I know it is hard to follow threads, but that was not in response to the OP or even about the OP, it was in response to Deep Frustration specifically addressing the point that people who complain about not understanding what a slang word means are annoying.

We do agree, and I understand that in the age of the interwebs culture-vultures will be plucking at all the tasty liver they can get to, but its gets old hat when it’s always words from black culture that people seem to always have a rant about.

How is that an unfair statement? People who complain about not understanding slang terms obviously have a problem with the concept of context or puns. When I use the term concrete I mean literal.

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…