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To: usadave; Kay
In my military unit, getting an award was called 'getting props'.
It was used to denote respect or honors.
But I have heard it used in slightly different ways that defy an exacting explanation.
100 posted on 11/20/2003 11:17:38 AM PST by Darksheare (You think I'm innocent, not wild. Take me and see how much I'm tamed.)
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To: Darksheare; usadave
Yes, "Props to you" is ghetto-speak for "Good job".

There's a new TV program where the black guy speaks perfect English while his white wife speaks ghetto-speak. Quite entertaining. At the end of a phone conversation it's "Peace out". If they are leaving, it's "We out". If you want someone to move off the subject, it's "let it go, Boo".
133 posted on 11/20/2003 1:32:30 PM PST by Kay
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To: Darksheare; Kay
Thanks for enlightening me as to the meaning of the phrase "props to you". I'd seen it used on several websites, but I hadn't a clue as to what it meant.
149 posted on 11/20/2003 3:33:47 PM PST by usadave (Actually, the odds are that it did originate in the)
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