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DjeliBeybi, Sovereign Imperatrix of all Odd Blue Socks, ID Started conversation Jul 3, 2000
Chillin'- hanging out, relaxing
b- pron: like saying b*tch.. without the last four letters..it also means that word as well... It seems to be popular in my area.. heh. Only my generation (the current batch of teenagers) would be so lazy as to not pronounce the whole word.
My bad- whoops!
Oooh.. and player is usually spelled "playa".. People like to spell things differently. For example, there's a mall that has a store called"The Shopp". I still don't know why there's an extra p there.
I think that's all I can remember now..
Of course, there's
playing hookie-skipping school,
pig-cop,
Spiffy, spiff-cool
s**z- overreact;
freak out-overreact
kirk out- get really mad (usually at someone)
What does this mean?
Doreen Posted Jul 8, 2000
There's an expression for death / dying / dead
'bought the farm'
Where does this come from? Which farm? Why?
What does this mean?
DjeliBeybi, Sovereign Imperatrix of all Odd Blue Socks, ID Posted Jul 8, 2000
I haven't the slightest idea..
What does this mean?
AuntieM Posted Sep 8, 2000
My research on the net says:
"It comes from W.W.I. When a US soldier was killed in combat his family was given a "death benefit" that amounted to enough money to buy a parcel of farm land in the mid west."
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