bling bling
n. synonym for expensive, often flashy jewelry sported mostly by African American hip-hop artists and middle class Caucasian adolescents.
v. to "bling-bling;" the act of sporting jewelry of a highly extravagant gaudy nature.
n. "Man, I gots tha bling-bling, yo."
v. "Damn Johnny, you sure be bling-blinging it tonight!"
Noun, Plural, Slang.
Other variations : 'jingle'
There are other hip-hop-turned-mainstream terms .....
like "jiggy," "breakbeat," "dope" and "phat"
jiggy (verb)
Definition: All that, Totally cool
Word History: Urban birth 1996
Sample sentence:
Breakbeat: First identified in the early '70s. Refers to the part of a funk (or jazz) song in which the music breaks to make room for the rhythm section only. Hip-hop DJs (starting with Kool Herc) began using several song breaks in a row, which is how hip-hop and breakbeat came into being.
phat adj 1. very good, excellent; COOL. ("That's a phat bike.") 2. attractive. Note: an acronym, "pretty hot and tempting," has been invented for the word.
