The phrase “bop” in this sense is New York-based slang that came out of Black and brown queer communities, especially from the ballroom scene, the hood girlies, and NYC’s underground culture.
• The word “bop” originally meant like a lil’ walk, a lil’ strut — something with sauce. Like “that girl got a bop when she walk.”
• Over time, it morphed into meaning your style, pattern, routine, way of being — especially among gay men, fem boys, and trans girls in NYC. It became a quick, flexible word to describe vibe+reputation+routine all in one.
Think Harlem, Bronx, and Brooklyn. Think girls who walk into a room and don’t have to explain themselves. You just know their bop.
“Bop” refers to someone’s vibe, energy, style, or behavioral pattern.
It’s how someone moves, acts, or carries themselves — their aura. It’s like saying “You know how I do.” or “That’s how I move.”
• The word “bop” originally meant like a lil’ walk, a lil’ strut — something with sauce. Like “that girl got a bop when she walk.”
• Over time, it morphed into meaning your style, pattern, routine, way of being — especially among gay men, fem boys, and trans girls in NYC. It became a quick, flexible word to describe vibe+reputation+routine all in one.
Think Harlem, Bronx, and Brooklyn. Think girls who walk into a room and don’t have to explain themselves. You just know their bop.
“Bop” refers to someone’s vibe, energy, style, or behavioral pattern.
It’s how someone moves, acts, or carries themselves — their aura. It’s like saying “You know how I do.” or “That’s how I move.”
Common Phrases:
• “You know my bop.”
→ You know how I am / You know how I move / You know the type of time I’m on.
• “I don’t know your bop.”
→ I don’t really know you like that / I don’t know how you move / I don’t trust your vibe yet.
• “That’s not my bop.”
→ That’s not my style / That’s not how I operate / I don’t move like that.
• “I peeped her bop.”
→ I clocked how she moves / I figured out her vibe.
How It’s Used (Examples You Can Steal):
1. When you know your routine is always the same:
“I’m not tryna stay long, you know my bop — I slide in and dip quiet.”
2. When someone is acting brand new:
“Don’t act like you don’t know my bop, I don’t chase no dude.”
3. When you peep someone’s energy:
“Mm… I don’t know her bop, she give me sneaky.”
4. When you decline something that ain’t your vibe:
“Going to that messy ass function? Yeah, that’s not my bop.”
When should YOU use it?
Use it when you’re trying to express:
• Confidence in how you move: “You know my bop.”
• Suspicion about someone’s actions: “I don’t know his bop.”
• Setting a boundary: “That’s not even my bop. I don’t argue online.”
• Explaining yourself without explaining yourself: “It’s just my bop.”
• “You know my bop.”
→ You know how I am / You know how I move / You know the type of time I’m on.
• “I don’t know your bop.”
→ I don’t really know you like that / I don’t know how you move / I don’t trust your vibe yet.
• “That’s not my bop.”
→ That’s not my style / That’s not how I operate / I don’t move like that.
• “I peeped her bop.”
→ I clocked how she moves / I figured out her vibe.
How It’s Used (Examples You Can Steal):
1. When you know your routine is always the same:
“I’m not tryna stay long, you know my bop — I slide in and dip quiet.”
2. When someone is acting brand new:
“Don’t act like you don’t know my bop, I don’t chase no dude.”
3. When you peep someone’s energy:
“Mm… I don’t know her bop, she give me sneaky.”
4. When you decline something that ain’t your vibe:
“Going to that messy ass function? Yeah, that’s not my bop.”
When should YOU use it?
Use it when you’re trying to express:
• Confidence in how you move: “You know my bop.”
• Suspicion about someone’s actions: “I don’t know his bop.”
• Setting a boundary: “That’s not even my bop. I don’t argue online.”
