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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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chop it upchrome
kɹəʊm
chuck the deucescigarsɪˈɡɑː(ɹ)
cigaretteˈsɪ.ɡə.ɹɛt
citayeclackklæk
clap backclapbackclatterˈklætəː
cling filmˈklɪŋˌfɪlm
clingfilmˈklɪŋfɪlm
clock the teaclockingˈklɒk.ɪŋ
cockshotcollegiatekəˈliːd͡ʒi.ət
come correctcome down oncome with itcomesscommesscompkɒmp
constabcontinental USconversateˈkɑːn.vɚˌseɪt
Cooperstowncootieˈkuːti
corrieˈkɒɹi
crapaciouscrapnesscrapologycrappyˈkɹæpi
crapshootcraptasticalcraptasticallycraypotcream pie(ˈ)kɹiːm ˈpaɪ
creampieˈkɹiːmˌpaɪ
croutonˈkɹuːtɒn
cruffcrumb crushercuerdaculture vultureˈkʌlt͡ʃə ˌvʌlt͡ʃə
cumpilationkʌmpɪˈleɪʃən
cumsportsˈkʌmˌspɔːts
cup-tossercut a wide swathcut buddycut downcuzzoˈkʌzəʊ
daidledallsdeadfallˈdɛdfɔːl
deassdessert winediaper shotˌdaɪ(ə)pɚˈʃɑt
dickpicˈdɪkˌpɪk
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