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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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beezybejesus
bəˈd͡ʒiːzəs
Belfast confettibelfieˈbɛlfi
belnabiballsbidnessBig Bangbig mamabig upbɪɡ ʌp
bigarettebiggityˈbɪɡɪti
bihbɪ(ː)
binnekillbio queenbird dogˈbɜːd dɒɡ
bitch-assbitch, pleasebitchassnessblack don't crackblast upblaze onblicked upblɪkt ˈəp
blinkyˈblɪŋki
block groupbloomingˈbluː.mɪŋ
blow throughbludblʌd
blue filmblue moviebobbinsbobolbody-ody-odyˈbɒdi.ɒdi.ɒdi
boismanbomb itbomb-assbongo magboob sockboom pipebootsyˈbutsi
booty chaserboughettobougienessBoundary Commissionbow downbaʊ ˈdaʊn
bowyangˈbəʊjaŋ
bozackBrad as Pittbreadkindbreak offbreak onbreak upbreezyˈbɹiːzi
breybridge-and-tunnelbridge-and-tunnelerbring downbrolicBronx Bombersbrotherˈbɹʌðə
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