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Top
5 Lamest Music Slangs
Reading recent Fan Speak posts on some
of our articles here, I noticed just how much the hip-hop culture has filtered
over into the mainstream. That could be a good or bad thing depending on
your opinion of hip-hop and the lifestyle and values it promotes but one
thing is certain, hip-hop has provided popular culture with some pretty
lame slang terms. Not since the Valley Girl, “like Oh My Gawd,” trend in
the early 80’s have we had a subculture infect the mainstream with so many
lame terms.
That’s the focus of this Top 5 list, to
take a look at five of the lamest music slangs brought to us courtesy of
hip-hop. A few terms like “def” “bootylicious” and “phat” are left out
because they are too obvious but there are plenty more to work with. So
let’s get to it.
Top 5 Lamest Music Slangs
5. Yo! – This term has single handedly
provided Missy Elliot with a career. Without an abundance of “Yo’s” her
songs wouldn’t have any lyrics. For that reason alone, this term lands
on the list.
4. Dope – As
in “That be dope, yo!” meaning excellent however it might also mean that’s
it so bad you have to be on dope to like it.
3. Ill or Sick
– “That’s ill, Yo!” Ok it’s supposed to mean something is really cool,
however it might also be interpreted to mean it will make you sick. So
when someone tells you Limp Bizkit’s new CD is gonna be sick. They may
really mean it’s going to make you sick.
2. Bling-Bling
– This is the “gag me with a spoon” slang of hip-hop. It just couldn’t
get any lamer. Do we really need a term to describe someone flashing their
gaudy jewelry?
And
the Lamest Music Slang is:
Hater: This
has got to be the lamest slang term ever. The term was originally used
by people like Fred Durst and Missy Elliot to “dis” people who called them
on being hacks. It’s the oldest psychological trick in the book, when someone
criticizes you; you turn the focus around on them. But we have co-opted
it here at antiMUSIC to actually be a positive thing, a fan with enough
taste not to buy into the contrived crap these people are peddling. (see
definition)
I’m sure you have music slang terms that
get under your skin; here is your chance to sound off on them. But before
we get to that, I must spell this out for those who are always looking
for an excuse to yell racism. This list has nothing to do with race, but
everything to do with lame. It could just as well be country music slang
under attack here but it just happens that the “bling-bling” crowd are
the biggest offenders when it comes to lame slang. (Ok I'll admit Snoop
is pretty funny with his slang; "the fizzle dizzle mizzle my brizzle",
but the mainsteam hip-hoppers and posers - think of the one red baseball
hat, the "yo" mamma, the guy with the woman's name that rhymes with belly,
the d.dippy and the shiort dude with the wrong throng have gotta come up
with something more creative than the lame slang they have been throwin
down!)
Your
turn, what do you think?
Fan
Speak:
Posted byDeadSun: The original "Devil Horns" were employed
in the ancient times of what is now present day Italy and parts of Southern
Europe. The index finger, pinkie, and thumb were pointed out towards the
intended victim as a hexe, or evil eye. One may also encounter old neck
charms, which are in the shape of a human hand with its fingers positioned
in the above manner, and they are worn to repel unwanted influences. My
great grandmother wore such a charm. ( she came from the old Italian country
)The Necronomicon is a very tricky subject. There is an enormous amount
of controversy over the authorship, dating, or even authenticity of that
book---depending on which occult scholars, or even HP Lovecraft, one chooses
to believe. However, that is hardly an appropriate topic for antiMusic.
Posted bymartyr: the "devil horns" originate from The Necronomicon
i dont remember what its meaning is though....
Posted byanimositisomina: actually, Mr. Huh, the way that aG uses
lame is slang...I was just trying to point out his (un?)intentional irony
Posted byTK138: In Austin, Texas, home of the UT Longhorns,
flashing the devil horns means "Hook 'em, 'horns", whatever that's supposed
to mean. So don't be surprised if you ever see pictures of frat boys/girls
from Austin flashing the devil horns.
Posted byMr.
huh? saying, "My Generation Sucks!": I don't think that lame is a slang term,
or maybe it is. It can be used to describe a crippled person or something
just really bad, like lame-brained, which I use a lot. Definately shiznet
is annoying as hell, along with all its offshoots (hizznet, fizznet, etc.)
