Examples Of African American Vernacular English In YouTube Discussion Thread Comments About UCLA Gymnast Nia Dennis' Viral Floor Exercise (1-23-21)

Starr Cards, Jan. 25, 2021

****

Edited by Azizi Powell

This is Part II of a two part pancocojams series on the floor routine that UCLA Gymnast Nia Dennis performed on 1/21/2021 during a gymnastic competition with Arizona State University.

This post documents some online comments and tweets about UCLA gymnast Nia Dennis' 1/21/2021 floor routine that include African American Vernacular English terms and sayings. 

Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2021/01/comments-about-ucla-gymnast-nia-denniss.html for Part I of this pancocojams series. That post presents excerpts from online articles and a sample of  online comments and tweets that indicate that Nia Dennis' 1/21/2021 floor routine was "a celebration of Black excellence" or "an ode to Black culture" or are written in response to  questions about the appropriatness of using the qualifier "black" in a description of that floor routine.

The content of this post is presented for sociocultural and aesthetic purposes.

All copyrights remain with their owners.

Thanks to Nia Dennis for her awesome floor routine and thanks to the UCLA athletic team.  Thanks to all those who are quoted in this post and thanks to the publisher of this video on YouTube.    

****

SELECTED COMMENTS
These are some of the examples from these YouTube video discussion threads of  comments that include African American Vernacular English (AAVE). These AAVE words, phrases, and sayings are  given without highlighting them and without providing any definitions.

All of these examples are from January 25, 2021 or January 26, 2021. Numbers are added for referencing purposes only.

Excerpt #1

From https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SB79emH0Ca0&ab_channel=StarrCards

[This is the video that is embedded in this post. The comments are from that video's discussion thread.] 

1. Cajun Girl
"Ummmmm blacknificent 😍"

**
Reply
2. Lekeasha Brown
"Say it louder for the people in the back🗣🤸🏾‍♀"️

**
3. pmf2241
"Yes, slay girl, slay!! You took my breath away! Such grace & power! You killed it! 👏🏻👏🏻"

** 
4. Stevo T'Loaded
"Perfect! Only issue is that it wasn't long enough! Congratulations you bodied that Nia!"

**
5. Brenda Chatman
"Get it GURL!! 👸🏾🔥🔥"

**
6. Valencia Shelton
"Ever flowing, N sync with the rhythm of your life! Excellence personified ♥️Black Gurl Magic can’t be duplicated!Loved your routine!"

**
7. DC S
"Black girl magic.  Winning all month after her home state Queen sister Amanda Gorman.  🖤🖤"

**
8. T2MARA
"Love the support she’s getting from her UCLA peeps on the sidelines!"

**
9. Me Me
"BLAQnificent 💯👑🔥 (her teammate's enthusiasm is infectious)"

**
10. Karen Henderson
"Speaking with HER voice - beautiful to see in a young woman. Badass moves."

**
11. DENISE BUTLER
"BLACK GIRLS ROCK!!!!!"

****
Excerpt #2
Nia Dennis - 2021 Floor Exercise (1-23-21)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYZ4GvoZih8&feature=emb_logo&ab_channel=UCLAAthletics

UCLA Athletes, Jan. 24, 2021

[This is the video that is embedded in Part I of this pancocojams post. The comments are from that video's discussion thread.]

1. Mine Arisoy
"she ate it up and left no crumbs"

**
2. JuJu and WamWams
"Girlfriend threw a little crip walk in that routine. She’s amazing 😍"

**
Reply
3. Dave Syakovich
"Yeah she did! She got to stackin there for a minute too👌✌👇"

**
Reply 
4. Justme
"I thought I was seeing things when I saw her buss the crip walk"

**
5. Juancho Rancho
"I noticed that towards the end great performance 💪💪🔥"

**
Reply 
6. joycec96
"That was my favorite part. She kept it 💯 with that!"

**
Reply
7. Kaitlyn Johnson
"Yessssss it's AMAZING, AWESOME and EVERYTHING ELSE.... Go NIAA OMG!!!!! She CRIPPED, DIPPED and took a SIP LOL....Yaaaassssssss!!!!!!"

**
Reply 
8. AshlyMonet
"She did the heel toe 🤣💪🏽❤️"

**  
9. Luis Angeles
"That woah and naenae.. 😬😖 ohashi’s routine would always be the goat routine"

**
10. MsTempestj
"Love her attitude when she hit the floor. "Yes I'm here and I'm going to show up and show out!" Loved everything about her routine, the music, the style, her form. Diva slayed it. Confident, strong, powerful, beautiful young lady."

**
11. Mel Stewart
"Shine QUEEN 🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾"

**
12. Imani Smith
"She’s sooo fire. Black girl magic ❤"

*️*
13. Naybaby's Account Kiss my a**
"It's the periodt at the end for me 💜"
-snip-
This screen name is given as it is found in that discussion thread. 

**
Reply
14. Ambria Griffin
"Had to go back and look after this comment.  Yaassss! PeriodT! 🙌🏽"

**
15. Athena Maggio
"She crushed it AGAIN!!! Damn Nia is on a whole other level"

**
16. Emma Buckles
"What a mood and a vibe! The energy brings tears to my face! I love seeing all the girls in the back cheering her on, doing the routine with her- but still giving her the complete show WHILE giving total enthusiasm as she nails EVERYTHING. Thanks for sharing your passion and undeniable talent!!"

**
17. Essence Nicole
"DID SHE CRIP WALK TO CALIFORNIA LOVE!!!!!😍😍😍😍😍😍🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽😞🙌🏽🙆🏾🙆🏾🙆🏾🙆🏾🙆🏾🙆🏾 MIND💨💨💨 I LOVED EVERY SECOND!!!"

