Edited by Azizi Powell
This pancocojams post presents a compilation of some comments about "old school" * Black New Orleans Louisiana slang that I gleaned from multiple YouTube discussion threads.
*In the context of this compilation, by "old school" I mean "before 2000".
The content of this post is presented for linguistic and socio-cultural purposes.
All copyrights remain with their owners.
Thanks to past and present residents of New Orleans for their vast cultural contribution to the United States and the world, including their linguistic creativity.
Thanks to all those who are quoted in this post.
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Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2023/10/some-examples-of-black-new-orleans.html for the closely related pancocojams post entitled "Some Examples Of Contemporary (2023) Black New Orleans Slang Compiled From Multiple YouTube Discussion Threads".
Because some New Orleans "old school" slang words/sayings are still being used (in 2023), they may be included in that compilation.
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PANCOCOJAMS EDITOR'S NOTE
I compiled these comments about "old school" Black New Orleans slang from the discussion threads of multiple YouTube videos of New Orleans slang, New Orleans accent challenges, New Orleans Bounce music, New Orleans Hip Hop music, and other New Orleans focused YouTube discussion threads.
This pancocojams post focuses on some examples of "old school" (pre-2000s)* Black New Orleans words/sayings and NOT on how those words/sayings are pronounced ( i.e. New Orleans accents). Links to the YouTube videos are given for each comments. Therefore, people who are curious about how these words/sayings are pronounced can hear them most of them spoken in those videos.
*This is my guess about what "old school" means to those commenters who used that term to refer to the older slang terms and sayings that they shared.
From the YouTube comments that I've read and from their accompanying photographs, it appears that all of the examples of New Orleans slang in this pancocojams compilation are from Black people from New Orleans (including people who no longer live in that city).
A few commenters in these YouTube discussion threads wrote that White people in New Orleans seldom know or use most of these Black New Orleans slang words and sayings.
Added Oct. 10, 2023
I've come across some comments in some discussion threads about New Orleans or Louisiana accents that Black people and White people in that city and that state don't sound the same. While there are some comments that while there are some colloquialisms that are the same among both populations - such as "making groceries instead of "buying groceries" and "cold drink" instead of "soda" or "pop", generally speaking, Black New Orleans slang isn't the same as White New Orleans slang.
Here's a link to one vlog/discussion thread that includes these types of comments as well as a lot of information exchange and opinions about the Creole history of New Orleans and how it influenced that city's accents and lingo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7vlfaMTBWQ "Accent Tag :New Orleans "Yat" published by Mehrvigne, Nov. 7, 2013
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DISCLAIMER
I'm from New Jersey and have lived in Pennsylvania for decades. I have never even been to New Orleans or any other city in Louisiana and have no family from that city or state. I know nothing about Black New Orleans slang other than what I've read online.
This compilation doesn't purport to include all of the "old school" slang terms/sayings that Black people from New Orleans used or still use.
Additions and corrections are welcome.
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WARNING - Some words in the selected comments include profanity and/or a four letter form of "the n word".
Since pancocojams is a family friendly blog, words that include profanity and/or the n word are given with amended spelling in this pancocojams post. That amended spelling is represented by a dash or dashes within the word and an asterisk after the word itself. That asterisk indicates that the original comment includes the fully spelled out form of that word..
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OLD SCHOOL NEW ORLEANS SLANG WORDS AND SAYINGS
These comments are numbered for referencing purposes only.
As a reminder, words followed by an asterisk have amended spelling.
1. @tflames99, 2020, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvXuPzBZKWY&t=24s " "NEW ORLEANS SLANG PT. 2", published by 545zer0, Dec 18, 2018
""@545zer0 is saying YOUNG New Orleanians' Slang. Not us Old
Heads. We have an old set of slangs (*Note: Slang changes every generation.)
Most of these slangs are from youngstaz. Also, 2 of them are from New York:
"Son" or "Son son" and "Yyyyoooowww" was never
said when I was yalls age.
Say! - Getting thee attention of a male or female
Haummmbruh! - I agree
Nowindeeed - That's not true
Yesndeeed - That is true
Or Wateva - means etcetera or etc. Also used for pettiness.
