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U

Letter U — 22 entries.
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udeen (pron. uh'deen)

phrase · e. coast sl. · old school

1. a very long period of time. (var. ud)

"He ain't been around here in udeen." "I haven't seen your cousin in udeen."

ug-mug

adjective · e. coast sl. · new school

1. someone extremely unattractive; ugly. See also: mugly

"She found herself a real ug-mug this time."

ultimate lick

phrase · general sl. · old & new school

1. a full proof or foil proof plan to acquire something [usually involves doing something wrong or against the law].

"Yo Dun, I came up with the ultimate lick."

umpteen times

phrase · southern sl. · old & new school

1. many times; repeatedly.

"She called me umpteen times over the weekend."

under pressure

adjective · general sl. · new school

1. intimidated and/or scared of someone.

"I had that whole block under pressure for years."

underdig?!

phrase · w. coast sl. · new school

1. a matter of fact way to ask someone "do you/can you understand?"

2. a term used to assure or reassure one's thought, boast, or claim is undoubtedly true.

"Six o'clock or I'm leavin' ya underdig?!" "Can you underdig what I'm tellin' you?"

understanding is zero

phrase · e. coast sl. · new school

1. someone who won't listen to reason or rationale because he/she is upset or angered.

2. someone who refuses to consider the consequence of his/her behavior. (var. [someone with] zero understanding)

"Her understanding is zero right now after what you did."

universal beatdown

adjective · e. coast sl. · old school

1. a beating that involves a group attacking and beating one individual.

"Her and her sisters gave her ex a universal beatdown."

up in

verb · sexual sl. · new school

1. a term males use for having sex. (var. [to] go up in [a female])

"You mean to tell me, you was up in Shortie without wearing a condom?"

up in business

phrase · general sl. · old & new school

1. to be in someone's personal affairs for the sole purpose of being nosy. (var. [to be] all up in [someone's] business)

"Every time I turn around, you up in my business."

up in spot

phrase · general sl. · new school

1. the act of visiting someone's dwellings or place of business.

"We was up in my manz spot shootin' dice last night." "Guess who I ran into up in Moe's spot the other day?"

up in this piece

phrase · general sl. · old & new school

1. 0 a hip way to say "in here" when referring to one's immediate location. (var. up in this bit**)

"Why nobody dancin' up in this piece?"

up-north

noun · prison sl. · old & new school

1. the New York State prison system. (var. up-state, up in the mountains)

"I never been up-north." "I'm goin' up-north to see my man."

up on

phrase · general sl. · old & new school

1. to be informed; aware; in step with current events, trends, and styles.

"You hafta stay up on things in this business."

up sh** creek

phrase · general sl. · old & new school

1. in extremely bad trouble; in a hopeless situation.

"I hate to say it, but ya man an'nim up sh** creek this time."

Up-Top

noun · e. coast sl. · new school

1. New York City.

"When the last time you been Up-Top?"

ups

adjective · general sl. · new school

1. a way to describe one's ability to jump high. (var. [someone with/who has] ups)

"Cause he so short, you wouldn't think he had ups like that."

uptowns

noun · e. coast sl. · old & new school

1. Air force one Nike tennis shoe.

"We was sportin' uptowns for years."

use ya noodle

phrase · general sl. · old school

1. a hip way to tell someone to think.

"All you hafta do is use ya noodle to get the answer."

used d**k

phrase · sexual sl. · old school

1. a term females use to refer to an ex-boyfriend or someone she has had the experience of having sex with.

"She can have'em, that used d**k." "Why would I want your used d**k?"

used ta was a roosta, „til I choked that chicken

phrase · southern sl. · new school

1. a term used to mock someone who is talking about or making claims about what he/she "used to do" or is using the words "used to" in his/her conversation. V

up when you ready?

phrase · general sl. · old & new school

1. a witty way to question something someone is trying to convince you of that sounds unbelievably ridiculous.