laid adj.2
1. fashionably dressed.
Third Ear n.p.: laid in the aisle adj. well-dressed; stylish. | ||
Detroit Free Press (MI) 6 July 17/1: laid (that man is laid) — dressed nicely. |
2. fashionably decorated.
Third Ear n.p.: laid adj. beautifully appointed. | ||
Jones Men 90: You really got this damn place laid. |
3. worked out.
Black Players 248: Black pimps [...] they’ve got their game laid and it’s a game that Whitey can’t come into, no bullshit. |
In compounds
(US black) an attractive, well-furnished home.
Black Jargon in White America 71: laid crib n. a nice house; attractive residence. |
In phrases
looking good, attractive.
Urban Dict. 11 Oct. 🌐 It means you look really good, better than an ordinary human. You look like a god. (particularly when you've had your hair and makeup done really nicely.) ‘Wow just got my makeup and hair done! I'm laid for the gods!’. | ||
Twitter 27 Mar. 🌐 [pic caption] Hair laid for the gods. |
1. well-dressed.
Jailhouse Jargon and Street Sl. [unpub. ms.]. |
2. of clothes, cut so well they seem a second skin.
Jailhouse Jargon and Street Sl. [unpub. ms.]. |
(US black) naked.
Runnin’ Down Some Lines 154: Layed to the natural bone means to be naked and carries with it a sense of bodily freedom as well as psychological freedom. In a sexual context, it can refer to satisfying sex. [Ibid.] 244: laid to the natural bone Naked. |