"She had her la hair fixed and make-up on or whateva."
Say Red! - I am calling to the person with Creole skin
Say Black! - I am calling to the person with my ancestor's
melanin
Passer Blanc or
"pa sau blaunk" - You are so light that you can pass for a white
person
Alllat - Everything
Ribbin - Roasting or Wild N Out
Berl - boil
Hear! - Do you understand what I just told you?
Makin Groceries - We don't literally MAKE them, 🤣
we purchase them
Shive - Your whole outfit looks great
Awk, Awk! - A call for getting your friend's attention from
a distance. Also, "Auh auh" is what we call our friends when
conversing. "Say auh auh? You goin hoop wit us?"
ian - iron
*Note - Different WARDS had different slangs"
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2. @BigTutchie, 2019, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9pixSMA5Y0 "NEW ORLEANS SLANG!", published by 545zero, Sep 4, 2018
"I'm older and ni-gas* in NO used to say "shive" a
lot to describe something or someone that looked nice. I don't hear that too
much nowadays"
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3. Reply
@537Chr1s, 2020, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9pixSMA5Y0
"I still say that 🤣"
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4 @mombojom3, 2019, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9pixSMA5Y0
"This is ole school but everyone used to be lil daddy or lil mama. Or lil bookie."
5. @christopherjames5673
"I'm from the N.O Uptown ,3rd ward, I got a throwbacc bruh 'whats happin lil daddy!
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6. @lawtruthmusictechproductio1658, 2019,
"I think that yuuuuurrrr stuff is more of the 1990s 2000s generation type thing. I'ma 80s baby ya heard meh and whenever I spot a ni-ga* I know from the distance I be like "whhhooooooooaaaaaa" or "whhhooooooooaaaa na" as in "whoa'na" . That's more of a thing from people born in tha 1980s and prior to tha 1980s ya dig?
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7.@Gairuntee, 2018, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4swfBs_kzo "Locals Explain New Orleans Slang | Part 1,published by BlastoffAsian, March 22, 2018
"Some of this slang is new to me and I live here. Young folks slang."
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8. @billlmac2, 2018,
"Im old school N.O..... say bruh- listen up.... hah bruh- I
agree.. faw-lay- friend... zip/hucka buck (you gotta flip it upside down)-
frozen cup... nah nann/nanny- godmother...sneak/snuck- punched without
warning... emmy jimmies- cheap shoes... waaah- hello.. lil daddy- dude... lil
momma- chic..."
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9. Reply
@AugustusCole83, 2018,
"emmy jimmies. Lmao, you killin me. I had some emmy jimmies
back in the day from Shoe Town."
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10.@westwardpomonagyrl4358, 2018, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yoFXsrYXQI "How New Orleans People Pronounce Words part 2! Ture
ANGLISH!!!!", published by TUNNOOKIE 2NK, Jan 12, 2018
come join me IN LESSON 2 OF OUR HILARIOUS LESSON PLAN IN NEW
ORLEANS ANGLISH YA HEARD ME HAHAHAA
"Damn that’s a immy jimmie,those are County jail issues😹😹😹😹"
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11. @dyvazhousboutique, 2018, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yoFXsrYXQI
"Thank you for part 2 baaaabey....So tired of people telling
me to say baaaabey
Boy you a fool chokin'''
yes Bookoo.....plentiful....a lot......they aint ready
waaaaaaaaaaaaaa......yup......I say hey nah (top lip
stank....lol) they can't dance off that hear in texas
beenie weenie.....I think about the food you have
posted.....the dance.....yes lawd
that aint no real po boy.....say dat...for real nah ( dey
fu-cin* up the daiquiris too)
them inmate tennis shoes....yes i said tennis
shoes.......lawd
how you gone rib me....das messed up
dickies was the name brand in new orleans
I loves dis.....hot sausage sammich.....Pattons is it....a
hot sausage poboy....mmmm mmmm good
huh bruh.......fa real doe
I didn't respond to that ish....say girl......I would keep
it movin.....
shyve.....this is the shi#.....I wasn't about those
burberry.....I loved heels
whooooooooooooooaaaaaa is not good and often comes with some
ish
yes indeed"
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12. @BrittneyChristina, 2018, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yoFXsrYXQI
" “Shyve”... My childhood just flashed before my eyes 😂😂😂😂
g-nikes 😩😩"
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13. @tooshivemarble, 2018, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yoFXsrYXQI
"Lmao!!
