DC Slang (neighborhoods, prices, law)

[RoadTripGurl]

What about "young"?
"Young, you tripp'in"

My nephew drove me crazy with that! The funny part is, I didn't notice any accent inthis area until i moved away and came back to visit. When I was in Jersey (and to this day) my co-workers CLOWNED me on the ise of the word LUNCH'IN!

[PeixeGato]

Originally Posted by DC's Finest

Some of the words are universal like TWISTED but for the most part a lot are only exclusive to the DMV (DC, Maryland and NOVA).

Here are a few more.

JIVE - Everybody says Jive but in DC it is used as an adjective to add conviction to something.
Ex: I'm jive hungry. Or she is jive pretty. I know it may sound stupid but it's a DC thing.

You forgot to add the proper pronunciation.

The "ve" is cut off so it sounds like pie with a "j" in place of the "p".

Oh, and the word is often followed up with the word "like"

ex: Man, I was ji' like tired last night.

[EbzsSEDC]

Actually MOST of the slang I've seen in here isn't usually spoken by people in other cities. At my college campus I know people from all over and constantly talk to people from everyone and usually when they hear me use half the slang a lot of youth from DC use they look at me crazy or have no idea what i'm talking about. A lot of these words are pretty unique to DC. There were 3 or 4 i've seen in this thread though I haven't heard a person in or from DC use in my life..... 2 of them is bumper and bo-deen ..... I was reading those like lol what who says those?

2 words I want to add in are loafin' similar to saying someone is lunchin' which just like lunchin' means trippin' or talking nonsense or talking crazy or acting crazy. Another is moe/mo is pretty much the same as referring to some as young'n or saying young to someone.

[EbzsSEDC]

Originally Posted by PeixeGato

You forgot to add the proper pronunciation.

The "ve" is cut off so it sounds like pie with a "j" in place of the "p".

Oh, and the word is often followed up with the word "like"

ex: Man, I was ji' like tired last night.

Yeah I was like what is JIVE? lol I was like to says jive lol I like the example you used....perfect.

[EbzsSEDC]

Originally Posted by DC's Finest

And I can't believe I forgot about these!

SICED (pronounced like sliced without the L) = Overly excited about something.
ex: When i found out that i got the job, i became siced.

BUN or BUN BUN = Cute female and/or your girl or boy-friend (not official)
ex: Trina is my new bun bun.

BUNIN = Act of having sexual relationship.
ex: Somebody caught them bunin in the car.

SMASHED = Drunk but in DC it means a sexual act.
ex: I smashed her two weeks ago

TWISTED/BENT = Drunk
ex: I was twisted at the superbowl party.

Hear bun but never bun bun, bunin is foreign to me. Some words maybe only people in some parts of dc say.....never heard that from anyone's lips where I live.

[LuvonI95]

Lol. I remember BAMA and Lunchin, and Joanin' (like the name joan). Grittin' also. Once in history class, a fellow classmate told the teacher he was "joanin" The teacher had my classmate look up the word in the dictionary cuz teach didn't appreciate slang terms. Needless to say, classmate couldn't find JOANIN in dictionary. Lol. Oh and I do remember a lot of "yo muva (mutha) and fava (fatha) and yo whole generation" LMAO.

[Scott Summers]

Mecca Da Bo$$ erk is universal but spelled irk and it also means to annoy. I haven't heard the other ones though.

[DC's Finest]

Ebz,

I didn't phrase it the right way! You would probably hear a female say "bun bun" before a dude. "Is that your new bun bun."

I have also been hearing mo/moe a lot lately. It took me a minute to catch on. I was like who is Mo? LOL. I didn't realize how thick a DC accent and DC slang was until I ran into DMV cats at college.

[jmking]

Originally Posted by pwright1

It's funny but when I go back to DC to visit I notice people use their R's a lot. For instance the word ERROR, they say ERR. Or the name Derrick, they say DERK. Or even the word Saturday, they say Serdee. Check it out the next time you talk to a native Washingtonian.

You are correct. Another example would be the pronunciation of the name Washington. Many Washington area natives pronounce it with an "R" inserted-- "Warshington."

[justhere]

Originally Posted by nuevaluz

A bama was originally a DC term (50s or 60s?) meaning someone who was countryfied. I also remember the term cackalacka, which were folks from the Carolinas.

cackalacka? Didn't the movie Madagascar use that term? I'm getting stares ... that was crackalackin, ok, ok, my bad.