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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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go ham
ɡoʊ ˈhæm
go on bygo-alonggoatfuckGolden Circlegoo-gobgood-goodgoodtgoofɡuːf
goon outgrape jellygrape winegrimyˈɡraɪ.mi
grip upgrown-assgrugrugrugru nutgwollaɡwɑlə
gwopɡwɑp
hair spacehalalflationhandle uphappedhæpt
hard earsHarvard commahaterationhave a blessed onehæv ə blɛst wʌn
have it going onhave onhave shit onhazedhead-shrinkerhell to the nohellifiedHerkimer Jerkimerherstoryˈhɜːst(ə)ɹi
high-keyhigh-posthigh-sidehistory sheethit a lickhit a stainhit backhockey stickhog-sliphomeycidehoneyˈhʌni
honey chilehoney diphood rathook it uphot linkHUhugboxhurlhɜːl
hurrierhurtcorehush one's mouthhypoˈhaɪ.pəʊ
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