Whilst listening to whiter than coffee carpet enthusiast Jessie J, I was enlightened to the fact that I know almost nothing about the world beyond my domain. Armed with this knowledge I descended into the world of Ke-dollarsign-ha, Lady GaGa, Jayzee and the rest of the lyrical spinners. It turns out I know nothing. So, judging from the lyrics and my own intellect, I have devised a list of terms that these artists use in a song-to-song frequency to help you out as well.
MANDEM
A term used to describe a particularly well muscled man, usually of darker descent, who is willing to do favours of a sexual nature in return for vast sums of money.
"Do it like a mandem" - Perform the act upon me like a male hooker might do.
SPITTING LYRICS
A term used to insult an opponent in a rhyming debate (also known as a rap battle) in which the opponent cannot rap without spitting vast amounts of saliva over his opponent.
"Man, that punk was spitting lyrics like a dope" - I say, that chap needs to control his outbursts, especially of saliva, else he might get a smack.
JUMP THE BROOM
A profound lyric highlighting the plight of a chauvinistic male who has insulted his lady friends' (or "Hoes/Bitches") housekeeping abilities. As a result, she must be angry and is therefore kicking off by swinging the broom at him, something which he must dodge.
"Bitch flew off, so I jumped the broom!" - She really didn't take too kindly to me highlighting her inabilities in sweeping, and she came at me with the broom. I saw it coming and promptly maneuvered myself away.
TRIPPING
Whilst under the influence of alcohol or narcotics, one may become unsteady on their feet and will naturally sway. Whilst walking, they will lose their footing and trip. Therein lies the genesis of the word, to be tripping.
"Man you trippin!" - Watch where you're going chap, you've had a bit too much to drink and you're in danger of hitting in to me.
SKEET SKEET SKEET
A term brought in to save the gangs of LA, encouraging the young men in the crips and blood gangs to stop using each others rear ends (or "asses") as target practice and begin using Skeets (clay pigeons).
"Let that bitch go down and skeet skeet skeet" - Take my other half down to the fields and have a good old shoot.
GASFACE
The ultimate in humiliation. When someone is least expecting it, a member of their group breaks wind in their face in full view of everyone else. They are now referred to as a gasface.
SWEATING THE TECHNIQUE
A term used for the rappers and artists who are quite shy and retiring. These artists are very self-conscious of their work, and believe they have a problem with how they go about their business of lyric spitting.
"I heard it and I sweat the technique" - Is that me?! I sound like a cat being hit with a baby...
MURK
A term used when one person is going to engage in sexual intercourse with another of the same sex, usually with the "murker" taking on the penetrational role. The murkee is seen as somewhat of a bitch.
"I'm gonna murk dat wanker" - His masturbation techniques have impressed me adequately enough to persuade me to ask to have sex with him.
STEP OFF
Perhaps one of the oldest rhyming slangs, it was created in the 18th century by pirates and those who were about to be hung for treachery. It translates into the modern day slang by way of harking back to the literal term, stepping off of the plank or scaffold.
"I told him to step off me" - His career is short lived, and he'll be seen as inferior to me soon.
DROP IT LIKE ITS HOT
A term to describe rapping at a certain speed. Like a plane must travel a certain speed before it breaks the speed of sound, a rapper must rap more than 250 words a minute to justify the term "dropping it like it's hot."
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