Tag

#chicago

56 words tagged “chicago”

The O
proper noun

Short for O'Block, the Parkway Gardens set in Chicago.

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sammich
noun

Chicago-accent pronunciation of 'sandwich.'

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600
proper noun

BD set on Chicago's South Side around 64th & Drexel — L'A Capone and RondoNumbaNine's block.

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Sosa
proper noun

Chief Keef's alias, lifted from the Scarface drug lord Alejandro Sosa.

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dibs
noun

Chicago custom of saving a shoveled parking spot with lawn chairs.

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Gangster Disciples
proper noun

Chicago street organization founded by Larry Hoover; the other half of the drill beef and the BDs' main rival.

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Chi-City
proper noun

Chicago — drill-era variant of Chi-Town.

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foenem
noun

Your crew. From 'fo'nem' — short for 'folks and them'.

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washroom
noun

Chicago/northern-border word for the bathroom.

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the Taste
proper noun

Chicago's massive summer food festival, the Taste of Chicago.

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FBG
noun

Fly Boy Gang — STL/EBT-affiliated drill collective.

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pack
noun

A bag of weed — or, in drill, a dead rival's body.

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frunchroom
noun

Chicago pronunciation of 'front room,' the parlor for company.

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Chi-Town
proper noun

Chicago — the long-running nickname that drill rappers inherited and never let go.

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BDK
noun

Black Disciple Killer — anti-BD taunt used by rival sets.

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lick
noun

A robbery score or quick come-up.

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051YM
noun

051 Young Money — rival Gangster Disciples set frequently dissed on O'Block records.

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Lamron
proper noun

'Normal' backwards — a Black Disciples block on S Normal Ave in Englewood.

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300
proper noun

Chief Keef's set — the Black Disciples on Lamron in Englewood.

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O'Block
proper noun

The 6400 block of S King Drive in Parkway Gardens — King Von and Lil Durk's set.

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069
noun

69th Street, Englewood — Bricksquad's home block.

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JoJoWorld
noun

Memorial rebrand of Bricksquad 069 after Lil JoJo's murder.

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gangway
noun

Chicago word for the narrow passage between two houses.

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smokin' opps
phrase

Killing rivals — or symbolically smoking weed strains named after dead ones. Chief Keef coinage.

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Tookaville
noun

STL/EBT's renaming of their turf in honour of Tooka.

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Glo Gang
proper noun

Chief Keef's 2014 rebrand of GBE — short for Glory Gang.

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the L
proper noun

Chicago's elevated rapid-transit train system.

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STL
noun

St. Lawrence — GD set at 63rd & St Lawrence, Woodlawn.

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prairie
noun

Chicago word for a weedy vacant lot.

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drillin'
verb

Going out to commit violence against rivals.

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3Hunna
proper noun

Chief Keef's way of saying 300 — the Lamron Black Disciples set.

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Savage Squad
noun

Fredo Santana's Black Disciples-aligned drill collective out of O'Block.

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Glory Boyz
proper noun

Chief Keef's original collective — later renamed GBE (Glo Gang).

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Tooka
noun

Slain BD teen whose name became a drill war cry.

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Jewels
proper noun

Chicago shorthand for the Jewel-Osco grocery chain.

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GDK
noun

Gangster Disciple Killer — drill shorthand for anti-GD allegiance.

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trey
noun

The number 3 — Black Disciples' core symbol, woven into half the names and ad-libs in drill.

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Killinois
proper noun

Drill nickname for Illinois, riffing on the kill count.

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Chiraq
proper noun

Chicago, nicknamed after Iraq for its body count.

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LSD
proper noun

Chicago shorthand for Lake Shore Drive.

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