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Oxford Welcomes Crack-Ho and Hoochie

buckeyegrad

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Does this mean hip-hop slang is now part of the King's English?

NEW YORK (Wireless Flash) -- Hip hop-based words have entered the vernacular of many English speakers and now they have found their way into a prestigious dictionary.

More than 2,000 new and revised word entries have been added to the online edition of The Oxford English Dictionary and a small contingent of them come from the P. Diddy and Eminem arena.

For example, the word "benjamin," meaning "a one-hundred dollar bill" and more generally, "large sums of money" made its way onto the list.

Other hip-hop words that were added:

-- "Hoochie," which means "a young woman who is promiscuous or who dresses or behaves in a sexually provocative or overtly seductive manner."

-- "Thugged out" is defined as "resembling a thug in dress or behavior, tough-looking."

-- And finally, the dictionary editors have added "crack ho," which is defined as "a prostitute addicted to crack cocaine." Dictionary spokesman Jesse Shiedlowe says he expects a lot more hip-hop words to be added in future editions of the dictionary as long as the music genre continues to stay popular.
 
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Not to sound insensitive but since I'm so deep in the red right now, I don't care who I offend.


I absolutely hate two things that I hear on a daily basis from my African American students.

One thing is when they say," Can I axe you a question?" I correct his one every time.

The other is, "Do you have 25 cent?" They use the singular form instead of saying "cents." I correct that as well. The sad thing is that you meet their parents at parent teacher conferences and realize that they get it from their parents.

The English language is just going to hell in a handbasket.
 
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Thump said:
Not to sound insensitive but since I'm so deep in the red right now, I don't care who I offend.


I absolutely hate two things that I hear on a daily basis from my African American students.

One thing is when they say," Can I axe you a question?" I correct his one every time.

The other is, "Do you have 25 cent?" They use the singular form instead of saying "cents." I correct that as well. The sad thing is that you meet their parents at parent teacher conferences and realize that they get it from their parents.

The English language is just going to hell in a handbasket.
Fuck that I agree with you 1 million %. I fucking hate hearing "can i axe you a question" that makes me want to kill them, just fucking say ASK is it that hard?
 
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