"Shive" started out as "Shipe" from what I can
remember in like 88-89. And my nickname
ever since"
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14. @jermainerobinson2975, 2021, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yoFXsrYXQI,
"The immy-Jimmies f--ked* me up. Then the Bruce Lee's 🤣🤣🤣💯. A brother hated those to the fullest"
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15.@marshahutchison1446, 2018,https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yoFXsrYXQI,
"Beaucoup (french spelling) = BooKoo - a lot or
plentiful...shid I had to go look it up myself how to really spell it....lol"
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16. @keyroyale8554, 2019, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yoFXsrYXQI,
"Angel Johnson it’s pronounce wrong"
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17. @marshahutchison1446, 2020, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yoFXsrYXQI,
"Did you know that ‘down bad’ actually came from ‘down pat’
which means you have perfected it or mastered it, from when you are playing
cards and your hand is about to win, you are down pat"
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18. @DJPoundPuppy, 2019, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yoFXsrYXQI,
"When I was a girl I said "ya hear me" all the
time. I blamed Master P. Does anyone remember instead of "hey girl"
guys saying "skoooo skooooooooooo"? Do people still say SHIVE?? I
thought slang might change over time. I
have been away since before Katrina"
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19. @ccaldwell9562< 2019, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yoFXsrYXQI,
"You brought me back to 99 and the 2000 with the shyve G-
nikes hun bruh Algiers 1.5 all day"
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20. @sandrag3770,2019, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yoFXsrYXQI,
"...don't forget the saying...U hit..That boy or
girl hit...one of my favorites"
21.
" "Gutta"
"torture" "runnin
ya mout" " man u finna get ya issue" "you know dat boy
dirty" "da sh-t*" "
im sayin" " chapped" "reggie"? "Tha
East" "hemmed up" yes
"ribb " boy I whoop tf outta u
So drove
Get down- do u f--k* wit drugs
All the way down- do u f--k* wit drugs/dope hard like do u
shhot up
"Whoopty whoop"- that's what happin
Imma f-k* clean ova ya- f--ked* him over hard got everything
f--ked* up hjs sh-t*. They ran in that boy sh-t*- f--ked* him up- went in his house
and f--ked* him ova
"F--k* around" - do something stupid
Straight- got it makin sure somebody got what u looking for.
Its just understood or are u all good
Tha Ookey Doke- some BULLSH-T*
RUN IN YA SH-T*- f--k* u upGood- got it Run in ya mout stop
talkin lr imma hit u in ya mouth
Gon- man he gon man he ain't hea
Cuttin up- havin fun
Dat boy dirty- sneaky schemer
"Lemme find out"- u betta not be doin something u
said u wouldn't
Stuntin
Frontin
All on u- i said what i had to ur move
On me
I don tol u ion even much know that ho
Little issua- something of somebody's that doesn't needa b
explained to u
Handle ya bidness- take care of ur problems
Out che- we out che on the neutra grouns for the parade
Come f--k* wit me- come holla.at me
Slide- f--k* u up or kill u
Murk- kill u
On lock- u got it or them under control
Im fitna tell ya bruh
Ya feel me dog real talk I put that on my mama son
He a ho- pussy azz
Fiya- really great
Rollin- that gumbo was delicious
Off Top understood start from the beginning comes first
Im fitna go hlolla at this lil broad
Its all good
Dawg
Patna lil Patna my son
He was gon off that wawda
F--k* around- man u gon f--k* around and catch a case or get
her pregnant or anything u do that could turn out bad
Ion f--k* around bout ma chirin- I don't play behind my kids
so if say something stupid about them. Imma f--k* u up
Ol lady GF. ...Ol
Man BF
Choppa- AN AK 47 RIFLE
Man I gotchu-I got ur back on whatever situation
He bringing up ol sh-t* self explanatory
He Hollering bout
U bout it - are u
down wit the situation
Caught up
Crucial- seriously throwed offf or seriously bout whatever
Uptown gotcha catching up to Gawd quicker. They gotta
t-shirt
Waitin. On ya f--kin* pitcha
Ride instead of caw/car
Serve u- give u drugs
My Nerve- my dawg my boy
That Nerve
Dey had said
Hard- can fight and take care of hiself
Roll- Rob
Joce- little jail time/ f--kin* wit somebody on a friendly
level not too hard
F--kk* wit em- talks to them does dealings with
Wig split- killed
Actin bad/ Down bad- actin funny or suspicious/ he's wrong
for what he did or he's down bad over a girl meaning he's all worried about
her/ he's fucked up on drugs
