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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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room for a ponyrough musicrucksack
ˈɹʌkˌsæk
rudeɹuːd
rug uprun gamerun game onrun inrun it uprun off onrun up onruntɹʌnt
rushingˈɹʌʃɪŋ
S&Psadittysəˈdɪ.ti
safeseɪf
same-gender-lovingSamsui chickensantapeeSaran Wrapsəˈɹæn ˌɹæp
Saxonˈsæksən
scablandˈskæblænd
scary-assschooliescrageskɹeɪd͡ʒ
screwfacedscrillskɹɪl
scrillaˈskɹɪl.ə
scringeskɹɪnd͡ʒ
sea dragonsea drakesea grapeseagullˈsiː.ɡʌl
secklesell wolf ticketsSercialSeven Sistersshack-shackshadeʃeɪd
shak-shakshake-a-legshiestyˈʃaɪsti
shifeʃaɪf
shilling markshine onshoogleˈʃʊɡəl
sickeningˈsɪk.ən.ɪŋ
side bitchside chicksiggingsisterˈsɪs.tə(ɹ)
sistergirlsizzurpskreetsleeping policemanslizzardˈslɪz.əd
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