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hack, v. To disgust someone.
hater, n. Someone who is critical or negative.
have a shaft, v. To find someone attractive.
have arms, v. To have a party.
head, n. A person.
heavy, adj. Carrying a gun.
hella, adv. Very.
high-five, n. The human immunodeficiency virus
(HIV).
highside, v. To show off.
hit me on the hip, v. To page someone.
holler, v. To talk to.
homey, n. A close friend.
honcho, n. An important person.
honk around, v. To spend time talking.
hooch up, v. To hug and kiss.
hoochie, n. A promiscuous woman.
hoodie, n. A sweatshirt that possesses a hood.
hoodrat, n. A neighborhood female who has a bad
reputation.
hops, n. The ability to jump high.
hot minute, n. Fast or quick.
How’s it hangin’?, exp. Asking how someone is.
HTML, n. The acronym for “hypertext markup lan-
guage.”
hype, adj. Awesome.


ice, n. Jewelry.
idiot stick, n. An imaginary stick that can make some-
one stupid
illuminations, n. Good ideas.
It’s all good, exp. Everything is fine.


jack, v. To steal.
jacketed, adj. Dating only one person.
jammed, adj. Upset.
janked up, adj. Confused.
jankety, adj. In bad condition.
jet, v. To leave.
jewels, n. A superior pair of shoes.
jiggy, adj. Sexually attractive.
jit, n. A person without much experience.
jock, v. To flirt.
jone, v. To criticize.
JPEG, n. The acronym for “Joint Photographic Ex-
perts Group,” which set the standard for the com-
pression of photographic images.
juiced, adj. Overexcited.


keen-o, adj. Outstanding.
kick it, v. To spend time talking.
kicks, n. Shoes.
kipe, v. To steal.

lackey, adj. Worthless.
left, adj. Mad.
legit, adj. Excellent.
light, v. To ignore.
low, adj. Secret.
lunachick, n. An unstable female.
lunch, v. To go crazy.

mack daddy, n. Someone good at flirting with women.
make it, v. To leave.
mao, v. To swallow whole.
marinate, v. To take it easy.
mash, v. To hug and kiss.
mass, adv. A lot.
meeper, n. A party.
melvin, n. An immature person.
mob, v. To beat somebody up.
moby, adj. Very large.
modem, n. A piece of equipment necessary for con-
necting to the Internet.
moof, v. To sleep after drinking too much.
morph, v. To change into something else.
mouse potato, n. Someone who spends all his or her
time on the computer.
MP3, n. The acronym for “Moving Picture Experts
Group Audio Layer 3,” a digital audio format
used for the storage of audio files.
mush, n. Nonsense.

nacho, adj. Extremely good.
navigate, v. To leave.
neck, n. A difficult person.
nest, n. A hairdo.
nook, n. A problem.
nuggets, n. Loose change.

off, v. To upset someone.
offie, n. A fool.
online, n. Being connected to the Internet.
open up a can of whoop ass, exp. To beat up some-
one for doing something irritating.

Patriot missile, n. The acronym for “Phased array
tracking radar to intercept of target” missile.
PC, n. The acronym for “personal computer.”

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