loudtalk v.
(US black) to talk in a way that confronts or embarrasses one’s hearers, that is deliberately antagonistic; thus loud-talk n.; loud-talking n.
AS II:6 281: To loud talk a person—To speak in a loud voice about the person within the hearing of a guard, for violation of rules. | ‘Prison Lingo’ in||
Their Eyes Were Watching God (1998) 151: Dey can’t come runnin’ over nice people and loud-talk no place whilst Ah’m around. | ||
Tattoo the Wicked Cross (1981) 235: Whatever you do, don’t let the dude loud-talk you into fighting until you got the blade. | ||
Howard Street 217: It was time for a loud-talk session. [Ibid.] 220: It was a poor pimp whose loud-talking backfired on him. | ||
Rappin’ and Stylin’ Out 329: Loud-talking requires an audience and can only occur in a situation where there are potential hearers other than the interlocutors. | ‘Signifying, loud-talking and marking’, in Kochman||
Central Sl. 34: loud-talkin’ [...] ‘That shit ain’t rap, niggers be loud-talkin’.’. | ||
Campus Sl. Oct. 4: loud talk – tell someone’s secrets. | ||
(con. 1975–6) Steel Toes 18: If you’re serious about violence you stay quiet, and Moppa’s not loud-talking at all. [Ibid.] 118: Listen up, peckerwood, you are [...] loud-talkin’ my friend, who out of the goodness of his heart offered to do this for you. |