word on the street 

1. A convenient way of spreading a rumor, by placing it before your own opinion.
2. A convenient way of labeling a common truth.

1. Yo dawg. Word on the street is you got da clap.

2.Zack: Yo Pauline! Waas da word on da street?

Pauline: Respect!

Zack: Damn right!

word on the street by Pat McGoohan March 3, 2004

on the street 

Actively engaged in prostitution.

"Yeah, mate, she's on the street again."
The antonym is "shacked up".

on the street by quacky758 July 19, 2012

word on the street 

The streets talkining.

Word on the streets is that nigga snitchin.

word on the street by oh boi 1985 March 24, 2017

I saw yo momma on 79th Street last night!!! 

NW 79th Street in Miami is a street where ghetto hoes do the walk and turn their tricks. Basically it's an insult meaning your mom is a whore.

Willie says to Jefferson: "Damn nigga, your girl has big fat cankles!!"
Jefferson: "Oh yeah? Well, I saw yo momma on 79th Street last night!!!"
Willie: "Shit motherfucka, don't talk about my momma."

I saw yo momma on 79th Street last night!!! by StewieMiami May 6, 2011

A Fendi on Canal Street 

A person/object who is very fake/false/misleading is just like a fake wanna-be-brand-name bag sold for dirt cheap on the famous Canal Street in New York City: appears to be the real thing instead it will break apart on you in the middle of the street when you count on it the most.

Oh please I knew she was a liar, she's as fake as a Fendi on Canal Street!

or

That is definitely a knock-off, can't you see it's as fake as a Fendi on Canal Street?

or

With that Fendi on Canal Street of a girlfriend he has, I wouldn't be surprised if he took her out of his will!

A Fendi on Canal Street by jurjinator March 20, 2010

Sucking a biscuit on West Street 

Being a prostitute; giving BJ's for money

Teacher: Wear shorts that short again Sarah and you're gonna end up sucking a biscuit on West Street

Sucking a biscuit on West Street by JamesCurry June 1, 2016

The House on Mango Street 

A coming-of-age Novel (or Bildungs Roman) By Mexican-American writer Sandra Cisneros.
A set of vignettes charts her growth from childhood to young adulthood over the course of a year.

The House on Mango street uses a collection of forty-four short tales that evoke the circumstances and conditions of a Hispanic American ghetto in Chicago. The narrative is seen through the eyes of Esperanza Cordero, an adolescent girl coming of age.

The House on Mango Street by F.U.N. November 27, 2009