“BUCK”
By: MK Asante
Group D:
Aisha Bloomfield
CaItlyn Williams
Ashley Bates
Rickya’h Brooks
Uzi
Another word for a gun; Malo’s brother’s nickname
Ex. “One day when Uzi was real mad at my dad, he told me if it
ever came down to it, he’d fight my dad like “a stranger on the
street”. (Pg. 14)
Killadelphia
Another name for Philadelphia that describes the violence/
murder rate in West Philadelphia
Ex. “The fall in Killadelphia. Outside is the color of corn bread and
blood.” (Pg. 1)
Clout
Having a strong influence and the respect of peers; aka
power
Ex. “… Clout didn’t stop them from arresting you. Clout didn’t
stop them from putting you in the hole”.
Pyro
Someone who likes setting things on fire refers to
themselves as
Ex. “The pyros light the trash cans on fire around this time”. (Pg.
154)
Juking
A form of dancing, usually at a party, where a
girl dances with her butt against a boys penis
Ex. “Little boys juking in the middle of the street, playing roughhouse, shooting at bottomless black crate tied to a phone pole”.
(Pg. 113)
MacGyver
A famous 80’s action tv series; the main character was
played by Richard Dean Anderson
Ex. “Dah is like Uptown’s MacGyver.” (Pg. 114)
Jab
Another word for a punch; also used as a term for $100
worth of heroine
Ex. “ He threw me a jab. “Fu** you gon’ do nephew?” He said
sizing me up like a fitted hat.” (Pg. 19)
Ginga
Another word for having “swag”
Ex. “ When it comes to girls you gotta have Ginga. Ginga gives
you that bop in your step”. (Pg. 55)
Ganked
To steal something
Ex. “Once he even made a bulletproof vest out of Kevlar strips he
ganked from some old Goodyear's”. (Pg. 114)
Essaywhuman
A word used by The Roots rapper Blackthought; another
word for saying “what?”
Ex. ““Looks ain’t everything – like a bad b***h could have that house
in Virginia, you never know,” says Scoop. “Essaywhuman?” I say like
Blackthought from The Roots.”
Jugulars
Used to describe large breasts
Ex. “He will go for the jugular and not think anything about it.”
(Pg. 105)
Rendezvous
Usually a secret meeting between two lovers
Ex. “…the woman who took me to a house where she had a
rendezvous with a lover.” (Pg.73)
Unc
A shorter term for “uncle”
Ex. “Life is all about ass… You’re either covering it, laughing it off,
kicking it, kissing it, busting it for some white man at the job, or
getting some,” says Malo’s unc. (Pg. 19)
Jawn
A word that can mean anything; person, place, or thing
Ex. “The other day I was at the jawn around the corner with a
young jawn around the street. We get to the jawn, right, and the
ngh at the door is all on his jawn, not knowing I had that jawn on
me. Man, it was about to be on in that jawn.”(Pg. 4)