The biggest slang term the culture has ever produced ?

[Calhoun]

Diss

 

[K.O.N.Y]

Yo'
What's Up (also see "sup", "wut up doe", and all its variations)
Cool
Chill/Chillin'

What's Up, Chill and Cool are damn near just english chat terms in general. Some of the first things you learn when learning english...that's how big they are.

was English your first language?

 

[Hey_zeus]

Bag

 

[Sankofa Alwayz]

damn killing, bread and vibe came from jazz too

Cat came from Jazz as well.

 

[Black Magisterialness]

was English your first language?

Yeah, but grew up around alot of latino and arab cats. What up, cool, bro/breh and chill was like some of the only shyt some of em could say back then.

And as someone said, most of this shyt didn't even come from rap, it came from Jazz.

 

[macadomusic]

Dope and Fly have lasted forever

 

[IllmaticDelta]

These are actions but the slang phrase was created within the culture to describe these actions





High Five



(also, give me some skin, low five, give me five etc...)

The use of the phrase as a noun has been part of the Oxford English Dictionary since 1980 and as a verb since 1981.[5] The phrase is related to the slang "give me five" which is a request for some form of handshake – variations include "slap me five", "slip me five", "give me (some) skin" – with "five" referring to the number of fingers on a hand.[6] The "high five" originated from the "low five", which has been a part of African-American culture since the 1920s.[3] It's probably impossible to know exactly when the low first transitioned to a high, but there are many theories about its inception.

Dap

Dap is a friendly gesture of greeting, agreement, or solidarity between two people that has become popular in Western cultures, particularly since the 1970s, originating from African American communities.[1] Giving dap typically involves handshaking (often, by hooking thumbs), pound hugging, fist pounding, or chest- or fist bumping.[2] The practice and term originated among black soldiers during the Vietnam War, as part of the Black Power movement,[1][3] and the term is attested from around 1969.[citation needed] 90% of those imprisoned in the Long Binh Jail during the war were African Americans; it was in the jail that the handshake was created under pan-African nationalist influences.[4]

Giving dap can refer to presenting many kinds of positive nonverbal communication between two people, ranging from a brief moment of simple bodily contact to a complicated routine of hand slaps, shakes, snaps, etc. known only by the two participants. Elaborate examples of dap are observed as a pregame ritual performed by many teams in the National Basketball Association.[5] These choreographed actions serve as a means of psychological preparation and team solidarity

 

[MJ Truth]

Yo
Cool
Bling
Chillin
What’s up

 

[Ineedmoney504]

Thot is up there. Opps seem like it also might be

 

[The Devil's Advocate]

It's definitely "cool" and it's not even close. You can go anywhere in the world and say "That is COOL" and they'll understand cool and what it means

 

[big bun]

Dope
Player hater

 

[IllmaticDelta]

Thot is up there. Opps seem like it also might be

The slang term "Ho/Hoe" is much more mainstream

 

[Jparker]

I'm with OP, cool.

More controversial but definitely Top 5 is "nikka". We rennovated that slur into something damn near commonplace that's definitely crossed cultural barriers.

Now as to whether that's a good thing or not

Wouldn’t say it’s as mainstream because cacs know the price for it. But we as a black culture definitely turned it to a top 5 slang

 

[Majestyx]

Word

true

 

[Majestyx]

Most american slang (pre-hiphop) came from from the Jazz era through Jive-talk

jazz cats were probably the coolest mufukas ever