I do love it, the one I remember off hand is “pain and strife” for wife.

Edited cause waste of my time,

But that is the nature of language it is flexible. I like trying out new words, some people over do it but that is in their nature. It’s like a kid that wont take of their Batman costume after Halloween, that person is a weirdo leave the poor words out of it.

Paris is Burning is one of the best documentaries ever. I knew about Benny Ninja because of a few articles I read as a youth when Madonna’s song came out, but to see actual footage is something else entirely.

The issue there is a time and place for everything and the more you know the better equipped you are to learn that time and place. POC are masters at “code-switching” so we understand this but most non-POC don’t because they don’t have to because hegemony. Anyway moral of story: Do you, with discernment.

No problem, we are going to meet at this intersection one post at a time. ;)

Right. It means you are a concrete thinker who lacks the ability to understand context/context clues. I love the way meeting new people and reading exposes you to new words, especially puns and word play. The more circuitous the reasoning for a slang word the more I love it.

First you have to understand that the black diaspora love words and word play. Usually it is a clever play on a word, or an observation, or maybe even a story or inside joke that resulted in it. The more flexible and creative a slang word is the more popular it becomes. Slang is not arbitrary words, at some point in…

LOL, It can painfully obvious when you immediately know there were no black writers.

And what I am saying is I am annoyed that without fail someone on Jezebel is annoyed about the overuse of a slang term originating with black people. The only thing more annoying is when the slang is more than decade old like clap back.

It sure is annoying to have this conversation on Jezebel every time someone “discovers” old slang they are hearing for the first time ad nausea, but for that annoyance to cease you’d have to wait for people to stop co-opting black culture, and well...

Tea means gossip, as is in “spill the tea” (tell someone about some gossip), or “sip tea” (listen to gossip or something shady). It is a term that originated with the black gay community long ago, it spread to the black community at large, and then like all nice things becomes ruined when certain people find out about…

The same problem that always happens when certain people misuse then proceed to choke the ever flippin life out of old ass slang, prepare yourself.

The stage set up was hilarious. The theme was obviously Banana Republic Dictator Chic. They put up guard towers and chain link fence, the dancers had on military inspired clothes, and Jay had on a Castro inspired look complete with reflector shades and a Cuban cigar. Also you could see TyTy standing at the edge of the…

Wasn’t it a great show. I was in the 5th or 6th row and I remember the sound quality was excellent. I also remember 50 cent had the charisma of a winter scarf and I was so glad for him to hurry up and finish.

lol, I dont understand people like this the library is right there, google is right there, youtube is right there. There is a saying that goes “Are you going to believe me or your lying eyes” try it out on him next time.

Its a good and bad thing because artist (unfortunately even ones with marginal talent) are making a lot of money touring and doing shows on their own, so you never get these multi-city tours with a large number of talented hip-hop artists anymore. The closest you get are some of these festivals like AfroPunk, but its…

Do it. I saw Jay-Z in Va in 2002 while in grad school. It was a concert with Missy, Busta, and Fifty cent. Me and my friends drove from DC and the traffic was so bad I missed Missy completely and only caught the tail end of Busta, with 50 going on before Jay. He was amazing. I don’t know if you’ve ever listened to his…