I'm a Donkey/ Imma fool wit it
Smoked- beat in a competition or killed
Onna real- forr real
I'm sayin- we understand each other
Posted up- holdin a spot down or standing ur ground
Lemme get that outcha- lert me have what u got or give me
what u got
Say Cut that light off for me-turn it off / Cut that sh-t* out man -stop
Slow ya Roll- you betta slow ya roll- you betta chill wit
that sh-t*
I just be dying out"
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22. @504bricks, 2019, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yoFXsrYXQI
"Shyve=shaab=sharp,I first heard Shaab in the early 80’s"
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23. @jonsamuels9245, 2018, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yoFXsrYXQI
"I think shyve might be "sharp" that's and old
school Chicago word with the same description. I'm guessin someone traveled 2
somewhere, heard it but pronounced it how they heard it."
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24. @lonniedavis9954, 2018, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yoFXsrYXQI
"Jon Samuels you are right. It means "sharp"."
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25. @zijackson5323,2019, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yoFXsrYXQI
"Shyve = Tight = fya = Look good lol"
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26.@amandas2648, 2019, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yoFXsrYXQI,
"Yess Say Say girl if u a girl from here u definitely heard Say or Day girl come holla at me"
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27. @waitwait4961,2018, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yoFXsrYXQI
" "Say RED>>>>Say GIRL"
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28. @heavenalexander169, 2019, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yoFXsrYXQI
"Say girl=say redd=say black allem when dudes tryna getatchu"
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"allem"= all of them
Read the "pick up lines comments that are given as #60-#65 in this compilation.
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29. @nola305, 2016, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvqe5AHhmXg
"In New Orleans, we don't grocery shop, we "make groceries", we don't have medians, to us, it's "neutral grounds" and when we want to really emphasize a point when saying something, we follow it up with, "yeah" or "no", for example, "i'm not talking to you, no" and another example is, "this gumbo is good, yeah". And Godmother is, "na-naan", and Godfather is, "parran" (PAW-RAN). In New Orleans a garden hose is, a "hose pipe".
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31. @reddchannel1390, 2019, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvqe5AHhmXg
"They get kill me asking me why i say I'm making gocceries 😂😂
or if they do something wrong i say they down bad or say babyyy or say ye heard
me I'm like no I'm in Houston now #9thwardwestbank"
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32. @akinayodele3055, 2020, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOGLLo60dzI "NEW ORLEANS LINGO 101 |HILARIOUS", published by Kee & Rell, Feb 18, 2019
In this video, we're explaining some of the slang words used in New Orleans and what they mean.
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33. @neworleansnativerefugee6402, 2022, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOGLLo60dzI
"Y'all young we say "Teedie" for auntee. 70s
baby! I love y'all list. It was on point💜🤭"
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34. @chrisdimaggio8602, 2022,
"How y’all gonna forget about the classic “act a donkey” and
“right chea” Cake been baked ya herrd meh"
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34. @gheechiedan9299, 2021, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOGLLo60dzI
"Ole school 7th ward St Bernard says Ya'll did a good job BUT
ya forgot probably the MOST FAMOUS NOLA saying: Bout It Bout it ! 🤣
Respect to U young people from ole school New Orleans! 😎"
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36. @gypsyheart5573, 2020, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOGLLo60dzI
"Flunky is way old. I remember that from the 60's. Yeah I'm
that old!! Cutthroat and ribbing are also old. Ribbin was just teasing someone
and always in a joking manner never mean. Cutthroat = don't tell that person a
thing. They'll turn on ya in a heartbeat. I'm from New Orleans and still live
here. I just can't leave! I missed it so much after Katrina i couldn't wait to
come home. Enjoyed your video and learned a whole lot of new slang."
