A term originated from upper middle class and corporate America to try to establish an achievement system on any act that sounds or seems "urban" or "ghetto" that they ultimately don't understand or have had no real life experience in.
"Street cred?" When was the last time someone from the ghetto actually used that term? There is a more common term used in the ghetto-- it's called respect.
by tehhuh March 24, 2008
Get the street cred mug.Short for Nail Credit, 'Nail Cred' stems from being nailed in a back alley. The more Nail Cred one racks up, the more one can be nailed in a back alley.
Nail Cred can be given or recieved:
- the reciever of Nail Cred has the potential to be nailed in a back alley by whoever gave it.
- the dispenser of Nail Cred has the potential to nail whoever they gave it to in a back alley.
The act of being nailed in a back alley is commonly referred to as 'cashing in your Nail Cred'.
Note that it does not always have to be announced when you give/have been given some Nail Cred. Simply getting on someone's nerves is usually enough to increase your Nail Cred with them. Indeed, the act of annoying someone is commonly referred to as "Racking up Nail Cred"
EXAMPLES:
Nail Cred can be given or recieved:
- the reciever of Nail Cred has the potential to be nailed in a back alley by whoever gave it.
- the dispenser of Nail Cred has the potential to nail whoever they gave it to in a back alley.
The act of being nailed in a back alley is commonly referred to as 'cashing in your Nail Cred'.
Note that it does not always have to be announced when you give/have been given some Nail Cred. Simply getting on someone's nerves is usually enough to increase your Nail Cred with them. Indeed, the act of annoying someone is commonly referred to as "Racking up Nail Cred"
EXAMPLES:
Lorenzo: "Saunders has been racking up some serious Nail Cred with me recently. I think it's time he cashed it in"
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Adam: You're such a gimp.
Dan: Have some Nail Cred.
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Adam: You're such a gimp.
Dan: Have some Nail Cred.
by Byntje June 20, 2007
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Bob: Hey where is Mike?
Tom: He is taking that new secretary to lunch today.
Bob: The hot one in accounting?
Tom: Yeah, his cube cred is through the roof.
Tom: He is taking that new secretary to lunch today.
Bob: The hot one in accounting?
Tom: Yeah, his cube cred is through the roof.
by chiguy61 December 17, 2010
Get the cube cred mug.Short for nerd credibility. It's anything you say or do that gives credibility to the claim that you are a nerd.
by Obara April 20, 2017
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(n)- repsect from urban communities. usually something essential for making it big in the rap world. it is wrongly percieved as being a straight up gansta or committing crimes. street cred is something one can earn, even a rich kid or suburb-dweller. if you have went through a tough childhood or life but have worked hard to make something of yourself (like me), then you can earn street cred, even if you are not from the streets. if ghetto kids like a rap artist who started out rich, but rapped about important things in life and is simply a good rapper, then that rapper has street cred. if you buy a rap album just because the rapper is gansta, then you are fucked up.
a funny thing is, most street rappers are not that great, some of the greatest lyricists of all time were not always from 'tha ghetto'
(n)- repsect from urban communities. usually something essential for making it big in the rap world. it is wrongly percieved as being a straight up gansta or committing crimes. street cred is something one can earn, even a rich kid or suburb-dweller. if you have went through a tough childhood or life but have worked hard to make something of yourself (like me), then you can earn street cred, even if you are not from the streets. if ghetto kids like a rap artist who started out rich, but rapped about important things in life and is simply a good rapper, then that rapper has street cred. if you buy a rap album just because the rapper is gansta, then you are fucked up.
a funny thing is, most street rappers are not that great, some of the greatest lyricists of all time were not always from 'tha ghetto'
non-ghetto/street rappers who have earned street cred:
the streets to some extent
kanye west
run-dmc
rakim one of the greatest lyricists, who cares if he is street?
vanilla ice not really, he lied about it
ja rule he was not straight up gangsta, but has still earned much street cred, which was unfortunately lost
the streets to some extent
kanye west
run-dmc
rakim one of the greatest lyricists, who cares if he is street?
vanilla ice not really, he lied about it
ja rule he was not straight up gangsta, but has still earned much street cred, which was unfortunately lost
by this website is ruined February 4, 2007
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"I have so much street cred" - Jessica
"Jessica do you even know what that means?"
"Yeah it means swag."
"Jessica do you even know what that means?"
"Yeah it means swag."
by hoodrat14142 September 19, 2014
Get the street cred mug.Someone who grew up in a non-sheltered white boy neighborhood who had to fight claw and scratch his way to respectability and therefore has the credentials to be a self-sufficient person in this tough world. And by the way, anybody can have street cred. Anybody who had a rough childhood and tough upbringing and still managed to make something respectable out of their lives - they have street cred because they know what it takes to be succesful in this tough world.
by Anonymous October 6, 2003
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