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Street Slang
Posted up
· phrase · hip-hop
Parked on a corner, ready to serve.
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Definitions
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Standing in one spot on a block, usually a corner or trap house, on the clock waiting for customers. The street-level version of 'open for business' — eyes up, hands free, phone live.
“We posted up on the block from noon 'til the streetlights came on.”
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More generally, hanging out somewhere with no plans to move. Bar stool, party wall, hotel lobby — wherever you've planted yourself.
“Found him posted up at the bar like he'd grown roots.”
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Posted up In A Sentence
We posted up on the block from noon 'til the streetlights came on.
Found him posted up at the bar like he'd grown roots.
Origin & Usage
African-American Vernacular English; 'post' as in a sentry's post. Mainstreamed through hip-hop from the 90s onward.
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