- firearm
• kickin'- adj.- appealing; " Those rims are kickin'. "
• lamp- v.- chill, relax
• murk (also mirk ) -v.- leave. " I'm finna murk. PEACE. "
• murk (also mirk ) -v.- murder, kill. " Pass me the strap, I'm 'bout to murk this foo. "
• piece -n.- firearm
• player (playa)- n.- 1. Someone who knows how to manipulate women (towards sex,etc.). 2. Someone who knows how to manipulate things in general. 3. Someone who cheats on his girlfriend or wife (or if a woman: boyfriend, husband). 4. Less correctly applied to a 'baller' (see 'baller').
• punk - n.- 'a coward'; alternatively, 'an asshole' (not anatomical reference);
• punk- 'Don't punk out on me', i.e., don't get cowardly
• punked- intimidated; 'he got punked by that fool', he got intimidated/bullied by that person.
• pussy- n.- a coward, a sissy. Used as a put-down usually against males.
• scratch- n.- money
• scrillah- n. - money
• shorty- n.- a girl; a woman; a child; a young man
• spit- v.- " He can spit. "--meaning, "He can rap." Less often used as a noun.
• steel -n.- firearm
• straight- adj.- 'fine', 'okay'- Example: A person asks "You want some Henny ?", the other person replies "No. I'm straight."---meaning, "No. I'm fine."
• strapped -adj.- bearing a firearm
• stuntin- showing your best(cars,jewelry,etc.)or to act out of the ordinary
• tight- adj.- cool, high-quality, appealing.
• toaster -n.- firearm
• trippin'-v.- high on drugs, or being crazy; "You must be trippin'"
• tweak -n.- to do crystal meth; to smoke weed
• tweaking -v.-
• whip -n.- car, automobile
• whistle -n. - firearm

New Words

• baby mama -n.- The mother of an unmarried man's child, who himself is referred to as a "baby daddy".
• baller -n.- a high-roller, a money-maker. Hence also the verb ballin' ('balling'), which refers to someone who is doing very well for himself, livin' it up, in terms of money, etc.
• bling-bling -n.- see article for definition and origin of term.
• crunk -adj.- having a good time; or 'high and drunk at the same time'. Reportedly derives from 'crazy' and 'drunk' being combined (='crunk') or from 'crazy' and 'funk' being combined. Doesn't date back to the 1980's, and is a somewhat recent term in hip-hop music, used especially by Southern rappers.
• def -adj.- cool, appealing, fly, ill. Said to be abbreviated from definitive . Used often by M.C.'s in the mid to late 1980's. Not used by M.C.'s anymore unless they are being intentionally 'old school'. Also not used in general slang anymore, though still used in some circles.
• dimepiece -n.-same meaning as dime , i.e., a very attractive woman, a ten on a one-to-ten scale.
• diss (or dis )-v.- to criticize someone, disrespect someone. " He dissed that bitch. "
• gank -v.- steal
• ganked -tr.v.- robbed; swindled " He got ganked. "--'He got robbed.'
• gat -n.- a gun; less generally, an automatic firearm, especially a machine gun . The term is originally an abbreviation of Gatling gun .
• ghettobird -n.- police helicopter
• hella -adv.- very. Formed from hell + of . Common slang, not used much by M.C.'s anymore.
• homeboy
• homie (or homey )
• hoodrat -n.- neighborhood girl with loose morals; neighborhood slut
• Jakes -pl. n.- police officers. Used especially by New York M.C.'s.
• (Get) jumped (on) v.- to get beaten up, physically abused by others;" You jus' another punk in the club, aboutta get jumped! "
• one-time -n.- police.
• peeps -n.-
• player-hater ( playa-hata ) -n.- Specifically, one who hates a playa/player (see above); generally, one who hates someone who is doing well. They say "hater" instead of the full term to this present day
• popo -n.- police. The 'po-' in 'police' was duplicated (po-po), the rest of the word dropped.
• scrilla -n.- money- Used especially by West coast M.C.'s ( Mack 10 , E-40 , etc.).
• tweaker -n.-
• wack -adj.- awful, cheap, stupid, weak, etc. Usually spelled 'wack' when spelled, rarely spelled 'whack'.
• pig - police officer
• T's - police car

Brand Names

• Ac - Short for Acura .
• Benz/Benzo - Short for Mercedes-Benz , known for luxury automobiles .
• Beamer - BMW car.
• Cad- a Cadillac .
• Caddy - a Cadillac car.
• Cristal - Roederer Cristal , a brand of champagne
• Dom P. - Dom Perignon , a brand of champagne
• Henny, Hen - Hennessy , a brand of cognac
• 'Lac- a Cadillac.
• Lex - Short for Lexus , a brand of luxury automobiles, also short for 'Rolex' a brand of luxury watches.
• Moe - Moët et Chandon , a brand of champagne
• Timbs - Timberland boots
• Rolly or Rolley - Another term for Rolex , as used in Snoop Dogg 's 2004 hit " Drop It Like It's Hot ". Also used as a synonym for a Rolls Royce automobile.