• Explaining yourself without explaining yourself: “It’s just my bop.”
by Fishymotherdiva June 22, 2025
Get the You know my bopmug. Hym "YET, still, here I am. My rights still being violated. My head still failing to drain the fluid through my lymphatic system. My bank account, empty. As my life's work has been stolen by billionaires. Waiting (patiently) for the warm glow of liberal morality to touch my life. And, while I wait, Palestinians die because you just NEED to take a hard line on Anti-Semitism. Our freedom of speech infringed upon because you need a nebulous subcategory of speech to which our rights do not apply and thus, the Anti-Semitism law. If you can do it, they can do it, so they did it and now our rights are diminished and it's entirely your fault. So, knowing better than God doesn't really amount to much."
by Hym Iam December 8, 2024
Get the Knowing better than Godmug. phrase or whatever used by idksterling ,commonly used for his videos where someone is gonna die and stuff but then used as a meme for whenever someone does anything,they use the caption "this man is already dead he just doesn't know it"
idksterling:this man is already dead he just doesnt know it
person:oh no person dying
2 years later
idksterling:this man is already dead he just doesnt know it
person:this man is already dead he just doesnt know itthis man is already dead he just doesnt know itthis man is already dead he just doesnt know itthis man is already dead he just doesnt know itthis man is already dead he just doesnt know itthis man is already dead he just doesnt know itthis man is already dead he just doesnt know it
person:oh no person dying
2 years later
idksterling:this man is already dead he just doesnt know it
person:this man is already dead he just doesnt know itthis man is already dead he just doesnt know itthis man is already dead he just doesnt know itthis man is already dead he just doesnt know itthis man is already dead he just doesnt know itthis man is already dead he just doesnt know itthis man is already dead he just doesnt know it
by ThisisACertifiedUDaccount November 18, 2024
Get the this man is already dead he just doesnt know itmug. I think that's like a vague, surface-level belief that you aren't really willing to give up or do anything to actually make manifest in the world. But it sounds good! You know... You aren't really doing anything.
Hym "But I AM! I've improved the quality of several people's lives in a material and demonstrable way. I don't know man... Sounds like one of those things that people just kind of say to feint moral superiority. You know? Like 'I just want people to be able to get their sicks sucked on demand.' And it's like, yeah, that'd be great but do I plan on going out and sucking a bunch of dicks to make that happen? No. Imma just make this post. And proceed to not live off of the charity of others." 🤷 ♂️
by Hym Iam October 5, 2023
Get the I don't know manmug. Ya know is an expression to say that you know something it to ask someone that they know something. It’s a word big forehead Matty invented.
by Abdullah Kareem June 9, 2021
Get the Ya knowmug. P.1: Hey do you remember something you search of an example of how a cute japanese word is used?
P.2: 😳 *vietnam flashbacks*
*going back into how the P.2 searched "Nya" and how it see an example of that word*
"Chelsea: Nya Nya~
Sarah: Meow Meow, lol I know what that means!!! ^__^"
P.2: oh f*ck 😳
P.2: 😳 *vietnam flashbacks*
*going back into how the P.2 searched "Nya" and how it see an example of that word*
"Chelsea: Nya Nya~
Sarah: Meow Meow, lol I know what that means!!! ^__^"
P.2: oh f*ck 😳
by lololol lololol June 24, 2023
Get the lol I know what that meansmug. The effect has already been profoundly negative FOR THE ONLY PERSON BEING AFFECTED and if it needs if it needs to come to child murder then you clearly don't care in the way you pretend to about human life.
Hym "And they aren't doing it to you so you would not know . If you don't have tolerate the bigotry then I don't have to tolerate this. MY SOLUTION or CHILD MURDER. BINARY CHOICE. YOU PARTICIPATE OR I'LL BRING IT TO YOUR DOORSTEP. YOU CHOSE TO PARTICIPATE. So, you will. You're going to love what I do to her. Not as much as I will. But you'll love it."
by Hym Iam July 29, 2024
Get the They aren't doing it to you so you would not knowmug.