Boo Thang -
A female (or male) that you're not in a relationship with but you have an understanding. Pretty much a friend with benefits that you share a deeper connection with.
"No plans tonight and I need to get it in so time to call my boo thang"
Monday, October 31, 2011
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
Urban Word of the Day - 6/21/11
By request, the UWotD has been revived! Here's a taste of what's to come
H.A.M. -
Acronym that means hard as a motherf**ka
"That wanksta betta back up or I'm goin' H.A.M. on his ass!"
H.A.M. -
Acronym that means hard as a motherf**ka
"That wanksta betta back up or I'm goin' H.A.M. on his ass!"
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Urban Word of the Day - 3/11/09
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.”
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.”
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.
Monday, February 23, 2009
Urban Word of the Day - 2/23/09
The Niagara Movement –
The Niagara Movement was a black civil rights organization founded in 1905 by a group led by W. E. B. Du Bois and William Monroe Trotter. It was named for the "mighty current" of change the group wanted to effect and Niagara Falls, which was near where the first meeting took place in July 1905. The Niagara Movement was a call for opposition to racial segregation and disenfranchisement as well as policies of accommodation and conciliation promoted by African American leaders such as Booker T. Washington. The Niagara movement suffered from a number of organizational flaws including a lack of funding and central leadership. Additionally, Booker T. Washington's opposition drew support away from the group. Following the Springfield Race Riot of 1908, the Niagara movement admitted their first white member, Mary White Ovington, a settlement worker and socialist. In 1911, the remaining membership of the Niagara Movement joined with a number of White liberals to form the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).
The Niagara Movement was a black civil rights organization founded in 1905 by a group led by W. E. B. Du Bois and William Monroe Trotter. It was named for the "mighty current" of change the group wanted to effect and Niagara Falls, which was near where the first meeting took place in July 1905. The Niagara Movement was a call for opposition to racial segregation and disenfranchisement as well as policies of accommodation and conciliation promoted by African American leaders such as Booker T. Washington. The Niagara movement suffered from a number of organizational flaws including a lack of funding and central leadership. Additionally, Booker T. Washington's opposition drew support away from the group. Following the Springfield Race Riot of 1908, the Niagara movement admitted their first white member, Mary White Ovington, a settlement worker and socialist. In 1911, the remaining membership of the Niagara Movement joined with a number of White liberals to form the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).
Urban Word of the Day - 2/20/09
The Dred Scott Decision –
The Dred Scott vs. Sanford (1857) ruling was a decision by the United States Supreme Court that ruled that people of African descent imported into the United States and held as slaves, or their descendants—whether or not they were slaves—were not legal persons and could never be citizens of the United States, and that the United States Congress had no authority to prohibit slavery in federal territories. The Court also ruled that slaves could not sue in court, and that slaves—as chattel or private property—could not be taken away from their owners without due process. The Court in the Dred Scott decision sided with border ruffians in the Bleeding Kansas dispute who were afraid a free Kansas would be a haven for runaway slaves from Missouri. The Supreme Court's decision was written by Chief Justice Roger B. Taney. The Dred Scott decision was indirectly overruled by the passage of the Thirteenth & Fourteenth Amendments of the US Constitution.
Richard Allen –
Richard Allen was a minister, educator, writer, and the founder of the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) denomination in 1816 in the United States, after founding its first church (Mother Bethel AME Church) in 1794 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was elected the first bishop of the AME Church. Allen started as a Methodist preacher but wanted to establish a black congregation independent of white control. The AME church is the oldest denomination among independent African-American churches.
The Dred Scott vs. Sanford (1857) ruling was a decision by the United States Supreme Court that ruled that people of African descent imported into the United States and held as slaves, or their descendants—whether or not they were slaves—were not legal persons and could never be citizens of the United States, and that the United States Congress had no authority to prohibit slavery in federal territories. The Court also ruled that slaves could not sue in court, and that slaves—as chattel or private property—could not be taken away from their owners without due process. The Court in the Dred Scott decision sided with border ruffians in the Bleeding Kansas dispute who were afraid a free Kansas would be a haven for runaway slaves from Missouri. The Supreme Court's decision was written by Chief Justice Roger B. Taney. The Dred Scott decision was indirectly overruled by the passage of the Thirteenth & Fourteenth Amendments of the US Constitution.
Richard Allen –
Richard Allen was a minister, educator, writer, and the founder of the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) denomination in 1816 in the United States, after founding its first church (Mother Bethel AME Church) in 1794 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was elected the first bishop of the AME Church. Allen started as a Methodist preacher but wanted to establish a black congregation independent of white control. The AME church is the oldest denomination among independent African-American churches.
