Posted on 06/03/2023 2:02:04 PM PDT by lowbridge
One of the world’s major printers of English-language dictionaries is preparing a volume for language associated with African Americans.
The Oxford Dictionary of African American English aims to define 1,000 terms by March 2025 — potentially educating a broader audience on the meaning of English terms associated with the ethnic group.
Oxford University Press provided 10 words to The New York Times in a preview of the project.
Harvard University academic Prof. Henry Louis Gates Jr. has been appointed as editor-in-chief of the project.
The dictionary includes some words that could be referred to as slang, others that reference events in black history, and other terms that allude to music and expression in black culture.
Americans of all races might recognize some of the terms from rap music.
“Grill” is defined as “a removable or permanent dental overlay, typically made of silver, gold or another metal and often inset with gemstones, which is worn as jewelry.”
“Bussin” is defined as an adjective meaning “tasty or delicious” or alternatively “busy, crowded or lively.”
Other words appear more antiquated, referencing events that precede the abolition of slavery in the 1863 Emancipation Proclamation.
The term “cakewalk,” used to describe a easy task, is defined as one with its origins from slavery.
“A contest in which black people would perform a stylized walk in pairs, typically judged by a plantation owner,” the term is defined.
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Instead of them insisting the tribes learn, they make smart people speak stupid...
How did you know? I guess they only have 10 words in the dictionary so far.
Axe.
Nuvsed muvfuq!
Ha. I don’t condone violence. I would have been the one to receive the punishment; well deserved, too.
Legitimizing and endorsing ignorance and stupidity. How very democrat party to keep the black man down...
In living Color, LOL.
Dat be true massa!
‘notme’ - the next word.
‘Datsdatroof’ - the following word.
“Tree-fitty”
#4 is spelled “sheee-it”
Ya heardz meh
Fred Sanford would have called them all big dummies for doing this
Fred would have given ‘em Five Across Their Lip.
Yep, Fred wouldn’t have wanted his family to talk like ghetto trash.
Thumb, not finger. The abusive males were following the "Rule of thumb."
At least one thing no one will be able to accuse me of is cultural misapproriation.
Foshizzle.
Is it the guy in the creepy white porcelain mask looking at Bummer from around the tree?
(Pareidolia is a crazy thing.)
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