up north

In new york most of the prisons are in the northern part of the state so when someone says up north they are usually talking about prison. the turm did not come from hip hop it was in exsitance long before hip hop. up north can also mean upstate new york anywhere above westchester county

my boy jim just came home he was up north for 8 years in attica,fishkill and comstock

by NLR718 July 15, 2006

cowboy up

quit your bitching and be a man. when it gets tough start playing hard.

Before the big game against our rivals someone said "Cowboy up" to the pesimistic pussies.

by daywalker October 7, 2003

tear up

verb; a violent struggle involving physical force or weapons usually in the context of football related disorder.

John: "Where have you been? We've been in the pub for half an hour"

Dave: "There were a load of 'Yids' at Tottenham Hale Station waiting for a tear up but we showed em' what's what."

by sooner_gooner July 11, 2009

dial up

1)a shitty temporary connection using a phone line that runs at 56 or god forbid 28 k

2)in gaming terms, a bad internet or server connnection in general

1)i hate how checking my email takes a week. thanks a lot dial up

2)oh god, steve's dial up is acting up again. no wonder why i'm morphing around the level and not hitting a fucking thing.

by shootz2kill November 23, 2006

cock up

To make a complete mess of things. Derived from the traditional archery usage where, if the 'cock' feather was uppermost, the arrow would not fly straight.

That was a real cock up.

by Tawera March 29, 2008

LIGHT UP

1) To smoke.
2) Used in a manner referring to relax an calm down.
3) To set someone or something on fire.
4) To rapidly pummel someone with your fists.

1) Fifteen minute break, man. Time to LIGHT UP.
2) Christ, LIGHTEN UP before you have a heart attack or somethin.
3) Gun's outta ammo. Time to take the flame-thrower and LIGHT UP these alien freaks.
4) Yeah, I was a bit out of it today. I missed this one block during free-fighting and I just got my chest LIT UP!

by Joshiro007 February 21, 2003

break up

the worst possible thing to experience, in some cases. =/

"They had a bad break up. He told her they were better off friends."

by sfgfd July 23, 2006