an african american underboss of harlem that worked for the Genovese crime family he controlled much of the numbers racket, prostitution, and drug trafficking in the area under the watch of charles (lucky) luciano. mr johnson was well respected in harlem. johnson passed his empire over to his protege frank lucas.
"I have diabetes, I feel worse by the day..."
"I'm so sorry. Maybe you should try a different doctor?"
"I don't believe in science. I just pray the Holy Virgin of Lourdes."
"You bammy jastard…"
churchhurt is where you experience a degree of distance, pain, or judgement from your church community. Essentially, you are just unable to “find your place”. This is prevalent in the Christian community, but can be extended to other religions.
Now that I am an adult I am beginning to heal from the churchhurt that was inflicted on me as a child.
when you're holding up your phone and making faces at it, as though you are taking a selfie, but you're really taking a picture of the person across from you or the wall or anything else that seems interesting but you don't want to be caught dead taking a picture of.
This action is often made more convincing by wiggling the eyebrows or opening the mouth, to pretend you're trying to get a Snapchat filter to work.