Sunday, August 2, 2009
Damn Dats Ghetto: Ghetto Nicknames....
We all know one or more of the following: A Ray Ray. A Pooky. A Peanut. Peaches. Little Man. Man Man. Boobie. Sleepy. Kisses. Smoke (who most likely got them trees on deck). Tiny for some big dude. If you’re Mexican, a Joker or Thumper…and so on and so forth.
A trip to any hood yields a roll call that reads like a Dick Tracy strip. We could go on forever, but the point is pretty much made.
Ghetto people. Have a thing. For childish. Douchey. Nicknames.
They originate from everywhere. One doubled-up syllable from the real name. Cartoon characters. What they eat or drink. What they got caught doing when they were a kid (ya know, that story you wish they wouldn’t tell in mixed company). Where there’s a will to manifest a new ghetto nickname, there’s a way. And once that nickname comes out, one is stuck with it in the ghetto for-EVER. Will never live it down, no matter what.
Sometimes, the ghetto person isn’t mad at it, but embraces it, makes it their badge of honor. They may tag the streets with it. Sometimes they bang or slang with it. Sometimes it becomes their rap name. Or that’s what they want the girls to call ‘em.
A trip to any hood yields a roll call that reads like a Dick Tracy strip. We could go on forever, but the point is pretty much made.
Ghetto people. Have a thing. For childish. Douchey. Nicknames.
They originate from everywhere. One doubled-up syllable from the real name. Cartoon characters. What they eat or drink. What they got caught doing when they were a kid (ya know, that story you wish they wouldn’t tell in mixed company). Where there’s a will to manifest a new ghetto nickname, there’s a way. And once that nickname comes out, one is stuck with it in the ghetto for-EVER. Will never live it down, no matter what.
Sometimes, the ghetto person isn’t mad at it, but embraces it, makes it their badge of honor. They may tag the streets with it. Sometimes they bang or slang with it. Sometimes it becomes their rap name. Or that’s what they want the girls to call ‘em.
There will be females all of 30+ years old seriously wanting someone to call them Lil Mama or Chocolate, dressing exactly like what their name sounds like they should be doing: stripping or some other sex-based profession (even though their body is burnt out after 5 children before 23).
And oh yeah, Little and Lil (somehow the apostrophe disappeared) is but one of many oft-used prefixes and suffixes used for such nicks, along with Big, Boy/Boi, Young/Yung, Girl/Gurl, Ms., One, Loc, and Dog. Because ya gotta make it that much more fabulous!
And oh yeah, Little and Lil (somehow the apostrophe disappeared) is but one of many oft-used prefixes and suffixes used for such nicks, along with Big, Boy/Boi, Young/Yung, Girl/Gurl, Ms., One, Loc, and Dog. Because ya gotta make it that much more fabulous!
Saturday, August 1, 2009
Damn Dats Ghetto: Ghetto Love...Only a Phone Call away!
People have mad respect for a chick that will do the damn thang by standing by her man through thick or thin. Ryde or Die Chicks will shank someone when it comes to their man, family, or crew. This special breed of ghetto women are fighters to the very end and will not give up on the ones they love even when society turned their backs.Ryde or Die Chicks can be found at prisons on the weekend visiting their boo, bringing cigarettes, depositing money into the account, and brining Lil Man-Man to visit. These women will also hold down the household while their man in is incarcerated by getting their own hustle on. There are different degrees of hustling that these Ryde or Die Chicks will partake in. Some will resort to stripping and shaking their ass for dollars or taking over the drug trade to make sure their man’s operation continues to generate revenue and the rival drug lord does not take over the block.
Ryde or Die Chicks will also go down for their man and will not SNITCH even at the risk of her own freedom. There is a large prison population of Ryde or Die Chicks because they refused to sell out their companions. Don’t mistake their loyalty for weakness because a Ryde or Die Chick will also kill for the ones they love. While often times the Ryde or Die Chicks are used as the sacrificial lambs in many cases, they are proud of knowing that folks around the community depend on them.
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