**
18. Yolanda A
"😀SCREAMING IN MY MARTIN VOICE 📣📣📣 "YOU GO GIRL!"  👏👏FABULOUS JOB!! ♠️🥇🏆"

** 
18. Marissa Billups
"You better work, Nia!!!! 🤟🏾🤟🏾🤟🏾😊😊😊😊❤❤❤. That's it 👑👑👑👑❤"

** 
19. Dalia Becil
"Omggg yeeess queeennn!!! 🤩"

**
20. BaneBalt
"Fire performance sis🔥"

**
21. Mz Modesty
"Come on SIS!!! Stuck every landing. Amazing from Beginning to END!"

**
22. Heidi Marie
"Go Nia!!!!!! 💜💖💜💖 You did that😎😎💃🏾🤸🏾‍♀️🥇🎉🎉🎉"

** 
23. Kitty Kat
"Yall peep the coaches!! They was bopping!!"

**
24. Sophia Chiaverini
"this goes harddddd"

**
25. Annelise VW
"This gives me CHILLS every time!!! She is so talented and she moves with such confidence! You go girl!"

**
26. Kyla Bingham
"@dennisnia #ForTheCulture Amazing. Powerful. Graceful. Beautiful. Athletic. Thought provoking. Not many people can invoke so many seemingly opposite feelings in under 2 minutes. And props to her music editor who  started off with Kendrick Lamar then incorporated Beyoncé, Tupac Shakur, Missy Elliott, Soulja Boy and Megan Thee Stallion. They had a serious collaboration of her vision for her routine. That took some work and precision and timing. They even time the breaks in the music so you can hear her stick the landing. #PlannedPurposefulPowerfulSilence That 9.5 shoulda been a 10"

** 
27. CASHfromINDIANA
"You KILLED that G!!.. Love n Blessings QUEEN!!.. THE WORLD IS YOURS!!!!....."

** 
28. Stacey Harvey
"Black girl magic periodt!!!"

**
29. Janet Dove
"Qween, loved this so much."

**
30. Gibbs
"YAAAAAASSSSSSS QUEEN!!!!!!"

**
31.  MONICA JONES
"Go head Baby❤"

**
32. Oghyeah Oo
"Black is Beautiful!

Kendrick & Pac.. Nia just made history!"

**
33. Kiyeko StarchildUnicorn
"I don't know you but I love you. Mad respect!!! 🙌🏾"

**
34. Ponita Laussen
"she done did that!!!! props to you mamas and the team."

**
35. Sarisa Sarisa
"Dope🌹♥️"

**
36. Paola Tellez
"UUUUUHHHH Ms Nation you did THAT!!!"

**
37. Ms Young
"She did that thang!!! 🥰🥰🥰"

**
38. Brande Ellsworth
"UCLA Floor Choreographer deserves an award for the years of ah-mazing routines these athletes work through!  I love UCLA Gymnastics!!!!!  They know how to get the job done!  Props Ladies!"

**
39. dragonfly111cute
"She owned that! Wow! I was just cheering for you out loud! Best floor routine!!"

**
40. Geo Leo
"She hit the nae nae into the whoa into a double tuck. That's tuff"

**
41. Travis Robinson
"See reminds me of Gabby,nSimone Biles even Dominique Daws from back in the day my era ☺️🙌🏾✊🏾all USA Gymnast that I love and admire! 🇺🇸 I’m after seeing you on the Lest Holt show tonight lol!"

**
42. TheFraggler
"This is more fun and exciting to watch than the traditional ones that I usually see. It is nice to see some of our culture on the floor. Much deserved and girl just killed it."

**
43. Lupe LLerenas
"If you can’t understand the magic Nia carries, you must be an uncultured person. She did Kendrick Lamar, Beyonce, Missy Elliott, Megan Thee Stallion and Tupac Shakur with BLM all in one 🔥 UNTOUCHABLE!"

**
44. Aria Miller
"OMG YASS"

**
45. kayudvari
"She brings fire 💥💥"

**
46. Alejandra Esquer
"Nia Nation tell 'em"

**
47. Mic
"This is so great!!!! She killed it!!!"

**
48. Nicole salas
"OK MISS QUEEEENN"

**
49.  Shannon Ford
"Gone Sis with your crip walk!"

**
50. Phillygirl215 _
"OFF THE CHAIN SISTER!!!!!!!"

**
51. Uncle Nahshon
"Did she go crip walk and then heel toe? Yo sis went off with this routine. ✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾"

**
52. Ebizzill
"what's the name of the dance during tupac's song around: 1:20- 1:24"

**
REPLY
53. Yaya Yaya 
"crip walk 😂"

**
REPLY
54. Ebizzill
"@Yaya Yaya really? I know the one right around 1:23-1:24 is the c-walk.... but the one before it 1:20-1:22.... it's so... different, can you point me to a video to such a similar move?"

**
Reply
55. Azizi Powell 
"I think the dance you are asking about it the heel toe. Here's a link to a video of the heel toe: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ojbbe2GLdWc&ab_channel=DanceKizombaTV "

**
56. Regina Craig
"Well... she added flavor to that.

**
57. Dondizm!
"SERVING!!!! 🤩🏆🔥🔥🔥🔥🦄🦄🦄🦄💕💕💕💕"

**
58. nyg1984
"She served it up with excellence and pure joy 🤩🤗💕👏🏼"

**
59. Nana
"Chile can y’all taste the flavor 🥵😍"

**
60. Cinnamon Spice
"You go girlfriend the World Is Yours."

****
This concludes Part II of this two part pancocojams series.

Thanks for visiting pancocojams.

Visitor comments are welcome.