33 slang words to help become your own in New York
For those who live in New York and want to communicate with other residents of the city in their language, the online edition SpoiledNYC Gathered 33 most common slang words that will definitely come in handy when talking to New Yorkers.
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Take it there - get into some kind of scrape.
"Hey bro, trust me - don't wanna take it there"
Grill - watch closely.
“Why are you grilling me?”
To front - behave as if you have something, when in fact you do not have it.
“He’s fronting, he don’t own none of that sh * t!”
Brig - very cold.
“It's brick outside, put your hat on!”
Ratchet - A woman with very low social standards when it comes to sex.
"You deal with her, she's too rachet for me!"
Mad - absolutely has nothing to do with anger; instead it reinforces the word that follows it.
“I'm mad hungry bro!”
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Dumb - this word also reinforces the word that follows it.
"That sandwich was dumb good"
Tight - get upset.
“I'm dumb tight over that bullsh * t last night”
Spaz - to be cruel, to go to confrontation.
“She spazzed out on some dude at the club last night”
Thirsty - act desperately.
“Bro why you acting so thirsty?”
Thirstbucket - act too desperately.
“Why are you acting like a thirstbucket, bro?”
Na 'mean - "Do you know what I mean?"
"I payed dumb guap for this sweater, na mean?"
Guap - money (can also be used as a cake or cheese).
“I'm getting that guap, my man!”
Dead-ass - act very seriously.
"I was dead ass when I told him"
Trippin 'or buggin' - to make mountains out of molehills.
“Stop tripping over that text message—I didn’t mean it”
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Conclusion - good friend.
"What up, son?"
I'm good - indicate that you are fine.
“Nah I'm good, my man. What up with you? "
Tight - expresses pleasure with something or someone.
"That whip is real tight, my man!"
Get outta here - Express a high degree of mistrust.
“Hold up my man! You serious?!? Get the f * ck outta here! ”
Chill out scrap - a call to cool down and calm down.
“Honestly, just chill out scrap!”
Gully - be too simple.
"My man is so damn gully!"
The 'hood - area, as a rule, with low income. It can also mean that someone is a member of a gang.
“She lives in a crazy hood” or “Her brother is mad hood, yo!”
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Kicks - sneakers.
"Check out my new kicks!"
Ice - Jewelry.
"Dammn! Look at all that ice on his neck! ”
Whip - A good car, expensive car.
“That's the whip I want, my man!”
Hooptie - broken car.
“I'm not riding around in that hooptie, b!”
We out - a way to say that the speaker or group of people with him, are about to leave.
"Yo, get your sh * t, we out"
What it do - ask how are you.
"Hey my man, what it do?"
My g - close friend, also short for gangsta.
“What's goin 'on, my G?”
Real talk - indicates the seriousness of the mood.
"Real talk, I'm not down with you last act"
What's good, madude - “what's good” is used to ask what is happening, or what happened, and “madude” is short for brother or close friend.
“Yo !!! What's good, madude?!? I haven't seen you in a minute! ”
Kid - very close friend.
"What's poppin 'kid?"
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