Rashid Ali's definitions

Ceiling Bird

A common fixture in black people homes.

"I went to Deshaun's place yesterday and his ceiling birds keep chirping. How can he keep ignoring that."

by Rashid Ali August 5, 2023

Hallway Chirp

A Hallway Chirp is a phenomenon that occurs in the dwellings of African-American people. It's a series of beeping sounds in an interval of several seconds that the said African-American occupants seems to get used to or not to hear at all.

*beep*

Mike: Was that the smoke alarm? Dude you gotta change the battery.

Jayden: that noise wasn't the smoke alarm, that was the Hallway.

*Beep*

Jaiden: It always makes that sound. It's a Hallway Chirp.

by Rashid Ali September 23, 2023