1995 (con. 1985–90) P. Bourjois In Search of Respect 79: I grabbed him by the back of the neck, and put my 007 [knife] in his back.at 007, n.
1995 (con. 1985–90) P. Bourjois In Search of Respect 46: Right now, it’s the moyos be bringing in the marked necks and the A.J.’s. That be the moyos with the fly clothes.at A.J.s, n.
1995 (con. 1985–90) P. Bourjois In Search of Respect 45: I even hate Puerto Ricans that afro. I hate them like any other black man [running his hands through Primo’s hair].at afro, v.
1995 (con. 1985–90) P. Bourjois In Search of Respect 97: You get caught up with it. You do it, and you say, ‘Ay, fuck it today!’ Another day, another dollar.at another day, another dollar, phr.
1995 (con. 1985–90) P. Bourjois In Search of Respect 102: I think he had a roach up his ass, ’cause it’s slow. He was pissed off ’cause the electrician from Con Ed [...] didn’t show up.at have a bug up one’s ass under ass, n.
1995 (con. 1985–90) P. Bourjois In Search of Respect 128: My mom’s always worked too. She worked hard; she busted ass.at bust ass under ass, n.
1995 (con. 1985–90) P. Bourjois In Search of Respect 159: I dressed good, like in nice baggies, and fancy shoes.at baggies, n.
1995 (con. 1985–90) P. Bourjois In Search of Respect 273: I have light brown eyes [...] and a nice big butt and big juicy balangas.at balangas, n.
1995 (con. 1985–90) P. Bourjois In Search of Respect 36: They should never have attempted that shit because they got the beat-down of their lives.at beat-down, n.
1995 (con. 1985–90) P. Bourjois In Search of Respect 38: They got their large mammoth [...] Alabama black snake with its magnets out plunging you. Alabama black snake found its way to the assets boy!at blacksnake, n.
1995 (con. 1985–90) P. Bourjois In Search of Respect 79: Let me tell you about one time when I was on a mission [crack binge]. I wanted a blast.at blast, n.1
1995 P. Bourgois In Search of Respect 164: Economists and real estate agents call this gentrification. On the street, I heard it referred to as ‘bleachification’.at bleachification (n.) under bleach, v.
1995 (con. 1985–90) P. Bourjois In Search of Respect 121: Everytime they sent me to some company, boom! I’m hired.at boom!, excl.
1995 (con. 1985–90) P. Bourjois In Search of Respect 109: The Social Club was raided half a dozen times, because it doubled as a pool hall and bootleg bar.at bootleg, adj.
1995 (con. 1985–90) P. Bourjois In Search of Respect 102: We’re selling two-dollar bottles for five bucks.at bottle, n.1
1995 (con. 1985–90) P. Bourjois In Search of Respect 94: At first even if we broke night [stayed awake partying all night], the next day I went to my job.at break night (v.) under break, v.1
1995 (con. 1985–90) P. Bourjois In Search of Respect 194: We be smoking cheeba; drinking brew; hanging out on the Deuce.at brew, n.
1995 (con. 1985–90) P. Bourjois In Search of Respect 236: She wanted to get dressed to go to Jackie’s house, right then and there, to fuck her up [...] I was like, ‘Oh shit! This is bugged.’.at bugged, adj.1
1995 (con. 1985–90) P. Bourjois In Search of Respect 236: She screamed at me, ‘Hey, you bugging? You wanta go home?’.at bugging, adj.2
1995 (con. 1985–90) P. Bourjois In Search of Respect 255: candy: I told her ‘Don’t even think of sitting next to me.’ [...] primo: [grinning] You was bummed, hunh?at bummed (out), adj.
1995 (con. 1985–90) P. Bourjois In Search of Respect 159: I couldn’t come in bummy, because my supervisor would tell me, ‘Why you coming in like that?’.at bummy, adj.
1995 (con. 1985–90) P. Bourjois In Search of Respect 192: We used to go in posses, and bum rush through hallways.at bumrush, v.
1995 (con. 1985–90) P. Bourjois In Search of Respect 343: In New York City, a ‘bundle’ refers to an established quantity of prepackaged drugs ready for individual retail sale. The number of packets in a bundle changes depending on the drug and its cost, i.e., a bundle of heroin is ten $10 glassine envelopes, whereas a bundle of crack is twenty-five vials when they cost $5 each and fifty-five vials when they are worth $3 each.at bundle, n.1
1995 (con. 1985–90) P. Bourjois In Search of Respect 210: Luis busted out a lot of virgins.at bust out, v.6
1995 (con. 1985–90) P. Bourjois In Search of Respect 38: They take your ass and stuff it with some mad concrete. They fill your canyon. Word!at canyon, n.
1995 (con. 1985–90) P. Bourjois In Search of Respect 21: Yo! Big Ray! Check out this picture of me in the papers!at check out, v.2
1995 (con. 1985–90) P. Bourjois In Search of Respect 22: Two loosely knit youth gangs [...] the TCC (The Cheeba [marijuana] Crew) and la Mafia Boba (the Sly Mafia).at cheeb, n.
1995 (con. 1985–90) P. Bourjois In Search of Respect 38: Don’t you come cryin’ to me when they take that ass a’ yours downtown and bust your cherry.at bust a cherry (v.) under cherry, n.1
1995 (con. 1985–90) P. Bourjois In Search of Respect 35: Yo Pops [waving Primo over], listen to this, [turning to me] Felipe thinks the block is chill.at chill, adj.