Slang

[Leprucky Cougar]

Originally Posted by ChronoGrl

Straight from Boston...

"Wicked" as in "wicked good" or "wicked bad"

"The food at the Shack is wicked bad. Don't eat there."


Where's Az? Those Australians have ALL kinda of crazy slang...

I've heard an urban substitute for your "wicked" with "mad." I heard some people in Baltimore, some people in DC, and certain parts of NY and Jersey say it.

Example: "Man that party was mad crazy."
Translation: The party was really wild, but in an enjoyable sense.

I've heard some people from VA used the same meaning but use the term "hella'. "

Example: "It's hella' lot of food up in here."
Translation: Large quanties of food are in the room or space.

Others I've heard/familar with:

Example : "Yo, this spot is packed!"
Translation: It's very overcrowded in the area.

"Dat outfit is tight. You gonna' look mad fly."
Translation: The person is complimenting on someone having a nice outfit, and says that they will look really good.

Translation: " No one on da' corner have swagga' like us "
Translation: A comment about orginality. No one has style, quite like this individual, or group of individuals

Example: "You ain't a G man, you a wangsta'. You ain't down wit da' game."
Translation: The person is issuing a "g -check." Questioning the individual's street credibility, awareness of "the hood", gansta' life, etc.

[ChronoGrl]

Originally Posted by Leprucky Cougar

I've heard an urban substitute for your "wicked" with "mad." I heard some people in Baltimore, some people in DC, and certain parts of NY and Jersey say it.

Example: "Man that party was mad crazy."
Translation: The party was really wild, but in an enjoyable sense.

I've heard some people from VA used the same meaning but use the term "hella'. "

Example: "It's hella' lot of food up in here."
Translation: Large quanties of food are in the room or space.

LMAO! I had forgotten about "mad" and "hella."

MAD CRAZY

HELLA COOL

My friends from NY used "mad" a lot to modify adjectives. "Hella" never really picked up, though some people tried.

[ferretchucker]

Hella is used a lot in the south west of England in Cornwall.

[Leprucky Cougar]

Originally Posted by ChronoGrl

LMAO! I had forgotten about "mad" and "hella."

MAD CRAZY

HELLA COOL

My friends from NY used "mad" a lot to modify adjectives. "Hella" never really picked up, though some people tried.

Yeah, I use mad crazy. But I hadn't heard hella til I made friends that moved up from Southeast DC and Va (and further down I assume) and their starting to blend their "southern-swag slang" as I like to call it, with ours.

They also say fixin' and/or fitna' as a verb for about to, getting ready to, etc.