keeping it real

A black person's excuse for being ignorant or doing ignorant shit. The person who says that they are "keepin' it real" usually claims to be denying pop culture and sticking with their own thing.

Chris Rock had a good description:

Rock: Nothing makes a nigger happier than not knowing the answer to your question:
(first person):"What's the capital of Zaire?"
(nigger):"Shit, I don't know that!....Keepin' it REAL!"
Rock: Yeah, real DUMB!

by who cares? April 18, 2005

keeping it real

When a black celebrity/athlete gets into trouble and his teamates/black commentators/BET media say he's "Keeping it real", as if it were assumed he is supposed to act like that. It is more or less a black-on-black racist term. (White people don't use the term and are largely unaware of what it means.) It says that black people are supposed to get in trouble with the law, thusly "keeping it real"; being true to their race.

A lot of people probably said Kobe Bryant was "keeping it real" when he got into trouble, or when insert name basketball player got busted for marijuana possession, not realizing they are perpetuating the racism they try to fight at the same time.

by Ryan Thompson June 16, 2004

rims that keep spinning when you stop

What a moron calls spinners (rims that are in two parts with one attached by ball bearins so they keep moving after the wheel itself has stopped).

Guy 1:Wow, that thugs got some phat rims that keep spinning when you stop.
Guy 2: They are called spinners you asshole.
Guy 1: I hate my life

by Mark February 23, 2005

African keep away

Another name for the sport of basketball.

You Peckerwoods wanna play a little African Keep Away?

by d0c July 14, 2006

keets

things that you make up when you are drunk and trying to force spinach down your brother's throat

those are some nice red keets

by Noosen December 28, 2007

trapper keeper

(n) An affectionate slang term for vagina, referencing an American brand of loose-leaf binder, popular with elementary/middle/high school students from the 1970s-1990s.

"Panties washed in Tide detergent don't really agree with my trapper keeper."

by TrappersDaddy November 21, 2009

keeping it real

the act of being yourself, usually by buying and wearing shit that everyone else has.

Wearing all this expensive brand name shit assures that I'm keeping it real.

by Laird December 9, 2003