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[US] L. Bing Do or Die (1992) 226: We was usin’ AKs — we called ’em ARs back then.
at a.k., n.3
[US] L. Bing Do or Die (1992) 6: Your homeboys, the ones who had already been away, told you about that early on.
at away, adj.
[US] L. Bing Do or Die (1992) 57: I get hyper, and I start baggin’ — talkin’ about somebody, everybody.
at bag, v.
[US] L. Bing Do or Die (1992) 4: Maybe you got arrested with a stack of twenty-dollar bills in your pocket and a litle bagged-up dope thrown down on the pavement.
at bag, v.
[US] L. Bing Do or Die (1992) 8: You wonder how many kids have bailed from this bench, and how far they got up that road before they got caught.
at bail, v.
[US] L. Bing Do or Die (1992) xvi: The new dealer is a young black entrepreneur, and he is called either a high roller or a baller, depending on his gang allegiance.
at baller, n.
[US] L. Bing Do or Die (1992) 50: ‘Let’s see if this little nigger down,’ and bam!! You have to head up with ’em.
at bam!, excl.
[US] L. Bing Do or Die (1992) 20: Do your mama get on you about ‘bangin’?
at banging, n.
[US] L. Bing Do or Die (1992) x: He told me [...] that he had started in gangbanging at ten.
at gang-banging, n.2
[US] L. Bing Do or Die (1992) 34: He got hooked up with Cambodians. He go out of town, fly dope in, big keys.
at big, adj.
[US] L. Bing Do or Die (1992) 187: He didn’t like it, he didn’t feel comfortable, blah, blah, blah.
at blah, blah, blah under blah, v.
[US] L. Bing Do or Die (1992) 58: We call them big cookies Boodas — you mix it up, put it in the oven and cook it. Get you high!
at booda, n.
[US] L. Bing Do or Die (1992) 124: He hoists the imaginary shotgun, squints down the barrel — ‘Booyah! You dead.’.
at booya!, excl.
[US] L. Bing Do or Die (1992) 64: ‘Ask him what he wants to do when he gets older.’ Diamond’s features slide into a grin. ‘Kill off-brands.’.
at off-brand, n.
[US] L. Bing Do or Die (1992) 138: Let’s say some homegirls sneak in with some bud [...] You gonna take a hit?
at bud, n.2
[US] L. Bing Do or Die (1992) 8: You look to your right, into the big room that’s mostly an enclosed bullpen.
at bullpen, n.
[US] L. Bing Do or Die (1992) 23: He’s a bust; he ain’t down for his hood.
at bust, n.
[US] L. Bing Do or Die (1992) 23: They a couple of ’em from one of them sets in here and one of the dudes is a buster. He a real coward.
at buster, n.1
[US] L. Bing Do or Die (1992) 153: The buzz about disrespect got underway, and the next thing you hear, there was a fight at a party.
at buzz, n.
[US] L. Bing Do or Die (1992) 52: When you out there and if you buzzed, then you feel like you cannot die.
at buzzed, adj.
[US] L. Bing Do or Die (1992) 63: I sell Yay-o, Cavvy – caviar crack.
at cavvy, n.
[US] L. Bing Do or Die (1992) xii: Check this out, y’all! She made a K and a C.
at check out, v.2
[US] L. Bing Do or Die (1992) xvi: He drives a BMW, a cherried out El Camino, a Ford Bronco loaded with extras.
at cherry out (v.) under cherry, adj.
[US] L. Bing Do or Die (1992) xiv: It was the cholo homeboy who first walked the walk and talked the talk.
at cholo, adj.
[US] L. Bing Do or Die (1992) 56: These kids ain’t been courted in yet, even, but they claim the ’hood. [Ibid.] 65: You don’t wanna ’bang, you shouldn’t ’bang, man. You don’t have to claim.
at claim, v.
[US] L. Bing Do or Die (1992) 359: When society starts to use force [...] it lowers itself to the level of the goons, the yobs and the clout-heads.
at clout-head (n.) under clout, v.1
[US] L. Bing Do or Die (1992) 54: Cluckheads just be wanderin’ around, looking for more dope to smoke.
at cluckhead, n.2
[US] L. Bing Do or Die (1992) 226: The dude shot me. I wasn’t wearin’ no colors or nothin’, but my enemies knew I was out.
at colours, n.
[US] L. Bing Do or Die (1992) 57: I came up and came up and came up. Kept buyin’ more dope.
at come up, v.1
[US] L. Bing Do or Die (1992) 56: These kids ain’t been courted in yet, even, but they claim the ’hood.
at court in (v.) under court, n.
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