legsdiamond Member since May 05th 2011 82109 posts
Tue Oct-11-22 08:48 AM
"Local slang"
Do you still have it?
Still use words you grew up with that have friends laughing or saying “huh, what you mean?”
Have you adapted to your surroundings?
I went to LA years ago and they were doing the hand dap snap thing and my boy was like “they looking at you funny cause you didn’t do snap”
no shit, I aint from here, don’t want to fake it and look even worse.
its one of the reasons I loved college. All these people coming together and trading saying and slang.
I’m from the Burgh so we have Pittsburghese. yinz = yall pop = soda buggie = shopping cart warsh rag = wash cloth dahntahn = downtown chumpy = that could mean anything you have. Your hat, coat, girlfriend etc.. my homie made that one up or stole it from a rap song. On the way to school he was like “yo, Imma start calling my hat my chumpy yo” like he was Ghostface talking about Clarks… lol. and we all started running with it.
Growing up I didnt say most of that stuff because my mom was like “don’t say that shit” but when I go home I crack up because it sounds so refreshing and normal to me.
**************** TBH the fact that you're even a mod here fits squarely within Jag's narrative of OK-sanctioned aggression, bullying, and toxicity. *shrug*
legsdiamond Member since May 05th 2011 82109 posts
Wed Oct-12-22 07:10 AM
2. "I want to say it was the ERule video" In response to Reply # 1
but this was like 1990.. maybe early spring 91
**************** TBH the fact that you're even a mod here fits squarely within Jag's narrative of OK-sanctioned aggression, bullying, and toxicity. *shrug*
11. "even the slap / fistbump used to be a bit split by region and race in LA" In response to Reply # 1
the bump part was something mexicans in la and the valley were doing that spread. people on the westside and southbay weren't adding the bump, it was more just 2 part shake and pulling your hand back.
i wanna say mid/late 90s black people started adding the snap, then in the 2000s lotta white people started doing that 'blow it up' thing
it's still all over the place imo. slap(half shake)/bump or just bump seems to be what i see the most lol
3. "One of the things I hate about the internet and social media is that" In response to Reply # 0
it has flattened slang so much. Accents aside... like everyone (young people) talks the same. Everyone uses the same phrases. There have always been certain terms that have become ubiquitous, but now there's just a trove of them. It annoys me.
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"You can't beat white people. You can only knock them out."
legsdiamond Member since May 05th 2011 82109 posts
Wed Oct-12-22 07:59 AM
6. "man.. thats weebay.. lol. " In response to Reply # 4
I never really paid attention but wouldnt the age difference play into that as well?
I don’t expect kids to talk the same way old heads talk even if from the same area.
but it wasn’t something that really jumped out to me.
**************** TBH the fact that you're even a mod here fits squarely within Jag's narrative of OK-sanctioned aggression, bullying, and toxicity. *shrug*
legsdiamond Member since May 05th 2011 82109 posts
Wed Oct-12-22 07:56 AM
5. "also makes it easier for white assholes to abuse sayings much quicker" In response to Reply # 3
I know it took a while for woke to catch on but now we are seeing phrases and slang being bastardized at a much faster rate.
**************** TBH the fact that you're even a mod here fits squarely within Jag's narrative of OK-sanctioned aggression, bullying, and toxicity. *shrug*
**************** TBH the fact that you're even a mod here fits squarely within Jag's narrative of OK-sanctioned aggression, bullying, and toxicity. *shrug*
14. "I can tell an OG Charlottean.." In response to Reply # 0
if they know that:
The Square-basically downtown but where two major streets intersect (Trade and Tryon)
The Freight-the city bus. "Imma just hop the freight and get over there"
Shell as hell-Basically means you/they are crazy as hell. I'm guessing its short for shellshocked, but nobody knows exactly when, where or why, lol. But if you say somebody is " 'shell" or " 'shell as hell", dont even fool with em.
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