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Okay, perhaps our more urban members can answer this for me...

What does it mean in the hip-hop dialect to call someone "G"?

It's an all-purpose name for your homeboys/homies/whatever. Nothing special.

Yeah, but why "g"?

Yes, what does G mean?

Because the other letters were taken?

I mean seriously does any of that shi....I mean dialect make much sense?

Spanky The Dolphin wrote:Yes, what does G mean?

Absolutely nothing...seriously, even when asked they will look at you funny(I know...I've asked a couple buds about this and they say it constantly...and they have no freaking idea what it means)

IRG CommandoJoe wrote:Yeah, but why "g"?

'G' - as in 'G'angster, common street shorthand for you local co-gang members. Popularized by the likes of Dr. Dre, Snoop-doggy Dog, and most notably Tupac Shakur who avocated a type of semi-criminal 'thug life' philosophy.

Today its used colloquially as a term of endearment and respect between friends in both the urban black community and among your average white middle-class poser community as well.

Sokar wrote:

IRG CommandoJoe wrote:Yeah, but why "g"?

'G' - as in 'G'angster, common street shorthand for you local co-gang members. Popularized by the likes of Dr. Dre, Snoop-doggy Dog, and most notably Tupac Shakur who avocated a type of semi-criminal 'thug life' philosophy.

Today its used colloquially as a term of endearment and respect between friends in both the urban black community and among your average white middle-class poser community as well.

Cool...too bad enough have forgotten it.

Seriously...still something to store away.

Interesting...

Spanky The Dolphin wrote:Interesting...

I'm a vertiable fount of oddball trivia, the curse of a near edict memory

Sokar wrote:

IRG CommandoJoe wrote:Yeah, but why "g"?

'G' - as in 'G'angster, common street shorthand for you local co-gang members. Popularized by the likes of Dr. Dre, Snoop-doggy Dog, and most notably Tupac Shakur who avocated a type of semi-criminal 'thug life' philosophy.

Today its used colloquially as a term of endearment and respect between friends in both the urban black community and among your average white middle-class poser community as well.

Damn, you beat me to it. Mad props to you.

Sounds rather dumb, though.

Spanky The Dolphin wrote:Sounds rather dumb, though.

Meh, guess it depends on who says it. One of my favourite phrases as a cute white girl is "peace out, home skillet" which is along the same lines as 'g funk' or whatever... It's all about the delivery...

I've heard many different translations, and heard it used on the subway many times. The most common new use is

"ahem" ::clears throat:: "G-UniT!"

Which translates, roughly, to Gorilla Unit, no Idea why that means anything though.

Ah...it all makes sense now...it is all so very clear....wait...no it isn't!

Zaia wrote:Meh, guess it depends on who says it. One of my favourite phrases as a cute white girl is "peace out, home skillet" which is along the same lines as 'g funk' or whatever... It's all about the delivery...

Heh, kind of like how I sometimes call Utsanomiko "bitch".

Spanky The Dolphin wrote:Okay, perhaps our more urban members can answer this for me...

What does it mean in the hip-hop dialect to call someone "G"?

Ali G. He can be funny as hell.

Oh, whoops..."G" in general, eh?

I didn't start hearing it until after "New Jack City." I assume it means what everyone else says it means. I've never had a clue...I figured it was interchangable with "brother," "homie," "C-H-A-R-L-I-E, Charlie Babbit, my main man..." and the like.

Same story with "diesel." That means big/strong/something of the sort. When a guy said I was diesel I thought he meant I smelled bad.

Maybe that IS what he meant...ugh...

I worry that by the time I have children in high school, they can opt to take Ebonics as a second language.

What I hate the most is that whenever you ask the person using the slang what the hell they are talking about, he or she get frustrated with you and says "nothing" or roll their eyes at you or such. They can't even explain their own phrases.

IRG CommandoJoe wrote:What I hate the most is that whenever you ask the person using the slang what the hell they are talking about, he or she get frustrated with you and says "nothing" or roll their eyes at you or such. They can't even explain their own phrases.

Hey, in all fairness, then, to pick another slang term, explain why the word 'cool' means 'hip and trendy' instead of a low temperature setting... Can you explain that derivation?

Zaia wrote:

IRG CommandoJoe wrote:What I hate the most is that whenever you ask the person using the slang what the hell they are talking about, he or she get frustrated with you and says "nothing" or roll their eyes at you or such. They can't even explain their own phrases.

Hey, in all fairness, then, to pick another slang term, explain why the word 'cool' means 'hip and trendy' instead of a low temperature setting... Can you explain that derivation?

That one is actually easy: to be "hot" is to be angry, agitated, or the like. Cool, then, is the opposite...relaxed, kinda happy-go-lucky. Even on the molecular level, it's like that But you have to know what "hot" means, of course, other than its equivalent in Kelvins or degrees Celsius , to get that.

So I know exactly what you mean, Zaia. In the proper cultural context, something like "diesel" should make as much sense as knowing "the opposite of hot-headed" makes sense to me.

I prefer |\|!h0n6 l33t, personally.

seanrobertson wrote:That one is actually easy: to be "hot" is to be angry, agitated, or the like. Cool, then, is the opposite...relaxed, kinda happy-go-lucky. Even on the molecular level, it's like that But you have to know what "hot" means, of course, other than its equivalent in Kelvins or degrees Celsius , to get that.

So I know exactly what you mean, Zaia. In the proper cultural context, something like "diesel" should make as much sense as knowing "the opposite of hot-headed" makes sense to me.

See, I've been eating, breathing and sleeping West Side Story lately, so Diesel to me is a hot-headed member of the Jets.

Ahhhh....West Side Story, only in musical theater can a man yell the name 'Maria!" in Spanish Harlem and have only one girl come to the window..............

Spanky The Dolphin wrote:I prefer |\|!h0n6 l33t, personally.

Ss YOU'RE the one Utsano got it from! I can never forgive you for that.