Thursday, February 19, 2009
Urban Word(s) of the Day - 2/19/09
The 16th Street Baptist Church bombing –
The 16th Street Baptist Church bombing was a racially motivated terrorist attack on September 15, 1963, by members of a Ku Klux Klan group in Birmingham, Alabama. The bombing of the African-American church resulted in the deaths of four girls. Although city leaders had reached a settlement in May with demonstrators and started to integrate public places, not everyone agreed with ending segregation. Other acts of violence followed the settlement. The bombing increased support for people working for civil rights. It marked a turning point in the U.S. civil-rights movement of the mid-twentieth century and contributed to support for passage of civil rights legislation in 1964.
Huey P. Newton –
Huey Newton was co-founder and leader of the Black Panther Party for Self Defense, an African-American organization established to promote Black Power, civil rights and self-defense. Under his and co-founder Bobby Seale’s leadership the group became a political force both admired and feared for its aggressively militant stance. The FBI was to label Newton and his colleagues in the Black Panthers as ‘Public Enemy Number One’. In 1967 Newton was arrested and charged with killing an Oakland police officer during a dispute, leading to a much-publicized "Free Huey" campaign organized by the Panthers. His 1968 conviction was overturned due to procedural errors. In 1973 Newton escaped other criminal charges by fleeing to Cuba; he returned in 1977 and in 1980 earned a doctorate in philosophy from the University of California. Newton was killed in a 1989 dispute with a drug dealer.
Urban Word(s) of the Day - 2/18/09
The Murder of Emmett Till –
A fourteen-year-old African American boy from Chicago, Illinois who was murdered in Money, Mississippi, a small town in the state's Delta region. The murder of Emmett Till was noted as one of the leading events that motivated the nascent American Civil Rights Movement. The main suspects were acquitted, but later admitted to committing the crime. Till's mother insisted on a public funeral service, with an open casket to show the world the brutality of the killing. Till had been beaten and his eye had been gouged out, before he was shot through the head and thrown into the Tallahatchie River with a 75-pound cotton gin fan tied to his neck with barbed wire. His body was in the river for three days before it was discovered and retrieved by two fishermen. Till was buried in Burr Oak Cemetery in Alsip, Illinois. The murder case was officially reopened in May 2004, and as a part of the investigation, the body was exhumed so an autopsy could be performed. The body was reburied by the family in the same location later that week.
The “Mammy” archetype –
The Mammy archetype is the portrayal within a narrative framework or other imagery of a domestic servant of African descent, generally good-natured, often overweight, and loud. The word "mammy" is a variant of "mother," formerly common in North America but now rarely used and now widely considered an ethnic slur. A "wet-mammy" or "wet-nurse" was a term used for a female domestic servant that acted as a nanny and was also assigned the duty to breast feed the child in lieu of the child's mother. A number of variations and usage of the mammy character became prominent in pop culture during the pre-civil rights period. One of the most notable examples is Aunt Jemima, a mascot for Quaker Oats's Aunt Jemima brand pancakes, pancake flour and mixes, and syrup. Mammy characters were a staple of blackface minstrelsy, giving rise to many sentimental show tunes dedicated to or mentioning mammies. Various “mammy” characters appeared in TV and radio shows during 50s and 60s.
A fourteen-year-old African American boy from Chicago, Illinois who was murdered in Money, Mississippi, a small town in the state's Delta region. The murder of Emmett Till was noted as one of the leading events that motivated the nascent American Civil Rights Movement. The main suspects were acquitted, but later admitted to committing the crime. Till's mother insisted on a public funeral service, with an open casket to show the world the brutality of the killing. Till had been beaten and his eye had been gouged out, before he was shot through the head and thrown into the Tallahatchie River with a 75-pound cotton gin fan tied to his neck with barbed wire. His body was in the river for three days before it was discovered and retrieved by two fishermen. Till was buried in Burr Oak Cemetery in Alsip, Illinois. The murder case was officially reopened in May 2004, and as a part of the investigation, the body was exhumed so an autopsy could be performed. The body was reburied by the family in the same location later that week.
