An event whereby innocent people are punished or persecuted as a result of their association with guiltypeople.
"I wasn't one of the kids smoking dope behind the dumpster, but I was hanging out with kids who were, and when the cops came they took us all to jail. I totally got caught in a Yankee Sweep!"
Short-hand for the word floccinaucinihilipilification, meaning the estimation of something as valueless (encountered mainly as an example of one of the longest words in the English language).
Precedes or follows either a gratuitously disrespectful or honest remark, originated in New York City. Used in similar fashion to "no offense" or "to be honest," interchangeably.
Ya mans is wild buns, respectfully. Respectfully he's washed.
After school, The Modells on Jamaica Ave was active. Respectfully.