New Jersey black accent.

[Nicole0416_718_929_646212]

What about saying "sike na" all the time? Is that only a NJ/NYC thing?

jersey
but I've also heard people in the DMV say 'sike'

 

[Newark88]

Also if someone from Jersey says they're from the Bricks or Brick City (both nicknames for Newark) 9/10 times that's usually a dead give away that they're not from Newark lol. Although those are nicknames for the city, people from Newark never say, "I'm from the Bricks/Brick City". Also, the cities in Jersey get lumped together by out of towners but just as the 5 boroughs are different from each other (more so back then), Newark, Elizabeth, Paterson, and Jersey City are different from each other. I didn't include East Orange or Irvington because they're just really extensions of Newark.

 

[Sankofa Alwayz]

LMAO, this is so facts. I can't even get a complete sentence out before people start staring or looking over,
Then they proceed to ask, like 20 follow up questions or comments.
I think our accents sound heavier to other people not familiar, than we do to ourselves.
My mom is from the Bronx, real hard accent and she's loud, my stepfather is from way down deep south, talking about red dirt road country type south - when they first linked up, to hear them communicate with each other it's like an ear assault.
if you ever saw that show, Waterboy, (he's not white), but no exaggeration - he sounds just like this

Oh my God

 

[UberEatsDriver]

Also if someone from Jersey says they're from the Bricks or Brick City (both nicknames for Newark) 9/10 times that's usually a dead give away that they're not from Newark lol. Although those are nicknames for the city, people from Newark never say, "I'm from the Bricks/Brick City". Also, the cities in Jersey get lumped together by out of towners but just as the 5 boroughs are different from each other (more so back then), Newark, Elizabeth, Paterson, and Jersey City are different from each other. I didn't include East Orange or Irvington because they're just really extensions of Newark.

In my younger days I thought brick city was for both Jersey City and Newark

 

[UberEatsDriver]

jersey
but I've also heard people in the DMV say 'sike'

I grew up hearing that in Bk also

Edit - oh the term is “sike na” my bad I grew up just hearing “sike” which means either False or nah.

 

[UberEatsDriver]

Newark slang:
Yerrr (to get someone's attention or to acknowledge someone)
Wattup
Word
Facts
Bruh
What's good sheik? (Newark black muslim slang. Sheik means scholar in Arabic)
Wattup ahk? (Old school Newark black muslim slang. Ahk means brother in Arabic)
He/She cookin (someone thats high)
Mookie down (a fiend getting high)
Unc and auntie (nickname for male and female fiend)
South dat (if you rep the south side of Newark)
That shyt__(fill in the blank)__as hell
Dub ($20)
Squatting like Khalif (Old school Newark slang meaning that you plotting on something)
I'm coolin (means you chilling)
Slow motion (means you chilling)
That shyt was ass (meaning it was wack)
Put that n1gga down (murdered someone)
Burner/ratchet (gun)
Sike nah (means you joking)

At first I thought you were repeating NY slang but shyt got different after facts. Lol

 

[Newark88]

In my younger days I thought brick city was for both Jersey City and Newark

Chilltown was the nickname for JC back in the day

 

[Newark88]

At first I thought you were repeating NY slang but shyt got different after facts. Lol

Lol Word, I'll say now the slang is 80% shared with NYC while 20% is our own. Some of the slang is similar because in actuality Newark and NYC are literally 20 mins apart. Also, North Jersey and NY both share the same media outlets as far as sports, news, and radio are concerned. I remember in the 90's people from Newark started saying "Playboy" or "B" which are originally Harlem sayings.

 

[UberEatsDriver]

Lol Word, I'll say now the slang is 80% shared with NYC while 20% is our own. Some of the slang is similar because in actuality Newark and NYC are literally 20 mins apart. Also, North Jersey and NY both share the same media outlets as far as sports, news, and radio are concerned. I remember in the 90's people from Newark started saying "Playboy" or "B" which are originally Harlem sayings.

Y’all still don’t say “B” or at least “son” today?

In nyc Dub means two things. $20 or it could mean a L.

Like “Yo this club is a dub yo”

 

[Newark88]

Y’all still don’t say “B” or at least “son” today?

Oh yea, we been saying B and son for the longest now. Since the 90's

 

[get these nets]

soup-ding

 

[How Sway?]

What about saying "sike na" all the time? Is that only a NJ/NYC thing?

That's a nationwide thing breh lol

 

[get these nets]

I've seen a few exceptions, but for the most part nobody outside of Jersey uses the term "hiking" to mean snapping/clowning.

 

[UberEatsDriver]

I've seen a few exceptions, but for the most part nobody outside of Jersey uses the term "hiking" to mean snapping/clowning.

What type of slang is that?
Hiking?

 

[get these nets]

What type of slang is that?
Hiking?

It's Newark slang, but other people in Jersey use.

Y'all call it snapping on people.