Can you dig it?

a 70's expression meaning 'you understand?' or 'can you take it?' Often used in blaxtopian movies.

Who's the Man who would risk his neck for a brother man?
Shaft!
Can you dig it?

by Lord Xeras April 15, 2011

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can you dig it

Used to mean the same as other definitions. 'Do you understand?'

Oh yeah.

(The Mock Turtles, 1990)

'You won't ever get me down, won't see me hanging aro-o-o-o-und, can you dig it? Oh yeah'

Mock Turtles, 1990.

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A phrase used in the song for the movie "Shaft" that was then used for a McDonald's commercial which had Shaq (famous basketball player) in it. As of now, this phrase has been incorporated into Shaq's short but annoying list of phrases such as "Meow" and "Kobe didn't rape that girl".

"SHAAAAAAAAAAQ Can you dig it?"

by Icabod February 16, 2004

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This phrase appears in several times in the 70s movie 'car wash' at the beginning and during the film when a radio dj from a LA radio station plays black music. His voice sounds like Barry White's.
It also appears in other 'blaxplotion'-movies. In the movie 'Undercover brother' which is a parody to this movies it appears too.

And now we play <insert favourite soul/black music title here>. Can you dig it?

by joe como August 23, 2006

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You dig what im putting down

A phrase, usually used in question form which asks if the person being questioned knows what you are talking about, refering to, or trying to suggest.

"I beat that bitch up Norris Style, if you dig what im putting down."
or "Do you dig what im putting down?"

by Joe Zumchak September 2, 2008

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