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South Philly  

A section of the city of Philadelphia that seems not to be governed by law but rather local custom, especially south of Washington Avenue.
Newly arrived South Philly resident: "Why does everyone have their cars parked in the middle of Broad Street?"

Grizzled South Philly veteran: "This is South Philly. If you don't like it, get the fuck out of here. Yo, hit the deck, I think just heard a gunshot."
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south philly 

when people think of south philly they think of rocky and cheesesteaks...
don't come to south philly just for cheesesteaks

South Philly 

a good place to chill with some freakys
Sleeping over my friends house in Grays Ferry and I was awoken to his mom giving me fellatio, I've been hanging out in South Philly ever since.
South Philly by TwoOneFive December 28, 2005

South philly 

South philly aka south sneaky don't trust nobody from south philly not even your mom them niggas grimy as shit
Southphilly - if a south philly bitch tell you hold on she going in the crib pull off that bitch try line you
South philly by Phila215 April 14, 2017

south philly 

used to be the best place on earth. south philly is starting to turn into the ghetto. killings left and right and people being jumped every 5 minutes. kids starting from the age of 12 (some younger) go to the park or the lakes to chill and get wacked every weekend
yo man did you hear about south philly on the news today??
another man was killed

yo what you doin this weekend?
gettin wacked yo
south philly by jodanna November 27, 2007

south philly roll 

v.To fail to make a complete stop at a red light or stop sign, especially when turning.
"She got ticketed on Broad and Passyunk for a South Philly Roll."
south philly roll by scout2400 April 7, 2009

South Philly Slide 

Driving through several consecutive stoptional intersections on a street in South Philly. Because the majority of South Philly's intersections are four-way stops, and intersections are so close to one another, you don't ever drive fast between the stop signs, but you don't really stop at the signs either -- you just slide right through them.
I drove from Gray's Ferry to Pennsport the other night, but I wanted to grab a hoagie on the way, so I did the South Philly Slide down Dickinson.
South Philly Slide by tofoomeister February 28, 2009
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