New Jersey black accent.

[JerseyBoy23]

As someone who's lived in Newark and the Oranges for a long time, I will admit there are some similarities between North Jersey and NYC accents. As some have mentioned there are definitely differences in slang though.

I never really noticed it until this thread but I've definitely said "Nork" my whole life I don't know anyone around here that actually says "New-Wark", like even the local NYC news anchors say "Nork" when they're reporting.

 

[scorpino]

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

Hiking is definitely Newark slang. Been saying it all my life

 

[SheWantTheD]

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[SheWantTheD]

nikkas in Jersey City be saying shyt like ‘what’s good cut’ or ‘what’s good cutty’...’cut’ or ‘cutty’ similar to ‘fam’

never heard NY nikkas talk like that

I'm from Jersey and I used to say cutty, I don't hear people say that shyt no more.

Now I hear wuz poppin', wuz gud fam etc

 

[get these nets]

What's interesting is that in Delaware..........they have a city with the same name but people down there pronounce it New-ark. I was looking at them crazy.

 

[UberEatsDriver]

What's interesting is that in Delaware..........they have a city with the same name but people down there pronounce it New-ark. I was looking at them crazy.

True

 

[Grizzly]

Some accurate posts in this thread but speaking as a younger dude, we really don't be using New York slang like that no more. That's more so the older generation. We still say "Facts" and some people still say "Son" but you got people in Oklahoma using that shyt now, lol. I can only speak on the 973 (The Oranges, Newark, Irvington) but nikkas say "bruh/bro" or "scoob" more than anything.

973 Slang

Mookin' (High)
Mooked Down (Super high)
fukked Down (fukked up, example: Bruh, you seen that nikka timbs? Them shyts was lookin fukked DOWN)
Burn Down On Him (Catch him slippin)
You Dealin' with F&E'z (F&E'z = feelings and emotions, Heard this in Newark on a few occasions)
Went Wheels (You did ya thing)
Breezy (Female)
Hikin (Roasting)
I'm bout to gun you (I'm about to roast you)
Trillz (Good shyt)
Bally (Weed)
Scoob (My nikka)
You Don't Want No Sauce (You can't fukk with me)
Bout Dat Action (Ready for whatever)
Know Dat
Unked Out ('Flabby and Sick')
To The Attic (Exceeded expectations)
Stain (Respect)
You Feel Me Like (My number 1 indicator I use to tell if somebody is from North Jerz or not. nikkas use this phrase excessively, lol)
Tall Cans (Timbs, Newark slang)
Her shyt Dumpin (Her ass was fat)
Where The Movement At (What's the spot for tonight?)
Kick Up (Turn Up)
Talkin Maccy (Talkin Crazy, Newark slang)
Wassup Dready
What Up Creep (Paterson slang)


I'll probably remember more later but that's real 973 slang (the 2000s version). A lot of hoods got slang specific to them too on top of all that but that's the basics. When I talk to my little cousins they'll probably put me on some new shyt I never heard of, lol.

 

[Newark88]

I don't know how I can forget hikin, scoob, bally

 

[HarlemHottie]

Went to hs in NJ with ppl from Newark/ Irvington/ the Oranges. My main homegirl in college was from Willingboro. I got fam in Bridgeport CT. I listed those locations in order of least 'country' to most. There's a huge difference btwn north and south Jersey imo. I'm unclear why they sound so country in Bridgeport. I still code switch on the word Newark, it depends who I'm talking to. (I pick up accents TOO easy.)

A good test word is "orange". I say it 'normal' now (Harlem: "ah-ringe") but for a minute, I was saying it like "ornge".

 

[ColdSlither]

As someone who's lived in Newark and the Oranges for a long time, I will admit there are some similarities between North Jersey and NYC accents. As some have mentioned there are definitely differences in slang though.

I never really noticed it until this thread but I've definitely said "Nork" my whole life I don't know anyone around here that actually says "New-Wark", like even the local NYC news anchors say "Nork" when they're reporting.

Grew up in East Orange. Living in Elizabeth now and work in NYC. The main ones I've noticed who say New-Wark, or New-Ark, are British visitors. I love taking the piss out of them on the train for shyts and giggles

 

[Newark88]

As a kid, my uncle moved to South Jersey once he got married (his wife is from there). Coming from Newark, I remember thinking how country South Jersey was with the open spaces, farm land, and everyone seem to have "country accents". But there are a lot of prominent small black towns in South Jersey (ie Lawnside) where the quality of life is great.

 

[Pazzy]

North Jersey is only just an extension of NYC though it has its own thing. A lot of New Yorkers move to jersey anyway when they come up so there's a lot of NYC influence but jersey is just jersey. The crazy thing is that jersey pretty much doesn't have any hometown pride whatsoever to counter being in the shadows of two mega cities and the people show it too. So it would make sense that the accents would reflect the areas closer to NYC or Philly

 

[BaileyPark31]

Philly men

They got the GOAT accents.


Followed by NYC and then Baltimore.

 

[Kliq_Souf]

As a kid, my uncle moved to South Jersey once he got married (his wife is from there). Coming from Newark, I remember thinking how country South Jersey was with the open spaces, farm land, and everyone seem to have "country accents". But there are a lot of prominent small black towns in South Jersey (ie Lawnside) where the quality of life is great.

Lawnside is ratchet lol. I guess coming from Newark it would seem better since it’s a lot of fields and houses with backyards.

 

[Grizzly]

I love South Jersey for the simple fact that Orchard Farms is out there and them Apple Cider Donuts be HITTIN', lol. G-O-D. Every few months like clockwork.