Posted byanimositisomina: What about "lame"?! That one always bugs
the hell out of me...
Posted byDreamy
Rover: One slang word that bothers me every time
I hear it - 'shiznit'. I count as pretty lame & am also appalled by
it's wide application related to many things.
Posted byJesus
Schwartz: ...I'm suprised at how few people have
mentioned "hater" other than in the article...I completely agree that it's
the single most annoying piece of slang out there today, and I tell people
who use it, "only haters say hater", and they get mad...I'm not entirely
innocent of using those words, especially "whack", which I think is the
funniest word used in rap music, but I remember when that word used to
mean "to kill someone", like in the gangster movies (organized crime gangsters,
not "gangstas")...as for the best slang terms around, anything with "ass"
on the end, like "big-ass" or "monkey-assed", which will be in my vocabulary
until I'm whacked...
Posted byDeadSun: My God, BK, you're right! Rules CLEARLY
need to be laid down which will regulate the employment of the "Devil Horns".
Maybe we can "hammer" out some basic legislation. Here are a few proposals.
1.) If you have a MULLET, you may flash Devil Horns anywhere, anytime,
and with no limitation as to how many times. In other words, Devil Horns=Mulletude.
2.) While long hair is desirable, it is not necessarily a requirement.
3.) It is advisable that the Horn "flasher" be wearing a Metal-related
concert T shirt of some kind. 4.) If a concert tee is unavailable, this
rule may be circumvented by wearing ALL BLACK. 5.)Those clad in over-baggy
pants and who feature more gold than Fort Knox must NEVER flash the Horns.
6.) ANY members of Pop Culture caught flashing the Horns, shall bring upon
themselves a swift and terrible justice.---Anything else?
Posted byBK: Devil horns may stand for evil,but the
only problem is when you see the most non-evil people flashing it. I've
seen a picture of Justin Timberlake flashing the devil horns. When I think
evil,Justin Timberlake doesn't come to mind(unless you want to count the
crappy music he has released upon America). There should be some rule about
who can flash the devil horns and who can't. Maybe then it wouldn't annoy
me,but until then it's going to continue to bother me.
Posted byGREENMUSE: i love that cartoon,"it was raining cats
and dogs"and all the cats and dogs fall out of the sky.its genious.the
devil horn means"im evil grrr"
Posted byIceHouse: I'm thinking of a messed up Cartoon called
"Symphony of Slang" that had Miriam Webster trying to decipher this guy's
language. It was using the phrases of the time, depicted LITERALLY! "He
Drew a Gun on me" (the guy actually drawing a gun on the character.)
Posted byBK: I know it's not slang,but when people
throw up the devil horns,that really irks me. I just think it looks really
stupid. What exactly is it supposed to mean anyway? I really don't care
what it means. It just irritates me.
Posted byTK138: I meant to say that they use "they" instead
of "their", not "they're".
Posted bypenny: why you sweating me dawg? or you gotta
be trippin´. god that gets to me. makes me want to slash their carothids
to shreds. and the worst part is that it´s actually contagious. i
used to live in newark, and it was always the ebonics, now i live in spain,
and the people here speak proper english, and its not even theyre native
tongue. ive actually improved my vocabulary here in a spanish speaking
country. i cant believe it, i bet even in nigeria they speak better english
than over in the usa.
Posted byTK138: "Know what I'm sayin'?" and "Keepin' it
real" are definitely annoying. "I'm just keepin' it real, yo." And how
stupid is saying "Know what I'm sayin'?" at the end of every sentence?
And I really hate when people say "they" when they're supposed to say "they're".
An example is when Everlast says "broke they heart" in "What It's Like".
Posted byWhat
The...: Frontin', as in "why you frontin' on me".
I don't even understand the context of that statement. That one has been
eating my brain for months now.
Posted byMr.
huh? saying, "My Generation Sucks!": What about "keeping it real"? This is
a term that has come to be adopted by every fake poser, trendy-ass conformist
out there who mindlessly follows what ever the popular crowd is doing.
It's come to describe the exact opposite of what it actually means.
Posted byDeadSun: People who pronounce "alright" as "aw-ight".
