Black Talk: Words and Phrases from the Hood to the Amen CornerFully revised and updated -- the ultimate guide to black talk from all segments of the African American community.Do you want to be down with the latest hype terms from the Hip Hop world? Black Talk is the perfect source. "Even if you think you're hip, you'd better look up kitchen, got her nose open, jump salty, and hundreds of other sayings, former or current, that testify to the linguistic originality of Black speakers," said Frederic G. Cassidy, chief editor of the Dictionary of American Regional English. This new edition of Black Talk includes more than 300 new words and phrases and, now more than ever, reflects the ever-changing meanings and uses of this vital and rich part of our language. In a style that is always informative and always entertaining, Geneva Smitherman takes this dictionary far beyond a list of words. Black Talk is a cultural map that charts word meanings along the highways and byways of African American life. |
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Black Talk: Words and Phrases from the Hood to the Amen Corner Geneva Smitherman No preview available - 1994 |
Black Talk: Words and Phrases from the Hood to the Amen Corner Geneva Smitherman No preview available - 2000 |
Common terms and phrases
AAE pronunciation Afri African Ameri African American English Africans in America album B-BALL basketball Black Talk Blige BROTHA CHITLINS cocaine color crack CRIPS Crossover expression Crossover meaning Crossover term dance Def Comedy Jam derived derogatory Describes a person drugs enslavement Euphemism European American extension female form of address forty acres gang goin hair hairstyle HIP HOP Culture HOOD Ice-T Introduction JUMPSTREET KICK language Malcolm X male Mandingo marijuana Music Nation Nation of Islam negative Negro newer term nigga NOSE OPEN older term one's outa OVAH PAR-TAY party PHILLY BLUNT PIMP play player popular Rapper reference resurfacing in HIP sexual SHIT SHOOT SIGNIFYIN SISTA skin SOMEBODY'S someone SOUL Spike Lee style TALKIN Thang thing tion Traditional Black Church usually verbal Voodoo WHASSUP white person woman women word words/phrases