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37. @Nike2141, 2020, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOGLLo60dzI
"Wanna go old school 9th Ward y’all about gettin’ that “Neck
Work.” Lol"
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38. @mickeythompson4149, 2021, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOGLLo60dzI
"We used to say capn instead of ribbin when I grew up in New
Orleans in the 80's-90's"
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39. @sexy2much4uColeman, 2019, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOGLLo60dzI
"You forgot bat. Bat you in your eye . Lol I was waiting"
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40.
"Sneak you in yo jaw 😂😂😂"
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41. @nola1323, 2020, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOGLLo60dzI
"Used in a sentence: "Bat da piss outcha"
42. @NoJoe-pr8xv, 2019,
"ya heard me came from
the OPP from talking to someone a few
cells down great job on slang C.T.C orginal been jump off the porch in the
90s ya heard me"
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A few cells down (in the prison)
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Here's information on the abbreviation "CTC" as it relates to the 9th Ward of New Orleans, Louisiana: from https://www.epicroadtrips.us/2003/summer/nola/nola_offsite/FQ_en.wikipedia.org/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lower_9th_Ward.html
..."rapper Mr. Magic, "Mr. Ninth Ward" who popularized the initials "CTC," which stand for "Cross the Canal" refering to the Industrial Canal or "Cut Throat City".
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43.
"Nathan Gold how TF u know wat started in Louisiana lol 🤣
was u alive in 1600s... Louisiana is creole y'all slang is creole just like
Georgia Florida and other southern states I can tell u never left
Louisiana...the phrase "ya heard me" be around since 1940s my
grandfather says that all the time wake up we are all connected our speech is
creole"
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44. @signsarefortheconsciousmin3362,2020, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOGLLo60dzI
"@theinfamouskimexperience in Georgia we say flunky, duck, sucka ass,
lame...u right it's how we all pronounce our words which is our creole dialect
from slavery most of us decend from the West Indies especially Jamaicans and
haitians and Indigenous our dialect maybe different but we all understand each
other we are very much connected"
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45. @nyavu9273, 2020, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOGLLo60dzI
"Nathan Gold no I didn’t start in Louisiana it started in New
Orleans and the rest of louisiana stole our sh-t*"
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46. @myranrogers8292, 2022, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOGLLo60dzI
"You Forgot 'Ol Lady' 😂"
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47. @neworleansnativerefugee6402, 2021, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOGLLo60dzI
"Y'all young we say "Teedie" for auntee. 70s
baby! I love y'all list. It was on point💜🤭"
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48. @malasangre583, 2018, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4swfBs_kzo Locals Explain New Orleans Slang | Part
1, published by BlastOffAsia, March 22, 2018
"Buku is from
French, learned that in the Nam, been saying it ever since. Good to see the younguns learning a second
language ☺"
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49. @Its.myjae2,2019, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4swfBs_kzo
"In New Orleans we came up off of creole our culture is
different in our city theirs something called the French quarters . We don't
learn French it's just words that we use to talk ."
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50. @ROUGAROU83, 2020, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4swfBs_kzo
"IM FROM DA BR 1983-1995
& I KNOW WAT DEM SLANGS B MEANIN YA HEARD ME WHODI FEW
MY POTNAS FROM DA NO YA HEARD ME DEY SOME OL HEADS RUNNIN KNOWLEDGE ON ME AT
TIMES LETTIN ME KNOW WATS WAT IN LIFE YA HEARD ME"
-snip-
"BR"= Baton Rouge, Louisiana
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51. @foxyfiness, 2018, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4swfBs_kzo
"I'm not even from da Nola but I already knew what most of these meant and use them daily! 😂 Lls cuz even way up north you'd usually hear "yurooo" from boys in the city watching girls just cross the street🗣🚶🏾♀️ 🚴🏿"
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52. @neworleans1rose, 2019, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4swfBs_kzo
"Yuroo use to be the St. Bernard DA 7th ward call before
Katrina! A lot of our slang change"
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53.
