One of the prevailing slang words of the working class culture of Lower Manhattan in the late 1840s and into the period of the American Civil War. They spoke a unique slang, with phrases such as "Hi-hi," "Lam him" and "Cheese it" all derived from Irish and Cokney slang.
Strong on Music: The New York Music Scene in the Days of George Templeton Strong. Volume I: Resonances, 1838-1849. The University of Chicago Press.
Lawrence, Vera Brodsky (1988).
Strong on Music: The New York Music Scene in the Days of George Templeton Strong. Volume I: Resonances, 1838-1849. The University of Chicago Press.
Lawrence, Vera Brodsky (1988).
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Hella - term that originated in Northern California/Bay Area which is a term used as an adjective in English grammar as "a lot"
Cheese - "money", pretty obvious. This word has deep roots in holding on to this definition.
The term "hella cheese" was most commonly referenced in the hip-hop rap song "Toyota Music" featured in Big Sean's Album "Hall of Fame"
The first intro to said song starts:
"Hella cheese, hella trees, LSD. Smoking weed..."
Hella - term that originated in Northern California/Bay Area which is a term used as an adjective in English grammar as "a lot"
Cheese - "money", pretty obvious. This word has deep roots in holding on to this definition.
The term "hella cheese" was most commonly referenced in the hip-hop rap song "Toyota Music" featured in Big Sean's Album "Hall of Fame"
The first intro to said song starts:
"Hella cheese, hella trees, LSD. Smoking weed..."
Ex:
Girl and guy talking:
Girl: "bae you wanna go to Disneyland?"
Guy: "nah hoe, that's hella cheese."
Girl and guy talking:
Girl: "bae you wanna go to Disneyland?"
Guy: "nah hoe, that's hella cheese."
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The military band struck up a sad version of Hail to the Cheese as the Trumpster entered the ballroom!
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Dip means: to leave abruptly. To get the hell out of somewhere.
and the cheese sauce part just means to leave AS FAST AS possible.
Dip means: to leave abruptly. To get the hell out of somewhere.
and the cheese sauce part just means to leave AS FAST AS possible.
"Oh frruck! I forgot to do my online assignment"
"Leff it man"
"Naw, im gotta dip like cheese sauce!"
"Leff it man"
"Naw, im gotta dip like cheese sauce!"
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The term is derived from experiments where a rodent is put into a maze containing a delicious piece of cheese (perhaps Roquefort) that is hooked up to a wire that shocks the rodent. The rodent keeps forgetting that's the shocky cheese.
Coined by 710 KIRO AM radio host Luke Burbank on the show "Too Beautiful To Live."
The term is derived from experiments where a rodent is put into a maze containing a delicious piece of cheese (perhaps Roquefort) that is hooked up to a wire that shocks the rodent. The rodent keeps forgetting that's the shocky cheese.
Coined by 710 KIRO AM radio host Luke Burbank on the show "Too Beautiful To Live."
"Starbucks is my shocky cheese. I was already paying for my latte when I remembered, 'I hate this place!'"
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