Acting and speaking differently depending on the audience. Maintaining different codes for specific individuals.
I always knew so-and-so as a laid-back and quiet person, but my friend knows them as a very loud and inconsiderate person. They must codeshift when they are around me for some reason.
Short-hand for the word floccinaucinihilipilification, meaning the estimation of something as valueless (encountered mainly as an example of one of the longest words in the English language).
Precedes or follows either a gratuitously disrespectful or honest remark, originated in New York City. Used in similar fashion to "no offense" or "to be honest," interchangeably.
Ya mans is wild buns, respectfully. Respectfully he's washed.
After school, The Modells on Jamaica Ave was active. Respectfully.