"Don’t for get wen you called you bc or gf that’s my ol lady or oh that’s my ol man"
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54. @realdealreds2578, 2021, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwq2tasuxLg
"Making groceries comes from French,
where you use the same word ("Faire") for "to do" that you
do for "to make." I've heard French speakers who learn English say
that trips them up. "is it I make the dishes and do the cake, or the other
way around?"
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55. @nfj0108, 2021,
"Love my culture and your videos. I've been watching and hit
the like button but never commented before. I moved away too but didn't lose a
thing. I go back because family is still there. I still make grocery, make a
birthday, and put the grocery up. Y'all forgot huck-a-buck. I can go on and I'm
serious yea'🥰🥰. When I first saw your videos. I knew you were from New Orleans. I was
on vacation and heard a lady say I'm throwed off. I asked if she was from New
Orleans and she said yes. We both laughed and I told her that phrase gave her
away. Love and blessings to you and your beautiful family.💕
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56. @tiffday41, 2021, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwq2tasuxLg, Yall forgot about cold drink. Still have people in texas
asking about why I say cold drink and
not soda or pop lol
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57. @barrypayton2832, 2021, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwq2tasuxLg
"Yall got me crynin, laffin hard yeah. 7WARD HARDHEAD."
-snip-
7th Ward Hardheads is the name of a gang that is now inactive (since Hurricane Katrina".
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58. @queenlyn89, 2021, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwq2tasuxLg
"Godfather= Paran
Godmother=Nanny"
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59. @dntwachmewachtv4644, 2023, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwq2tasuxLg
"another I notice we say is when somebody bout to have a bday
we say the making a age instead of turning an age…. like he just made 21"
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60. @yungbrat.p6664, 2020, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRlhkBtYmak&t=2s THINGS ALL GUYS IN NEW ORLEANS SAY | PUBLIC INTERVIEW, published by IamDSG, Oct 18, 2019
"Pick Up Lines I’m Coming To : saaayy babyyy , wassam love ,
say love 😂🥰".
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61. @user-ub8uc8gq7r, 2020, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRlhkBtYmak&t=2s
" “Say excuse me” 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Say red wazaaaam lemme holla atchu baybayyyy. It’s all love
from downtown to uptown to West Bank ya Hurd meeee. #9thWard"
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62. @neworleans1rose, 2020, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRlhkBtYmak&t=2s
"Lmaoooo Big Ole Facts... I be running at them 2nd lines
tho. Say Red Say Red I’m Saying tho"
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63. @ISUPKPortlandOregon, 2021, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRlhkBtYmak&t=2s
"Say love you beautiful"
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64. @lovelyfem2365, 2021, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRlhkBtYmak&t=2s
"I get "say black" or "say chocolate" all
day everyday lmao! Love my city!"
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65. @KJ-gr6ho, 2022, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRlhkBtYmak&t=2s
"Because chocolate females cute tho"
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66. @IslenoGutierrez, 2009, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyR2bZDyOSQ&t=7s Unusual New Orleans expressions (from YEAH YOU RITE!), published by People Like Us - The CNAM Channel, Feb 23, 2008
New Orleans has lots of unusual words in broad
circulstion. Here's a sampling from the documentary YEAH YOU RITE! by Louis
Alvarez and Andrew Kolker.
"Let me speak in the New Orleans "Yat" dialect for
you... "hey bay let me gitta muffaletta an put a lil' lagniappe on'ere, aw
betta yet, gimme a roas' beef awn french, dressed. Ya wouldn't a had ta go out ta eat if ya mama'an'em
woulda made groceries. I'll be awn'a otha side of the neutral ground if ya need
me. Yeah ya rite. I'm a New Orleans native. Oh, I can speak proper if I need
to. We can speak in both New Orleans dialect and standard American English too."
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67. @thomiJohnson, 2010, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyR2bZDyOSQ&t=7s NEW ORLEANS 1991 HOUSING PROJECTS / DRUG ARRESTCharlieBo313, May 31, 2021
"damn i feel bad for wodie with the medallion who seemed like
he was just walking by"
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30. @nola3058, 2023, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvqe5AHhmXg
"......or "for true", is another (New Orleans) way of saying "really" or "for real"!?