When I hear that, I want to calmly "ice pick" them in their trachea. "Iss-all
'bout da Benj'mins", "know whut ahm sayin'", "catchin' wreck", "Big Willie",
etc. This list of linguistic excrement could go on endlessly. Granted,
people will always use slang. However; it is beyond irritating when you
come across someone who's ENTIRE vernacular is slang-based, and who has
typecast themselves to play the role of "Ill-dogg" in some "invisible movie
about da hood". I cannot help but privately wonder why- out of one million
living sperm- THIS ONE got to fertilize the egg--- "Incomprehensibly does
the Wheel of Justice turn before my eyes."
Posted byGREENMUSE: im slightly annoyed by "wack"you dont
hear it much anymore,but its usually used as"yo,that was wack"meanining,that
wasnt good.actually a modern one that chafes me is"dubz"meaning 20 inch,or
larger wheels on a car.
Posted byDudeguy: Twenty fo' seven.
Posted byMean
Mr. Mustard: The one phrase I hate the most is "You
know how we do". This one is used far too much. I especially hate it in
this particular Pepsi commercial ( which has a lot of hip-hop people dancing
around in front of bright sign of lights that spells out things like 'Dirty
South').....well anyway at the end of the commercial the music cuts away
and some kid turns to the camera and says "You know how we do" like he
owned the f***ing world or something. Since then,I've wanted to reach into
the damn TV and strangle the life out of that little punk.
Posted byDreamy
Rover: A few attention to details. I am all of
23 years old, and not too long ago I was a teenager too. A lil bit of slang
is ok, but if one's entire vocabulary consists only of slang, then either
he's not too bright or educated or even if he is, I think he should be
sensible enough to realize that using ONLY slang is sheer stupidity &
butchering of a language. What, u don't feel comfortable talking in plain
English? What's so wrong with that? I did refer to the point that slang
does have some terms that describe some things in particular which is beyond
the realm of Dictionary English, so it's fine to use slang. But, as in
the case of Nelly, using ONLY slang instead of a proper language is a sign
of retardation. Oh, I could hold a conversation with Shakespeare, with
some difficulty maybe, but it would be interesting. I definitely would
choose that over talking to a stupid person who can't converse at all without
drowning his expressions/thoughts in slang. Think about it. As for LIMP
BIZKIT & LINKIN PARK, we've had really fine bands along the Rock n
Roll highway over the many decades & these two pseudo rock bands (I
wince at that expression) are dim witted & musically, idiots of the
highest order. U may not agree with me, but thanks, my ears do like something
way better than that rap infested crap. That's alright, we have different
tastes. I don't have anything against teens as well, but then most LINKIN
PARK & LIMP BIZKIT fans are teens, if not all. And not a bright lot
either. But let's just leave it at that. I can't credit either LB or LP
as 'artists' of any kind. I've seen much better rock n roll/metal out there.
They're not any better than CRAZYTOWN.
Posted byJogie: I personally believe that people who use
slang terms occasionaly to express a crazy feeling or in a joking manner
is fine but those who speak slang every second word have a vocabulary deficiency.
As for dope... i only use it when i smoke it.
Posted byTK138: "Baller". WTF? "I wanna be a baller, shot
caller..."
Posted bychris: you know what really annoys me? Nelly
using the "err" thing. First off, I live in St. Louis (Nellyville, as he
likes to call it haha what an a$$hole) and I have not heard anyone in the
city use err unless they are referring to Nelly. It just makes St. Louis
look like a city of black rednecks, which it is not. My "err force wuns"
is the stupidest song. Nelly can't spell. And I like the term "ill", espcially
when the Beastie Boys used it in the 80's.
Posted bymuisc: There is nothing wrong with Bling-Bling!
Whenever I use it is in a joking way. Thats also how I understand most
people use it. I dont know many people who walk around and say in all seriousness
"I got 50 bling-bling with me!" If you use it like that then it is lame
and retarded! Its more like "I got cha' bling-bling" That is using it in
a joking, over exagerated and sarcastic way so people know that you are
joking. And Dreamy Rover how old are you and what age are you living in!