The “Mammy” archetype –
The Mammy archetype is the portrayal within a narrative framework or other imagery of a domestic servant of African descent, generally good-natured, often overweight, and loud. The word "mammy" is a variant of "mother," formerly common in North America but now rarely used and now widely considered an ethnic slur. A "wet-mammy" or "wet-nurse" was a term used for a female domestic servant that acted as a nanny and was also assigned the duty to breast feed the child in lieu of the child's mother. A number of variations and usage of the mammy character became prominent in pop culture during the pre-civil rights period. One of the most notable examples is Aunt Jemima, a mascot for Quaker Oats's Aunt Jemima brand pancakes, pancake flour and mixes, and syrup. Mammy characters were a staple of blackface minstrelsy, giving rise to many sentimental show tunes dedicated to or mentioning mammies. Various “mammy” characters appeared in TV and radio shows during 50s and 60s.
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Urban Word(s) of the Day - 2/17/09
Lynching –
Lynching in the United States was the 19th and 20th century practice of killing people by extrajudicial mob action in the. This type of murder is most often associated with hanging, although it often included burning and various types of torture. It was rare for culprits of lynching to receive punishment for their crimes. Lynching is often associated with Southern efforts to retain and enforce so-called "white supremacy" after the victory of the Union in the American Civil War. The granting of civil rights to freedmen in the Reconstruction era after the Civil War aroused anxieties among white citizens, who came to scapegoat African Americans for their wartime hardship, economic loss, and forfeiture of social privilege. African American citizens, and Caucasian Americans active in the pursuit of equal rights, were frequently lynched during the Reconstruction era. Notable lynchings of civil rights workers during the 1960s in Mississippi contributed to galvanizing public support for the Civil Rights Movement and civil rights legislation.
The Little Rock Nine –
The Little Rock Nine were the nine African-American students involved in the desegregation of Little Rock Central High School. Their entrance into the school in 1957 sparked a nationwide crisis when Arkansas governor Orval Faubus, in defiance of a federal court order, called out the Arkansas National Guard to prevent the Nine from entering. President Dwight D. Eisenhower responded by federalizing the National Guard and sending in units of the U.S. Army’s 101st Airborne Division to escort the Nine into the school on September 25, 1957. The military presence remained for the duration of the school year. The “Little Rock Crisis” is considered to be one of the most important events in the African-American Civil Rights Movement.
Urban Word(s) of the Day - 2/16/09
Jim Crow Laws –
Laws enacted in the US between 1876 and 1965 that mandated segregation in all public facilities, with the famous "separate but equal" status. Some examples were the segregation of public schools, public places and public transportation, and the segregation of restrooms and restaurants for whites and blacks. The U.S. military was also segregated. State-sponsored school segregation was declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1954 in Brown v. Board of Education. Most of the remaining Jim Crow laws were overruled by the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
Tuskegee Airmen –
The Tuskegee Airmen is the popular name of a group of African American pilots who flew with distinction during World War II as the 332nd Fighter Group of the US Army Air Corps. "Tuskegee Airmen" refers to all who were involved in the so-called "Tuskegee Experiment," the Army Air Corps program to train African Americans to fly and maintain combat aircraft. The Tuskegee Airmen included pilots, navigators, bombardiers, maintenance and support staff, instructors, and all the personnel who kept the planes in the air. The Tuskegee Airmen overcame segregation and prejudice to become one of the most highly respected fighter groups of World War II. They proved conclusively that African Americans could fly and maintain sophisticated combat aircraft. The Tuskegee Airmen's achievements, together with the men and women who supported them, paved the way for full integration of the U.S. military.
Laws enacted in the US between 1876 and 1965 that mandated segregation in all public facilities, with the famous "separate but equal" status. Some examples were the segregation of public schools, public places and public transportation, and the segregation of restrooms and restaurants for whites and blacks. The U.S. military was also segregated. State-sponsored school segregation was declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1954 in Brown v. Board of Education. Most of the remaining Jim Crow laws were overruled by the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
Tuskegee Airmen –
The Tuskegee Airmen is the popular name of a group of African American pilots who flew with distinction during World War II as the 332nd Fighter Group of the US Army Air Corps. "Tuskegee Airmen" refers to all who were involved in the so-called "Tuskegee Experiment," the Army Air Corps program to train African Americans to fly and maintain combat aircraft. The Tuskegee Airmen included pilots, navigators, bombardiers, maintenance and support staff, instructors, and all the personnel who kept the planes in the air. The Tuskegee Airmen overcame segregation and prejudice to become one of the most highly respected fighter groups of World War II. They proved conclusively that African Americans could fly and maintain sophisticated combat aircraft. The Tuskegee Airmen's achievements, together with the men and women who supported them, paved the way for full integration of the U.S. military.
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