As an African-American I can't keep up with the lingo...at all.
My nephew came up to me this past weekend and said "Uncle, can I chop it up with you?"
And I said "Chop it up?Nephew, you dealin' cocaine and want me to chop it up for the sale?
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fortunately my cousin was there who is in his 30's and said, "naw man, thats the phrase for can we talk."
So I said "Oh, you mean you wanna rap to me about something, well lets rap a taste."
My nephew said, "Rap, Oh, thats what you old guys mean for flowin" Naw I don't wanna flow..I leave that for Lil Wayne and 'fifty..."
My cousin looked at my nephew and said "Naw man thats the phrase for... so you wanna talk about something."
Nephew: "yeah, Unc...I'm thinking about gettin a whip"
"I replied, "Whip? what you gotta kinky bitch into some satanic shit, betta' leave them kinda hoes alone!"
Cousin replied, Naw cuz, he means a car.
I replied "Oh a you mean a ride?"
My nephew said, "Well..yeah thats what a whip is for..to ride around.."
Me: In your ride, right?"
Nephew "What"
When he told me he wanted a car (whip) and I saw a picture of it, I really told my age and I said:
"Oh yeah, that's fly"
Nephew: "Fly? naw Uncle... it aint no space ship, it's a whip."
Thank goodness my cousin was young enough to know his lingo and old enough to remember mines. He was like a translator for two relatives living on the same planet, but different worlds
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