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Another way to ask what is going on. Guy1: Hello
Guy2: What it is |
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An all but lost phrase from the seventies era of ebonics, the closest contemporary equivalent being, "What up?" WHAT IT IS is often a rhetorical question like, "How's it hanging?" or "What's going on?" "What it is, Jeffro? Slip me some skeein!"
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A Black solidarity greeting of the 1970's, expressing philosophic agreement as to the present, past and future state of the black history/culture/experience. First Brother: "What it IS!"
Second Brother: "What it WAS!" Both together: "What it SHALL BE" Often accompanied by various secret handshakes and signs |
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What is new, or going on. What it is son.
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Q.What it is, yo??
R.Chillen chillen what it is? |
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askin one how are they,or what have they been up to. MAN1:what it is wit u?
MAN2: nig i can't call it.. FEMALE1:WHAT IT IS? FEMALE2:SAME OL...NUTIN NEW |
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a phrase that can be used to release one's self from the boring, everyday "what's up?" popularized by the young and their affinity for intentional incorrectness; a small, subtle step toward the bastardization of the English language Hey Two-Toes, what it is man?
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