Welcome To The DC Metro Area

Social Life in DC

• Colloquialism
• Pronunciations
• Fashion
• Famous Metroplitans

The DC Metro is made up of Montgomery and Prince George's Counties, the Distict COlumbia, and parts of Northern Virginia.

DC EBONICS DICTIONARY:

JAH, JI - kinda/sorta or very, depending onemphasis: "She is jah phat"

CHILL MODE - calm, collected: "After school, I just be on chill mode, dawg"

LUNCHING - joking around, acting foolishly: "During my free periods, we just be walking around or straight lunching, cuz we be bored"

GUMP - a nerd and/or wimp: "I dared him to touch her butt, but he a gump"

JONING - making fun of another person: "Did u see that dude`s shape-up? They was joning at the lunch table all period"

BUN - a pretty girl/boy: "I was looking at ur sister yesterday, and I didn`t realize how much of a bun she is"

YOUNG, JOE - equivalent to "son" or "kid" in NY; similar to "yo" also: "Young, I`m sick of school" or "Chill out, joe. It ain`t even that serious"

BLOWN - very upset/disappointed

SMASH - have sexual intercourse: "I`ma ja blown cuz I went over her house, and her parents were there, so I couldn`t smash"

DAWGNUTS, DOGGPOUND - close friend: "Yeah I know Mike. We went to Jr High together. That`s my dawgnuts"

SON-SON - same as "dawgnuts" and "doggpound", but normally someone younger: "Young, don`t talk about Jason. That`s my son-son"

SHORT - unfortunate: "I can`t give u a ride, young. Either ask Chris or u short"

BAMMA - a person who is not very trendy, whether it be fashion or music: "Ugh! Look at his shape-up...and his beat-up Pro Wings. He`s such a bamma"

CARRY - to disrespect someone: "Jimmy tried to holla at Crystal, but she carried him by walking away"

PUNISH - to win handily; deals with sexual intercourse when referred to girls

GET YOUR MAN - have success, whether with a girl or in sports. Refers to competitive situations: "I`ma get my man today. We gonna punish Carroll"

NO BULL,BULLSH*T, B-SH*T- to mean something truthful; equivalent to "I`m telling the truth": "Man, that`s exactly what happened. No bull"

BOJANGLIN` - a kinda-outdated term that means playing around to the pointwhere it is detrimental: "He is real smart, but he always be bojanglin`, so he failed Algebra"

SLAM - directly

STEAL - to punch, assault someone: "Young, if u don`t get out my face, I`ma steal u slam in ur jaw"

KIRK - to get very mad: "If the teacher wasn`t there, he woulda kirked out on that dude"

SICED - to be excited, proud: "He was so siced when he found out he got an A on his history test"

PRESSED - to be annoying, conceited: "He was so pressed to show everyone he got an A; he gets on my nerves"

DC PRONUNCIATIONS:

MARYLAND - mur-lin

CARROLL - curl

JOINT - joan-t

JONING - joan-in

EVERYBODY - ury-by

CHILLING - chell-en

BROTHER - bru-vah

SOUTHEAST - souf-eas

AREA - urrrea

SATURDAY - sir-day

PARTY - pahh-ty

My Favorite Web Sites

PaPalace- GoGo Music
Take Me Out To The Go Go
We R One- Clothing