You seem to like to pick on teens dont you! For your info im still in my
teens but i dont use words like "rad" but I do like bands like Limp Bizkit
and Linkin Park. Yes teens use slang alot but hey oh well language changes
over the years. Like "D'oh" how Homer Simpson says it is now in the Websters
Dictionary as of 2001! Slang will soon be like normal English. Im sure
if I had a conversation with William Shakespeare I would have no clue what
the hell he was saying and he would have no idea what I was saying! Even
if William Shakespeare had a conversation with you (Dreamy Rover or who
ever else hates slang) neither of you would know what each other were saying.
English has changed drasticly in the last 500 years and it will continue
to change! The words i agree with being lame on that list is Yo, Ill, sick
and hater. Dope is ok. I use "dope" in the same way as Bling-bling, as
a joking term. If you dont wanna (hey i guess that is another slang term
isnt it) use slang then don't! But dont pick on the teens of today who
do use slang! Its personal preferance to use slang or not! And themill
for your info "shortys" is a skateboarding company not a slang term! Also
as far as I know the word "hot" is in the dictionary and is not slang!
Posted bythemill: "off the hook," "off the chain," "shorty,"
"boo," "playa," "soldja," "hot," "you know how we do!,"
Posted byTK138: I heard a rap song not too long ago that
"featured" Nelly Furtado singing "What about that ching ching ching?/What
about that bling bling bling?" It had to be one of the most absolutely
annoying things I've ever heard. It was like nails on a chalkboard.
Posted byaG: Yeah, what Razhml said! All I can say
Batman is that Superman would know the difference, bling, bling. =)
Posted byRazjml: aG is using hater in a satiric way, so
it's perfectly fine. In fact, I think it's funnier when people do that.
I'll often throw out the occasional "oh snap" in conversation just because
it's such a ludicrous phrase and I find delight in the stupidity of it.
If I actually thought it was a cool thing to say I would have to kill myself
:). On a similiar note, there's been a shirt floating around t-shirt hell.com
for months that says "I liked NSync when they were still underground."
It's somewhat dated now, but it's still hilarious.
Posted byRazjml: aG is using hater in a satiric way, so
it's perfectly fine. In fact, I think it's funnier when people do that.
I'll often throw out the occasional "oh snap" in conversation just because
it's such a ludicrous phrase and I find delight in the stupidity of it.
If I actually thought it was a cool thing to say I would have to kill myself
:). On a similiar note, there's been a shirt floating around t-shirt hell.com
for months that says "I liked NSync when they were still underground."
It's somewhat dated now, but it's still hilarious.
Posted byBatman: Bling bling. You know, I agree with most
of this, bling bling, but it seems hypocrtical for you, aG, bling bling,
to adopt the word hater, bling bling, and still find it "lame," bling bling.
Bling bling.
Posted byDreamy
Rover: like, Oh My Gawd, aG! You've started a
topic that's one of my favorites to pick on if I am in the mood to argue.
I would say, when it comes to any language, I'm a purist. I detest slang
of any kind, till it's something really funny or does describe something
in a certain culture/lifestyle that normal dictionary words don't. Even
so, there is a lot of slang I hear around me, and most of it is caught
on by youngsters just to be 'in the crowd' & be like their peers. But
most overdo it. I know a guy who's a DJ & rapper & he can't live
his life normally without resorting to the silly hand gestures (which most
rap/hip-hop artists employ) & moreover, his entire vocabulary is infested
with slang, making him totally incomprehensible. What I find hysterical
that whatever he says, even his wife & kids have a hard time understanding
the meaning of it. And he does get frustrated by that of course, saying
his family ain't so 'cool'. My group of rockers once sat down with him
& had a long discussion on music. He couldn't make sense no matter
how hard he tried. I think that English is the sole language being so infested
with slang over the world. And nowadays when people talk, most don't make
sense, even to themselves. Imagine Shakespeare or Mark Twain trying to
hold a conversation with a teenager from our times(who thinks LIMP BIZKIT
is rad!). I don't know if I'll call that hilarious or sad.
Posted byebonics
graduate: i'd have to agree with "hater". I hear
it a lot on ricki lake...it irritates the hell out of me.
Posted byEagles: I'll agree on all except one and that
is "Yo!" I hate Missy Elliot but I use the term a lot, although usually
not in a "hip-hop" sort of way. Dope and Bling-Bling are definitely the
worst, I've only seen the biggest dorks ever use those words.
