cousin; friend; brotha; homey/homie

A shorter way of saying 'because'.

(kuz)
n.

1. A cousin, friend, homie (homeboy); “Yeah, I can dig it cuz”.

2. What Crips refer to each other as; “Sup cuz”.
conj.

1. For the reason that; since. Abbreviation for because; “Cuz I feel like it mofo”.

crip term. People dont quite understand the word "cuz". Cuz is a term meant for crips to use for gangbanging purposes. for example if a (real)crip sees someone who looks like they might be from a rival gang they will use the word cuz alot.If that person IS a gangbanger then he'll know that the person saying cuz is a crip. People get killed for saying "cuz" or "blood" in the wrong area

my cousin, my friend, my nig, my associate

what crips call each other

any member of the crips