Drug Slang

• dub - a twenty dollar bag (also refers to twenty inch rims)
• hydro - indoor grown marijuana
• nick, nickel, nickelbag, nickelsack - five dollar "bag" of illicit drugs
• buddha, shwag, mota, bud, dodo, green, fire, smoke, chronic, doja, ganja, dank, sticky icky, indo, - marijuana
• dime, dimebag, dimesack - ten dollar "bag" of illicit drugs

Gang Terms

• BG - Baby Gangsta (Gangster), an adolescent gangster. Sometimes refers to 'Blood Gang'.
• bluh- n.- Slurred pronunciation of ' Blood '. Generally means 'friend', 'homie'; specifically can mean, 'fellow Bloods member'. Usually used in phrases such as " What up bluh? ", meaning 'What's up Blood '. Generally used to refer to a Blood gang member, sometimes used by Bloods towards non-Bloods gang members to provoke confrontation. Although sometimes still used in this manner it is mostly archaic and rarely used as a term of recognition and respect between African-American males.
• crab - Derogatory term towards a Crip gangster; though among New York artists & some other artists it does not refer to or derive from Crips .
• Cuzz/Cuzzo - (Cuzzin/Cousin) Crip. Sometimes pronounced 'Cuh'. As with 'Blood', it is also an archaic, although never as widely used, term of recognition and respect between African-American males. It can also be used in a confrontational manner from a Crip gang member towards a non-Crip.
• G- a gangsta, in Eastcoast or 'oldschool' HipHop can mean simply 'Guy' or 'Girl'.
• gangsta - (gangster) member of a street gang. Also refers to an attitude or style and can be used towards objects, actions or ideas. IE - "That Caddy is gangsta!".
• OG - Original Gangster, initially refered to the founder of a street gang now commonly refers to any older gang member. Also has been adopted outside of the gang culture for general use in HipHop to refer to any originator of something or older person involved in that something. IE - "Mr. Wiggles is an O.G. B-Boy." meaning that Wiggles has been involved in Breakdancing since the early days of the artform. Synonymous with 'oldschool'. Sometimes, but not as often, can refer to a thing instead of a person.
• loc (pronounced loke ) - Derived from the Spanish word 'loco', meaning 'crazy'. Can also mean 'cool' as in it's slang usage. That nigga is a loced out gangsta
• slob - Derogatory term towards a Blood gangster

Synonyms for Types of Guns

• 9-mm handgun - nine, nina, Nina Ross
• .22_caliber gun - Deuce Deuce, Scooby-Doo (used by Cypress Hill , etc.).
• 40-caliber gun - 4 pounda
• 44-caliber gun - 44, Fo' Fo'
• 45-caliber gun - Fo'Five
• Desert Eagle - Desert Eaze
• AR-15 - AR
• AK-47 - AK
• Mac-10 - Mac
• shotgun - pump, shotty
• TEC-DC9 - Tec, Tec-9

Numbers

• 187 - Homicide
• 24/7 - all day hustle
• 411 - information, from 4-1-1 , the number for directory assistance in the US
• 420 - Number-Code for Marijuana. Also refers to April 20th (A.K.A. Marijuana Day)
• 5-0 - In reference to the police (as in the television show Hawaii Five-O ) or the 5 liter Ford Mustang
• 730 - the code for crazy
• 808 - In reference to the Roland TR-808 drum machine.
• 5150 - clinically insane

Phrases

• bum rush- crash into a show hoping to see it for free, to arrive in force
• bust a cap- shoot a bullet
• bust a move- perform a dance step. Popularized by Young M.C. 's hit single, Bust A Move ( 1989 ).
• bust out- leave or exit quickly. " He busted out of the club. "
• bust out- show or bring out something- " He busted out a fat dubsack from his coat pocket. "
• clap iron- shoot a firearm
• coolin' it- relaxing
• da bomb - the bomb, i.e. cool, appealing, or popular
• da shiznit- "the shit" - cool, appealing, etc. (also tha shiznit , the shiznit ). Popularized by Snoop Dogg .
• dead presidents - money (U.S. currency has a picture of a former President of the United States)
• fo shizzle my nizzle - literally, "for sure my nigga". Popularized by Snoop Dogg.
• kickin' it - relaxing
• my bad - my mistake or I'm sorry
• off the chain-unbelievable, outrageous, wild, etc.
• off the hook- unbelievable, outrageous, wild, etc. from telephone_hook
• open up shop- sell drugs, establish a drug-selling spot
• peace out - good bye
• roll out- leave. Specifically, to get in your vehicle leave the scene.
• spit game/spittin' game- speak game . See the definition of game above.
• what's goin' down? - what are we doing tonight? teach a lesson, win a confrontation
• what tha dilly yo/dealio? - what is going on?. This phrase is not used by M.C.'s much.
• what up? - hello, how are you? or what is going on?
• wigity-wack- adj.- very disturbing (up to the present day, the "wigity" is dropped and now use just "wack")
• word up - you got that straight, that's right or how's it going
• oh fo sure - thanks, no problem