Lil' Wayne: "I'm about to go H.A.M. In the booth son."
Producer: "Da fuq you mean?"
Lil' Wayne: "Hard as a mutha fucka."
(Random white guy janitor): "Damn rapronyms"
Lil' Wayne: "Look at this machine gun kelly lookin' ass trying to sound smart... Gonna go extra H.A.M. On his ass!"
Producer: "Da fuq you mean?"
Lil' Wayne: "Hard as a mutha fucka."
(Random white guy janitor): "Damn rapronyms"
Lil' Wayne: "Look at this machine gun kelly lookin' ass trying to sound smart... Gonna go extra H.A.M. On his ass!"
by Nick&Wendy November 3, 2013
Get the Rapronym mug.Aptronym means “a suitable, perfect name”.
If you add Rap, it means a Perfect name for a rapper or rap song.
A pseudonym with meaning.
Example: JusTIntI’m, it’s pronounced Justintime let’s say he is a Targeted Individual, that’s why the TI in Justin is capitalized, and time is spelled tI’m as in “I am Justintime”. This has a lot of thought 💭 put into it, so it would be a Raptronym.
If you add Rap, it means a Perfect name for a rapper or rap song.
A pseudonym with meaning.
Example: JusTIntI’m, it’s pronounced Justintime let’s say he is a Targeted Individual, that’s why the TI in Justin is capitalized, and time is spelled tI’m as in “I am Justintime”. This has a lot of thought 💭 put into it, so it would be a Raptronym.
Ayo, his nickname is perfect for him! Definite Raptronym, it’s pithy as hell! Actual meaning and double entendre attached to his handle...
by Raptronym January 23, 2019
Get the Raptronym mug.A rapper's stage name, especially when it is different from their real name.
A rapponym can be anything from a single word (e.g. Drake) to an acronym (e.g. G.U.R.U.), or a multi-word phrase (e.g. Method Man), and can be appended with a prefix such as big or lil (e.g. Big Pun, Lil House Phone). Numbers are sometimes used as phonetic substitutes of words/syllables (e.g. 2Pac for Tupac), or simply to add textual distinctiveness (e.g. 6ix9ine for SixNine). Rapponyms beginning with 'DJ' often indicate that the rapper is also a turntableist, producer, or beatmaker (e.g. DJ Khaled). Some particularly goated rappers use their real name, or part of it, as a stage name (e.g. Kendrick Lamar), but it's not really a rapponym if it is the same as their common IRL name.
Non-rap musicians and other entertainers may have stage names that follow a similar format, but those cannot be rapponyms as they do not belong to rappers.
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For you etymology nerds, this term is a portmanteau of 'rapper' and 'endonym'.
A rapponym can be anything from a single word (e.g. Drake) to an acronym (e.g. G.U.R.U.), or a multi-word phrase (e.g. Method Man), and can be appended with a prefix such as big or lil (e.g. Big Pun, Lil House Phone). Numbers are sometimes used as phonetic substitutes of words/syllables (e.g. 2Pac for Tupac), or simply to add textual distinctiveness (e.g. 6ix9ine for SixNine). Rapponyms beginning with 'DJ' often indicate that the rapper is also a turntableist, producer, or beatmaker (e.g. DJ Khaled). Some particularly goated rappers use their real name, or part of it, as a stage name (e.g. Kendrick Lamar), but it's not really a rapponym if it is the same as their common IRL name.
Non-rap musicians and other entertainers may have stage names that follow a similar format, but those cannot be rapponyms as they do not belong to rappers.
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For you etymology nerds, this term is a portmanteau of 'rapper' and 'endonym'.
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