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Whats funny about it is there are 4 or 5 different terms that all mean the same. Roasting is a little more oldschool and more well known than the others. It manage to get on Urban Dictionary: Roast
Gun/ Heat is less known and more local. I hear this in the suburbs.
yeah i hear it in the burbs
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Originally Posted by kcee510
In the Bay Area
Hella- A lot or very " That was hella fun" or "That was hella dumb"
The Yay- Short term used for The Bay Area
Whip- Car
Yayper- Money
Yadamean- "You know what I mean"
What it do- "What's up'
Hyphy- Short for hyperactive...used in tons of Bay Area songs. To act crazy.
Scraper- A ghetto car...a "bucket" car.
That's just some of the terms used. To be honest to Bay Area has so many slang words it's hard to remember them all lol.
for real? i thought that was from houston
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Originally Posted by Chicagoland60426
I heard this Chicago slang from other rappers not from the region like Ludacris(ATL) and Cam'ron(NYC)
Bustdown- derogatory word for a female that is a h*e or sleeps around with multiple guys.
luda is really from oak park tho but IDK about cam ron. he did shoot a new video on the west side
I was raised in SoCal, and I remember how I immediately knew someone was from The Bay Area by them using "Hella". I always thought the band No Doubt (who are as SoCal as it gets) were being ironic when they used the word for one of their biggest hits (Hella Good).
My DC relatives constantly use the word "Bama" to describe someone whom they deem as uncool.
I know of Philadelphians who refer to everything as "Jawn"
Is "Wicked" the Bostonian equivalent of "Hella"?
Finna/Fin = Going to. Originally from southern/African-American english "Fixing to" do something (I think)
Yeah that's more southern than particularly slang in a particular slang. But right fixin' to (the g is usually dropped) is the "white" way of saying "about to" and fin is the "black" way. I used to get teased by an ex for saying "fixin' to" said I talked like an old white man (I'm black). I remember a classmate (English major) got so upset when another English major corrected her child (sometimes mothers will bring their kids to school) and said "You don't say 'fin to' the correct way is 'fixin' to'." Yeah I'm an English major but I've never been a grammar police type.
In the DC area black folks here have a lot of unique slang. Calling someone a "bama" comes to mind.
I was raised in SoCal, and I remember how I immediately knew someone was from The Bay Area by them using "Hella". I always thought the band No Doubt (who are as SoCal as it gets) were being ironic when they used the word for one of their biggest hits (Hella Good).
My DC relatives constantly use the word "Bama" to describe someone whom they deem as uncool.
I know of Philadelphians who refer to everything as "Jawn"
Is "Wicked" the Bostonian equivalent of "Hella"?
My DC relativ
Thanks. Been trying to figure out what that means hear it a lot on the radio.
Yeah that's more southern than particularly slang in a particular slang. But right fixin' to (the g is usually dropped) is the "white" way of saying "about to" and fin is the "black" way. I used to get teased by an ex for saying "fixin' to" said I talked like an old white man (I'm black). I remember a classmate (English major) got so upset when another English major corrected her child (sometimes mothers will bring their kids to school) and said "You don't say 'fin to' the correct way is 'fixin' to'." Yeah I'm an English major but I've never been a grammar police type.
In the DC area black folks here have a lot of unique slang. Calling someone a "bama" comes to mind.
True, (black and latino, I guess) people in the Midwest often say it, but I remember people from Philly up through Boston laughing/being confused by "finna" when I used it in a joking way.
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