To give a public expository speech using vague and uplifting rhetoric; spoken in a sing song rhythmic cadence; as though participating in an open mic poetry slam.
This description is based on the key poetic delivery style elements of rapper and slam poet Lonnie “Common” Rashid
Lynn.
This expression was made popular by the Season
2 trailer of the series
Woke. The expression
will get old when people find their own approach to public speaking; and, stop biting other people’s style. Which — actually — means that this expression
will be around for a while!
Damn! Did you hear him give that best
man speech; he was going full Common celebrating the bride and groom. I can’t remember a word he said but it
made me feel a lot better about jumping the
broom.