verb
General Slang
stunting
· verb · ballroom
Tricking or swindling to survive, like shoplifting or a dine-and-dash.
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In the ballroom world of Paris Is Burning, stunting means tricking or swindling, used in the film for shoplifting clothes or skipping out on a restaurant bill. For kids with nothing, it was a survival hustle and a way to get the fierce looks the floor demanded. The clothes you stunted for could be the clothes you walked in. Not glamorous, just real, a way to eat and to compete when the legit route was closed off.
“Half that outfit she stunted from a department store the week before the ball.”
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stunting In A Sentence
Half that outfit she stunted from a department store the week before the ball.
Origin & Usage
Ballroom and street survival slang documented in Paris Is Burning (1990); meaning to trick, swindle, or steal.
Variants
stunt
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