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. The Third Ear: A Black Glossary choose

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[US] H.E. Roberts Third Ear n.p.: mess around v. to engage in a great deal of purposeless activity.
at mess about, v.
[US] H.E. Roberts Third Ear n.p.: ace (ace boon coon) n. good friend.
at ace boon coon, n.
[US] H.E. Roberts Third Ear n.p.: A-C-T. (spelled out) n. activities of greatest interest and immediacy; one’s thing.
at act, n.
[US] H.E. Roberts Third Ear n.p.: ain’t that it? phrase confirming the factualness of a statement; telling it like is.
at ain’t that it, phr.
[US] H.E. Roberts Third Ear n.p.: all up in here where the action is.
at all up in here, phr.
[US] H.E. Roberts Third Ear n.p.: all over someone expression describing close physical contact in a fight situation.
at all over, adj.2
[US] H.E. Roberts Third Ear n.p.: babyn. [...] 2. a female.
at baby, n.
[US] H.E. Roberts Third Ear n.p.: bad mouth n. the telling of stories that may be true, but which reflect adversely on a person’s character or reputation; e.g. He’s putting the bad mouth on her now.
at put the bad mouth on (v.) under badmouth, n.
[US] H.E. Roberts Third Ear n.p.: gang banging v. fighting, especially in a group.
at gang-banging, n.2
[US] H.E. Roberts Third Ear n.p.: bat n. an ugly female.
at bat, n.1
[US] H.E. Roberts Third Ear n.p.: bear n. an ugly female.
at bear, n.
[US] H.E. Roberts Third Ear n.p.: big daddy n. a person or friend with a good reputation; a respected person.
at big daddy, n.
[US] H.E. Roberts Third Ear n.p.: blow n. […] 2. the message of a person’s conversation; the import of what was said at a particular time.
at blow, n.3
[US] H.E. Roberts Third Ear n.p.: blow n. 1. a party.
at blow, n.3
[US] H.E. Roberts Third Ear n.p.: boogaloo [...] v. to fool around.
at boogaloo, v.
[US] H.E. Roberts Third Ear n.p.: bop n. […] 2. drugs in the form of pills; e.g. to ‘drop a bop’ means to take drugs.
at bop, n.2
[US] H.E. Roberts Third Ear n.p.: bop n. 1. a dance.
at bop, n.1
[US] H.E. Roberts Third Ear n.p.: box n. […] hi-fi set.
at box, n.1
[US] H.E. Roberts Third Ear n.p.: box n. […] preferred activity or style.
at box, n.4
[US] H.E. Roberts Third Ear n.p.: sweatbox n. a crowded party.
at sweat-box, n.
[US] H.E. Roberts Third Ear n.p.: boy n. gang member of low status.
at boy, n.3
[US] H.E. Roberts Third Ear n.p.: v. [...] 2. to discontinue interest in; to get off the case; to ‘cool it’.
at bug, v.3
[US] H.E. Roberts Third Ear n.p.: bull jive n. insincere talk.
at bull-jive, n.
[US] H.E. Roberts Third Ear n.p.: burn v. [...] 3. to steal.
at burn, v.
[US] H.E. Roberts Third Ear n.p.: burn v. […] 5. to improvise superlatively in music or in life. note: ‘Burn, baby burn!’ was a form of encouragement shouted at singers, musicians, and orators long before the urban disturbances of the long hot summers at which time it became a pun.
at burn, v.
[US] H.E. Roberts Third Ear n.p.: burner n. 1. a person who is tops in his field.
at burner, n.1
[US] H.E. Roberts Third Ear n.p.: burner n. 2. an habitual thief.
at burner, n.1
[US] H.E. Roberts Third Ear n.p.: bustv. […] 2. to tell someone off; to speak one’s mind.
at bust, v.1
[US] H.E. Roberts Third Ear n.p.: kick one’s butt v. 1. to impress favorably; e.g. That house is so fine it will kick your butt.
at kick someone’s butt (v.) under butt, n.1
[US] H.E. Roberts Third Ear n.p.: kick one’s butt v. […] 2. to floor or baffle; e.g. That test sure kicked my butt.
at kick someone’s butt (v.) under butt, n.1
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