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Slang:
Learn the language of the Hyphy Movement Yadadadig!!
"18 Dummy"
- Getting dumb by drinking Jose Cuervo 1800 Tequila, also known
as "Dummy Juice." also, yellow (or "short") busses popularized
by hyphy music (specifically Oakland artist Mistah F.A.B.) most
commonly are equipped with 18 seats.
"Dummy Gone" - A mixture of Patron tequila and Hyphy
Juice (a popular grape and green apple fusion energy drink which
is highly popular in the Bay Area). The combination equates to a
sense of euphoria from getting dumb and gone (as in inebriated),
hence the name.
"Flamboasting" - All manner of showing off.
"Gas-brake dippin" - Driving
while quickly alternating between stomping on the gas and the
brake. Also known as "Yokin'". "Ghostride the whip" - Driver
walks alongside slow-rolling car with the door open, giving the
appearance that the car is driving itself. Passengers ride with
all the doors open and sometimes leap out of the moving cars,
sometimes sitting atop the hood.
"Giggin'" - Dancing
wildly. "Going or getting dumb/stupid/ignorant/retarded/hyphy/yellow
bus" - is the main concept, which means having a good time while
ignoring society's negative opinion of "uncivilized" behavior.
"Gouda" - (Goo-dah) Refering to Cheddar, Cheese, The Duckets,
Skrilla, Benjamin's, Grip, Greenbacks, Cash-Money, or most
widely known as the US Dollar.
"Hyphy Train" - A wild, mobile party with a long line of
cars with all the doors open, in which occupants ghost-ride,
flambost, dance on the hood and roof, and otherwise get hyphy.
"Scrapers" - Vintage four-door American sedans with
whistling pipes, oversize spinning rims and a powerful stereo
system. They hang low in the back and send off sparks when one
is "gas-brake dippin".
"Scrape/Swang" - Turning a sideshow/sydeshow.
"Slapper/Slumper" - A song with particularly loud bass
and/or Hyphy connotations.
"Stunna shades" - Oversized dark glasses that help
accessorize the sagging jeans, white T-shirts and dreadlocks
that are part of hyphy fashion. Unusual looking glasses that
people wear when they go hyphy. "Stunnas" are frequently aviator
style glasses, but often more elaborate or attention getting.
"Stunting" - Turning donuts, figure eights and other car
tricks. Allen Gordon, former editor of Rap Pages magazine, says,
"If you can spell out your name in tire tracks in the street —
you're the man."
"Thizz" - Street slang for Ecstasy pills, popularized by
the late Andre "Mac Dre" Hicks. Thizz is also the name of Mac
Dre's record label.
"Thizz Face" - Coined by Mac Dre to describe a "look on
your face like you smell some piss". Originated from the face
that one makes when putting an Ecstasy pill in one's mouth, due
to the bitter taste. The term and facial expression have been
appropriated to mean several other feelings and situations.
"Thizzle Dance" - A dance associated with Mac Dre's song
by the same name, the thizzle dance (thizz dance, thizzing,
closely related to going dumb) involves wearing a strange facial
expression and waving one's arms and legs in a bizarre or
unusual-looking way. "Thizzing" is also associated with shaking
one's dreadlocks, getting on the ground, or imitating animals.
"Yadadadig
- Yadadameen - Yadadamsayin?"
- A phrase popularized by Keak Da Sneak meaning "Do you know
what I mean?" and "Do you know what I am saying?" The 'dada'
usually signifies rolling the letter 'R', however, for effect
and for people who cannot roll their 'R's, the informal 'didi'
(pronounced did-I) is appropriate.
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"Yadadaholla" - A phrase used by (Mac Dre) Andre Hicks
similar to Yadadameen "Do you know what I hollar?"
"Yay Area" - The Bay Area of California. |
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