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Black culture & AAVE
Slang from Black American Vernacular English (AAVE), hip-hop, drag and ballroom culture, the Caribbean, and NYC street vocabulary. The single largest source of new mainstream English slang in living memory.
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(c)rapper007 knife1PPa-alike
ˈeɪəˈlaɪk
Aberdonianˌæb.ɚˈdoʊn.jən
ACACCace boon coonaceboyacrossəˈkɹɒs
adderboltAfrican golfAfrikaaggyagony boxaightˈɑˌaɪt
ain't nothing but a thangajoupaaksæks
all good in the hoodalligator pearamoebaəˈmiːbə
analˈeɪ.nəl
and shitantirentany old kind of wayaperitif winearea codeashcakeass outasshoeastorperiousˌæstə(ɹ)ˈpɪəɹi.əs
atomic typoAustralian Approved NameAzaleanazzbaby girlbackpackerbadunkadunkbaecationBaileyˈbeɪli
ballet shoeballin'ballisticbəˈlɪs.tɪk
bammaˈbæmə
bamseebangbusbannockˈbæ.nək
barang-barangˈbaɹaŋ ˌbaɹaŋ
baseheadbashment/ˈbæʃmənt/
be down withbe onbe on one's bullshitbe withbeat offbeat one's faceBebe's kidbed wenchBed-StuyPage 1 of 14Next →
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