
The 3BALL Glossary of Ghetto Vernacular
"If you wish to communicate with the Three Bad Ass Living Legends, you must first know what the hell they are talking about. Here's a partial glossary of words they may or may not often use. Write them all down on a piece of paper and keep it in your pocket. During downtimes, such as waiting in a line or in traffic, take the list out to start memorizing! Or just use English."
- A IGHT: pronounced /ah ight/; shortened form of 'all right'.
- AIN'T DOWN WITH: use when referring to a situation you don't
particularly like.
Example: "I ain't down with this idea!"
- BACON: (1) salted and dried or smoked flesh of a pig. (2) often used in place of the number "6" (six).
- BUGGING: (1) acting silly or foolish. (2) asking someone to do
something silly or foolish.
- CHILL: calm down, relax or hang out at.
- CHUMPIE: something that causes happiness, joy, or excitement.
Example: "That was a good movie; it was the chumpie."
- CORNDOG: Hot dog covered in corn-like tasting substance. Commonly found at carnivals.
- CRIB: one's own dwelling place (house, apartment, dorm room, etc.)
- DECENT: adjective for CHUMPIE.
Example: "That movie last night was decent."
- DEF: synonym for DECENT used with stronger emphasis.
- DIS: (1) to put down someone in public to the extent that
it makes that person feel bad.
(2) to deliberately break an appointment or date without consenting
the second party.
Example: "I waited for this guy at the restaurant for 45 minutes
and he didn't show up; he dissed me!"
- F5in': doing particularly well in one's station in life.
- F7: a mistake or action one wishes they could take back.
Example: "I shouldn't have ate those things; that was a big F7!"
- FRONT: talking nonsense; all talk, no action.
Example: "He doesn't know what he's talking about;
he's fronting!"
- FUQUADO: synonym for JACKASS.
- GANK: to kill. usually by shooting.
- GET BUSY: becoming active directly from a state of stability. Example: "I'm not in any activities here; it's time to get busy."
- HOLMES: generic term used when referring to a male whose name is unknown. Example: "What's up, holmes?!"
- HOOK-UP: ability to get proper connections with certain people or things
Example: "The guy next door has a sattelite dish and a VCR;
he's got all the hook-ups."
- ILLING: synonym for BUGGING.
- IN THE HANG: having a unique, fruity orientation on life.
- JACKASS: one who annoys you.
Example: "Just hand me the bongos, you jackass."
- KICK: (1) to have a strong smell, usually a foul odor.
(2) to do something that causes excitement.
Example: "Those girls was kicking it at the dance last night."
- MY MOMMY something that one truely appreciates.
Example: "Wow, Taco Bell is my mommy."(see also CHUMPIE)
- ONION: (1) edible bulb used as vegetable (2) a weekly satirical newspaper that is my mommy.
- POSSE: one's own circle of friends.
- RIDE: a specific means of transportation, usually one's
own automobile or moped.
- RUNNING IT: in music: playing a song over and over again to the point
of getting tired of hearing it.
Example: "That's the 6th time I've heard that song
today; they're running it!"
- SKEEZER: a person, usually a female, who attempts to have a relationship
with a member of the opposite sex only for his/her material
possessions to make an impression on other people.
Example: "That girl wants to get wit' that guy with the MegaVan; I think she's a skeezer!"
- SOFT: (1) partially or totally intoxicated; drunk; high.
(2) weak, timid, not able to defend oneself.
- SUCKA: one who perpetrates; someone who has a lack of knowledge
on certain subjects.
Example: "Look, sucka, you've messed with me long enough!
Get out of my face before I cap you!"
- THAT GUY refers to THAT GUY who always needs to use correct change or who frequently annoys you. (see also JACKASS)
- TRIPPING: synonym for BUGGING.
- WEAK: synonym for SOFT.
- WORD: having the final say in an argument.
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