Slanguage

There were three guys sitting behind me on BART this morning talking about their weekend.  I could only understand about 15% of what they were saying, so I got on Urban Dictionary (which can be a very risky measure) to translate.  Here were some of their pearls of wisdom:

• "Hella" (used in almost every sentence)*

Hella
(adj):
Originated from the streets of San Francisco in the Hunters Point neighborhood. It is commonly used in place of "really" or "very" when describing something

* I didn't really have to look this one up, as I used this term throughout middle and high schools. 

• "That chick's a chesire"

chesire

(n):
1. One who mimics others for social attention or personal benfit
2. One who is deceitful in their use of style theft from another individual for sake of social attention or benefit
3. One who robs ideas from another to further themself in social ranking and/or status
4. a social parasite

• "I'm gonna be his hype man next weekend"

hype man

(n):

1. The person who helps gets the crowd hyped/amped/pumped before/durin a show*

2. That guy at a rap concert standing next to the rapper you came to see who yells every other word loudly when you just want to hear the damn rapper. He usually does it so the rapper doesn't run out of breath, but it really just pisses you off.

 

*I love the use of "durin"

• "Sometimes you gotta fly in the rain"

This statement came after talking about taking some pill (Ecstacy?) on Saturday. 

• "Is that shit for real? That shit smells like sage.  I think I f---in' discovered some shit."

I figured this one out on my own.

• (sung) "I stay fresh [derogatory word], I stay dope"