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WERD OF MOUF! is RapCentral's very own Rap Dictionary. A huge collection of rap and Hip-Hop words and slang, with the clear meaning of each slang term. Look up the meaning of the words used in lyrics here, in the ultimate resource for looking up hip-hop slang.
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IBWC
(n) The Intelligent Black Womens Coalition.
ice
1) (n) Diamonds or jewelry with diamonds in it.
-- "Boo back in 92' I was just like you, Please don't be confused by the ice and jewels" -- Kanye West (Apologize).
2) (n) On ice - at the morgue.
3) (n) Ice or ice cream: drugs, or cocaine in particular.
ill
1) (v) To be obnoxious, or to act weird, as in eating dogfood.
-- "You be illin'" -- RUN-DMC (You be illin' [1986]).
2) (adj) Negative.
3) (adj) Positive.
-- "where he shop at and dress at? know he got dough, where does he live? is he still in the bridge? does he really know how ill that he is?" -- Nas (Got Yourself A Gun [2001]).
Illtown
(n) East-orange, NJ. Home of Naughty By Nature, Queen Latifah.
Impala
(n) Type of popular low-cost car made by Chevrolet in the seventies. The car is popular with low riders, especially the 1964 model. '63, '62 and '65 models are also sometimes used. Ice Cube's car in "Boyz 'n the hood" was an Impala.
-- "Knew her from the back of my homeys Impala" -- Ice Cube (You can't fade me [1990]).
-- "Crusin' in a Six-o Impala, Drivin' like I'm in a Hooptee" -- 2Pac (Stay True [1994]).
in check
1) (n) Under control by someone else. Probably from a game of chess.
2) (adv) Under control, due to skills.
-- "Woo Hah, I got you all in check" -- Busta Rhymes (Woo Hah! [1996]).
in foe deep
(n) A term used to refer to a car that contains four people at once.
-- "In foe deep we creep" -- RBL Posse (Don't give me no bammer).
in the house
(n) Present, here.
-- "Compton's in tha house" -- N.W.A. (Compton's in tha house [1988]).
in [full] effect
(adv) Present and taking place.
-- "Right about now NWA court is in full effect." -- N.W.A. (Fuck Tha Police [1988]).
Indo
(n) Marijuana from Indonesia.
-- "Indo smoke up in your lungs like that" -- Dr. Dre (Rat-tat-tat-tat [1992]).
-- "I'm getting high like I said it with some chocolate Thai, mixed with some indonesia, watch me fry" -- 2Pac (Fuck All Y'all [1997]).
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