Hip hop slang

Examples

• 213 – from, of, or referring to a southern California (telephone) area code
• 411 - information
• 5-0 – police (referring to the television show Hawaii 50)
• areous - area
• aite, aw-ite - all right
• axe - ask
• bail - leave
• be - are
• befo - before
• bent - intoxicated
• bo janglin’ – stupid, not paying attention
• boo – boy/girlfriend, beau
• booty - the seat of the body, rump
• boyz - gang friends
• brurva – a male acquaintance
• buck wild - really crazy
• bud - marijuana
• buggin' - acting in a manner which is not socially acceptable in a group of homies
• bumpin’ - to one’s liking
• bust out - leave
• busta cap - to shoot a gun
• busta move - to act quickly
• cap - bullet
• chillin’ - relaxing
• crib - place of residence
• da bomb – cool, appealing, or popular
• dime – phone call
• dime, dimebag, dimesack – a ten dollar “bag” of drugs
• dis - this
• diss - disrespect
• fittin or fixin - going to do something
• fitty - fifty
• flava - flavor
• fly - appealing
• homey, homeboy - friend
• hood - neighborhood
• gangsta – member of a street gang
• gank - to steal
• haps - happenings
• ho - whore
• jet - leave
• hoodrat – girl with loose morals
• jigga - acquaintance
• jonx - belongings
• kickin’ - appealing
• lunchin’ - behaving erratically
• mo - more
• moo - move
• my bad - my mistake
• nick, nickel, nickelbag, nickelsack - a five dollar “bag” of drugs
• nigga, niggaz – one’s boyz, those one “hangs out with”
• peace out – good bye
• peeps - people
• phat - acronym for Pretty Hot And Tempting
• piece - gun
• playa - someone who is not monogamous
• po - poor
• rise up, foo - "bring it on" or "get out of my chair"
• roll out - to leave
• school ya – to teach a lesson, to win a confrontation
• scrap – to fight
• sku me - excuse me
• straight - okay
• sup - what's up
• tight - attractive
• thug - hard-core gangster
• wack - not to one’s liking
• what tha dilly yo? - what is going on?
• what up? - hello, how are you?
• word up - got that straight, thats right or how's it going