Weaksauce –
Refers to a joke that did not make you laugh; a bad joke.
Ronell: “Did you hear that crack Johnny tried to make on Zane?”
Treyvon: “Yea, it was weaksauce.”
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Urban Word of the Day - 3/10/09
Swayze –
Slang to announce that you’re leaving, references the movie Ghost starring Patrick Swayze.
“Ay dawg, this party ain’t poppin’. I’m Swayze.”
Slang to announce that you’re leaving, references the movie Ghost starring Patrick Swayze.
“Ay dawg, this party ain’t poppin’. I’m Swayze.”
Urban Word of the Day - 3/9/09
Flashing –
Yelling at someone, usually in front of others.
Taniqua: “What was that about?”
Mikita: “That chick was just flashing – called herself putting me on blast about some dude I don’t even know.”
Taniqua: “I bet she feels real small now.”
Mikita: “Hell yea she does. I had to set the female straight.”
Yelling at someone, usually in front of others.
Taniqua: “What was that about?”
Mikita: “That chick was just flashing – called herself putting me on blast about some dude I don’t even know.”
Taniqua: “I bet she feels real small now.”
Mikita: “Hell yea she does. I had to set the female straight.”
Friday, March 6, 2009
Urban Word of the Day - 3/6/09
Prostitots –
Little girls that wear tight low cut jeans and belly shirts like Brittany Spears
“Look at those little prostitots with their butt cracks showing! How old you think they are? 12? 13?”
Little girls that wear tight low cut jeans and belly shirts like Brittany Spears
“Look at those little prostitots with their butt cracks showing! How old you think they are? 12? 13?”
Urban Word of the Day - 3/5/09
Off your rector –
Acting out of control. Rambunctious.
“You are off your rector talkin out the side of ya neck. Please come correct.”
Acting out of control. Rambunctious.
“You are off your rector talkin out the side of ya neck. Please come correct.”
Urban Word of the Day - 3/4/09
Plex –
To have a grudge, conflict or a problem with someone.
Rahs'Janae: “You wanna hit this party up with me tonight at Le'Tajah’s?”
LaDashae: “Naw girl, I’m still plexin’ with that negro Corey.”
To have a grudge, conflict or a problem with someone.
Rahs'Janae: “You wanna hit this party up with me tonight at Le'Tajah’s?”
LaDashae: “Naw girl, I’m still plexin’ with that negro Corey.”
Urban Word of the Day - 3/3/09
Tankin' –
When a large person goes into a destructive rampage.
Camus: “Did you see Big Bruce tankin’ on that lil’ dude when he took his chicken nuggets?”
Demario: “Ha, you can’t mess with a big man and his food!”
When a large person goes into a destructive rampage.
Camus: “Did you see Big Bruce tankin’ on that lil’ dude when he took his chicken nuggets?”
Demario: “Ha, you can’t mess with a big man and his food!”
Urban Word of the Day - 3/2/09
Bowen –
A person who often stinks, possibly with hygiene issues. Derived from a creature that is known to inhabit sewage and have a frightening odor because it uses its own feces to disguise itself.
Darnell: “Have you walked by Lacretia? That chick smells like Bowen!”
Jamel: “Someone needs to tell her stank a$$ to take a shower…”
A person who often stinks, possibly with hygiene issues. Derived from a creature that is known to inhabit sewage and have a frightening odor because it uses its own feces to disguise itself.
Darnell: “Have you walked by Lacretia? That chick smells like Bowen!”
Jamel: “Someone needs to tell her stank a$$ to take a shower…”
Urban Word of the Day - 2/27/09
Harlem Renaissance –
The Harlem Renaissance, or the New Negro Movement, was named after the term used in the anthology The New Negro, edited by Alain Locke and published in 1925. Centered in the Harlem neighborhood of New York City, the movement impacted urban centers throughout the United States. Across the cultural spectrum (literature, drama, music, visual art, dance) and also in the realm of social thought (sociology, historiography, philosophy), artists and intellectuals found new ways to explore the historical experiences of black America and the contemporary experiences of black life in the urban North. Challenging white paternalism and racism, African-American artists and intellectuals rejected imitating the styles of Europeans and white Americans, and instead celebrated black dignity and creativity. Asserting their freedom to express themselves on their own terms, they explored their identities as black Americans, celebrating the black culture that had emerged out of slavery, as well as cultural ties to Africa.
The Harlem Renaissance, or the New Negro Movement, was named after the term used in the anthology The New Negro, edited by Alain Locke and published in 1925. Centered in the Harlem neighborhood of New York City, the movement impacted urban centers throughout the United States. Across the cultural spectrum (literature, drama, music, visual art, dance) and also in the realm of social thought (sociology, historiography, philosophy), artists and intellectuals found new ways to explore the historical experiences of black America and the contemporary experiences of black life in the urban North. Challenging white paternalism and racism, African-American artists and intellectuals rejected imitating the styles of Europeans and white Americans, and instead celebrated black dignity and creativity. Asserting their freedom to express themselves on their own terms, they explored their identities as black Americans, celebrating the black culture that had emerged out of slavery, as well as cultural ties to Africa.
