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[US] S.F. Bay Guardian 25 Oct. 🌐 Someone [...] who thought it would be funny if this African-American character [...] if we were to, and this is a quote, ‘nigger up his voice’. That is to have him speak in a more shuck-and-jive dialect.
at shuck and jive, n.
[US] S.F. Bay Guardian 29 May n.p.: BG: Not only that, you got artists on the East Coast saying ‘fa sheezy.’ What’s up with that? E-40: Well, you know, they’ve been taking our slang.
at fo’ sho!, excl.
[US] S.F. Bay Guardian 29 May n.p.: The backpack crowd is largely unconcerned with class distinctions, though aesthetics clearly do matter. Needless to say, most backpack hip-hoppers would rather be caught dead than called jiggy.
at jiggy, adj.
[US] ‘Litterbox’, on S.F. Bay Guardian 🌐 These days, the Editor is on a kick about the recent Rolling Stones reissues. Which is good.
at on a kick under kick, n.5
[US] S.F. Bay Guardian 29 May n.p.: BG. What’s the reason for your longevity? E-40. Never slackin’ in my mackin’.
at macking, n.
[US] S.F. Bay Guardian 29 May n.p.: Well, you know, they’ve been taking our slang. This Yay Area game, we’ve been chopping it for many moons. I was the first person to ever put that on tape, in 1992. It’s from a song called ‘Nothing but Cheese.’ That was eight years ago, ya smell me?
at smell, v.
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