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Teknontheou
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"Black expressions that went mainstream"


  

          

- My bad
- (Not) a good look
- It's all good
- We're here
- Woke
- (Negro/Oh) please! ------>>>>(not 100% sure about this one, but I suspect it started with us)
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I know there are others, but I'm having a hard time coning up with others off the top of my head.

I looked up this article and found more: https://madamenoire.com/235429/say-dat-10-black-words-that-went-mainstream/

- Bling
- Booty
- Holla/Holler
- Bae
- Cray

  
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Black expressions that went mainstream [View all] , Teknontheou, Thu Jan-24-19 03:00 PM
 
Subject Author Message Date ID
Black expressions that haven't gone mainstream -->
Jan 24th 2019
1
Yeah, they all get popular. But some go so mainstream that you'll
Jan 24th 2019
3
      true, indeed. IJS
Jan 24th 2019
7
None.
Jan 24th 2019
2
Wrong answer.
Jan 24th 2019
5
      When mainstream tries to step into this they appear as goofy as possible
Jan 24th 2019
14
           "Woke" is a widely used term in political discourse now.
Jan 24th 2019
18
                By whom? Because that makes all the difference
Jan 24th 2019
22
                "Woke" in white online discourse is almost entirely used
Jan 25th 2019
38
                2008, low key
Jan 24th 2019
26
-wazzup
Jan 24th 2019
4
All good ones.
Jan 24th 2019
6
      -babymama/daddy
Jan 24th 2019
8
My fav is years ago the Netflix CEOwas trying to explain
Jan 24th 2019
9
The black queer language going mainstream is a whole other
Jan 24th 2019
21
Bruh
Jan 24th 2019
10
Has lit crossed over yet?
Jan 24th 2019
11
Absolutely:
Jan 24th 2019
13
Long time ago. And that one took some adjusting for me,
Jan 24th 2019
19
Holla
Jan 24th 2019
12
who do i blame for 'You Go, Girl!' ?
Jan 24th 2019
15
Martin Lawrence has about 3 or 4 of these.
Jan 24th 2019
20
was "ghetto fabulous" our word or theirs?
Jan 24th 2019
16
this aint it chief.
Jan 24th 2019
17
"Shout out"
Jan 24th 2019
23
I feel like the dap/handshake-hug falls in this category, it used to be....
Jan 24th 2019
24
I'm still mad about
Jan 24th 2019
25
wanna clarify?
Jan 24th 2019
27
i first heard it from rappers a fair bit of time ago
Jan 24th 2019
30
      NO FUCKBOYS
Jan 25th 2019
44
      lol *instant* turnoff
Jan 28th 2019
50
      I don't get when it went from
Jan 25th 2019
45
           i honestly dont know
Jan 28th 2019
51
                male gay sex partner?
Jan 28th 2019
58
what's crazy is i'm pretty sure fuck boy started out as fuck nigga
Jan 28th 2019
57
Bye Felicia.
Jan 24th 2019
28
the Bomb
Jan 24th 2019
29
Getting my ________ on
Jan 24th 2019
31
Snoop Dogg's fo shizzle
Jan 25th 2019
32
swag and lit
Jan 25th 2019
33
Get your coins up
Jan 25th 2019
34
bae, on fleek, basic,
Jan 25th 2019
35
Fleek Was The Worst, It Sounded Wack From The Get Go
Jan 25th 2019
42
      I didn't mind the girl that originally said it....
Jan 25th 2019
43
Show me the receipts
Jan 25th 2019
36
No, it is. Whitney started that, and it circulated among us first.
Jan 25th 2019
37
What HASN'T crossed over?
Jan 25th 2019
39
I think we still have "smoke" for the time being.
Jan 25th 2019
41
Prodigy's Dunn Language
Jan 26th 2019
47
Just heard a white girl say bougie
Jan 25th 2019
40
Cool
Jan 25th 2019
46
i know thats right
Jan 26th 2019
48
Podcast "The Read" predicted 'dog walk' would enter mainstream...
Jan 26th 2019
49
Most of these aren't mainstream.
Jan 28th 2019
52
Get out more.
Jan 28th 2019
53
      New York white people different.
Jan 28th 2019
54
           Give it a second
Jan 28th 2019
55
keep it real
Jan 28th 2019
56

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