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The term hyphy (/ ˈ h aɪ f iː / HY-fee) is an Oakland, California slang meaning "hyperactive". [1] More specifically, it is an adjective describing the hip hop music [1] [2] and the culture associated with the Oakland area. [3] The term was first coined by Oakland rapper Keak da Sneak. [1] [3]
High yellow, occasionally simply yellow (dialect: yaller, yella), is a term used to describe a light-skinned black person . It is also used as a slang for those thought to have "yellow undertones". [1]
Urban Dictionary Screenshot Screenshot of Urban Dictionary front page (2018) Type of site Dictionary Available in English Owner Aaron Peckham Created by Aaron Peckham URL urbandictionary.com Launched December 9, 1999 ; 25 years ago (1999-12-09) Current status Active Urban Dictionary is a crowdsourced English-language online dictionary for slang words and phrases. The website was founded in ...
The slang term "Chad" originated in the UK during World War II and was employed in a similar humorous manner as Kilroy was here. [1] It later came into use in Chicago [2] as a derogatory way to describe a young, wealthy man from the city's northern suburbs, typically single and in his twenties or early thirties. [2]
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Hyperbole (/ h aɪ ˈ p ɜːr b əl i / ⓘ; adj. hyperbolic / ˌ h aɪ p ər ˈ b ɒ l ɪ k / ⓘ) is the use of exaggeration as a rhetorical device or figure of speech.In rhetoric, it is also sometimes known as auxesis (literally 'growth').
HY / ˌ eɪ tʃ ˈ w aɪ / is a Japanese rock band formed in 2000 by five high school friends from Okinawa.Their name comes from the initials of their hometown, Higashi Yakena. The band's popularity rose rapidly after a series of street performances; their debut album, Departure, released on 22 September 2001 (Okinawa-only), sold out immediat
HY (band), a Japanese band; Hy (island), a pre-Christian and early Christian name for the Scottish island Iona; Hy (name), a given name, nickname, or surname; hy (company), South Korean food company; Armenian language (ISO 639-1 language code: hy) Uzbekistan Airways (IATA code: HY), the national airline of Uzbekistan