word to your mother

An anachronistic corruption of the phrase "word to the mother", which was a popular reference to Africa or "The Motherland" during the late 1980s Afrocentric movement. While the replacement of "the" with "your" effectively obliterated the term's Afrocentric roots, it continued to be used in the same manner, that is, to express agreement. Alternatively, the "your" could take on sinister connotations, implying that speaker was sexually intimate with the listener's mother, as in "say hi to your mom for me", or, in keeping with the whack terminology, "props to your mom, she's da bomb". Finally, the phrase might mean nothing at all, and be used to ineptly feign street cred, in the style of Vanilla Ice.

Jeff - "Given the uncertainty of today's market, I'm strongly considering increasing my portfolio's share of treasury bills."
Greg - "Word to your mother."

by bluedevil July 20, 2006

word on the street

1) A rumor going around; what everyone is saying.
2) A bastardization of "That's true, according to popular belief or my own opinion."

1) "Everyone talkin' about word on the street and what dat nigga said. I don't give a fuck about what dat nigga said. Ho ass niggaz talk to goddamn much. Stay to yo' own, get yo' own...beeotch!" -Snoop Dogg ("Bitch Niggaz")

2)
Bartholomew: "Man deez hoes only out to get da money. Gotta get they hair done and they nails done...damn dogg a playa just gotta get his nob slobbed sometimes. Bitches ain't shit but hoes and tricks!"
Ebenezer: "Word on the street."

by Nick D October 29, 2003

word-whacker

a theoretical editor's tool for editing text and cutting excessive verbage

This article was so wordy, the editor had to get the word-whacker out and trim it down.

by Paul W Puckett March 31, 2008

Word deflation

The phenomenon that occurs when a powerful descriptive word becomes popular and then loses its power though repetition and incorrect use. The word awesome was once reserved for sights like the Niagara Falls and accomplishments like climbing Mt. Everest, but now it can be appropriately used to describe a really good sandwich. Word deflation ultimately requires using or inventing an even more powerful descriptive word to gain the previous effect of the now deflated word. A car crash must be horrific if taking a really long time to find a parking spot is horrible.

I knew the word epic had suffered major word deflation when Kaylen used it to describe the results of his last trip to the bathroom.

by Topper 7770 July 4, 2011

Word Stream

To rant or to talk endlessly.

blah blah blah blah

she is word streaming again

by IgottaGottaGO July 22, 2011

Word compass

A tool a person uses to help them think of more word slang they can you in a sentence or phase

Jessica can you help me think of some slang words so I can bad mouth justin.

Sarah just use the word compass it will help you think about some. Here.

Thanks Sarah. It just came up with a list of phrases that are really good. I can call him a thirsty
Or a thot

by Cinnamon sheen March 11, 2014

Word Elongation

The act of adding extra letters to words, typically to the end of the word. This is typically done by females to sound more bubbly, friendly, and cute. Typically only with close female friends or as a way to sound flirty with guys that we have a crush on.

Guy: “Hey, do you want to grab dinner later?”
Girl: “Yassssss ;)”

Word elongation

by LauraKDforeva July 26, 2020