Urban Word of the Day - 2/26/09
Greensboro Sit-Ins –
The Greensboro sit-ins were an instrumental action in the African-American Civil Rights Movement, leading to increased national sentiment at a crucial period in American history. In this city, on February 1st, 1960, four African American college students from North Carolina A&T College (a historically black college) went to Woolworth’s, an all-white restaurant. The shop was open to all customers regardless of color, but the restaurant was for whites only. They asked for food, were refused service and asked to leave. The students did prior research on what they were doing - reading a handout on tactics of resistance by Congress of Racial Equality (CORE). The sit-in that had begun with only four students had sparked a massive movement throughout the Southern states as more and more protesters engaged in this type of demonstration. This protest sparked sit-ins and economic boycotts that became a hallmark of the American civil rights movement.
The Greensboro sit-ins were an instrumental action in the African-American Civil Rights Movement, leading to increased national sentiment at a crucial period in American history. In this city, on February 1st, 1960, four African American college students from North Carolina A&T College (a historically black college) went to Woolworth’s, an all-white restaurant. The shop was open to all customers regardless of color, but the restaurant was for whites only. They asked for food, were refused service and asked to leave. The students did prior research on what they were doing - reading a handout on tactics of resistance by Congress of Racial Equality (CORE). The sit-in that had begun with only four students had sparked a massive movement throughout the Southern states as more and more protesters engaged in this type of demonstration. This protest sparked sit-ins and economic boycotts that became a hallmark of the American civil rights movement.
Urban Word of the Day - 2/25/09
Marcus Garvey Movement –
The Garvey movement was important in the United States as a popular expression of the sentiments of African unity and redemption among working-class blacks. His followers contrasted with the more elite black groups cultivated by Du Bois. Garvey, a Jamaican, founded the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA) in 1914 to promote black pride, political and economic improvements for blacks everywhere, and the repatriation of blacks to Africa (often called the “Back to Africa” movement). The institutional growth of the Garvey movement was swift and international in scope. Garvey’s newspaper, the Negro World, achieved wide distribution, and chapters of UNIA sprung up all over the Americas, as well as in Europe, Australia, and South Africa. Garvey also established a steamship company, the Black Star Line, with which he hoped both to enter international trade and to transport blacks to Africa. Garvey hoped to oversee the repatriation of tens of thousands of American blacks to the West African nation of Liberia, which had been founded by freed American slaves in the early 19th century. The Garvey movement declined when Garvey was arrested and imprisoned in 1925 on charges of mail fraud relating to the operation of the Black Star Line, and his repatriation scheme was never fulfilled.
The Garvey movement was important in the United States as a popular expression of the sentiments of African unity and redemption among working-class blacks. His followers contrasted with the more elite black groups cultivated by Du Bois. Garvey, a Jamaican, founded the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA) in 1914 to promote black pride, political and economic improvements for blacks everywhere, and the repatriation of blacks to Africa (often called the “Back to Africa” movement). The institutional growth of the Garvey movement was swift and international in scope. Garvey’s newspaper, the Negro World, achieved wide distribution, and chapters of UNIA sprung up all over the Americas, as well as in Europe, Australia, and South Africa. Garvey also established a steamship company, the Black Star Line, with which he hoped both to enter international trade and to transport blacks to Africa. Garvey hoped to oversee the repatriation of tens of thousands of American blacks to the West African nation of Liberia, which had been founded by freed American slaves in the early 19th century. The Garvey movement declined when Garvey was arrested and imprisoned in 1925 on charges of mail fraud relating to the operation of the Black Star Line, and his repatriation scheme was never fulfilled.
Urban Word of the Day - 2/24/09
Motown Records –
Motown Records is a record label originally based in Detroit, Michigan. Founded by Berry Gordy, Jr. on January 12, 1959 as Tamla Records, the company was incorporated as Motown Record Corporation on April 14, 1960. The name, a portmanteau derived from the words motor and town, is also a nickname for Detroit. Motown played an important role in the racial integration of popular music, as it was the first record label owned by an African American to primarily feature African-American artists who achieved crossover success. In the 1960s, Motown and its soul-based subsidiaries were the most successful proponents of what came to be known as The Motown Sound, a style of soul music with a distinct pop influence. Motown has owned or distributed releases from more than 45 subsidiaries in varying genres, although it is most famous for its releases in the music genres of rhythm and blues, soul, hip hop and pop. Motown Records left Detroit for Los Angeles in 1972, and remained an independent company until June 28, 1988, when Gordy sold the company to MCA and Boston Ventures (which took over full ownership of Motown in 1991), then to PolyGram in 1994. Now headquartered in New York City, Motown Records is a subsidiary of The Universal Motown/Universal Republic Group, itself a subsidiary of Universal Music Group.
Motown Records is a record label originally based in Detroit, Michigan. Founded by Berry Gordy, Jr. on January 12, 1959 as Tamla Records, the company was incorporated as Motown Record Corporation on April 14, 1960. The name, a portmanteau derived from the words motor and town, is also a nickname for Detroit. Motown played an important role in the racial integration of popular music, as it was the first record label owned by an African American to primarily feature African-American artists who achieved crossover success. In the 1960s, Motown and its soul-based subsidiaries were the most successful proponents of what came to be known as The Motown Sound, a style of soul music with a distinct pop influence. Motown has owned or distributed releases from more than 45 subsidiaries in varying genres, although it is most famous for its releases in the music genres of rhythm and blues, soul, hip hop and pop. Motown Records left Detroit for Los Angeles in 1972, and remained an independent company until June 28, 1988, when Gordy sold the company to MCA and Boston Ventures (which took over full ownership of Motown in 1991), then to PolyGram in 1994. Now headquartered in New York City, Motown Records is a subsidiary of The Universal Motown/Universal Republic Group, itself a subsidiary of Universal Music Group.
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