on me
Oath formula — vouching personally, like 'on God' or 'on my mama'.
Definitions
A swear, with the speaker as the collateral. Saying 'on me' is staking your own name on whatever just came out your mouth — short of swearing on your mama, it's the strongest 'I'm not lying' you can drop without naming anybody else. Heavy in DFW street talk and Texas rap.
on me In A Sentence
Origin & Usage
Part of the wider 'on ___' family (on God, on bro, on Blood, on Crip) — Chicago and the South leaned heaviest into it through the 2010s. Dallas locked 'on me' as the personal-stakes version: putting yourself on the line for it.
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