#la
48 words tagged “la”
A 1962 Impala — peak lowrider chassis.
Working a lowrider's hydraulic switches to bounce the car.
Caló for a girlfriend or a woman — Chicano for 'shorty'.
Chillin' — Blood-coded swap of the C in 'coolin''.
LA's late-2000s street dance and rap scene — skinny jeans, snapbacks, the reject.
Chicano respelling of barrio — claimed turf.
Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All — Tyler's LA collective.
Caló for a lowrider or car.
Showing off in a lowrider — switches, three-wheeling, the works.
Caló for 'heads up' — stay sharp, watch your back.
Caló 'yes' — a stylish, affirmative 'sí'.
Caló for 'no way' — a flat Chicano refusal.
Caló for brother — blood-tight, family-close.
Starting beef rooted in gang-set allegiance.
Emphatic Caló 'no' — the louder cousin of chale.
Pachuco Caló for a fancy fit — the zoot suit itself.
Compton — the neutral three-letter abbreviation, NWA's hat letters.
Caló for cheap, fake, low-grade — basically trash.
Caló for the cops — the law on your block.
Bloods' acronym for Bompton — Compton with the C banned.
Crip-internal address term — short for 'cousin'.
Hydraulic suspension system on a lowrider.
Compton — but said the Blood way, with a B instead of a C.
Co-sign for the exact line that just landed.
1964 Impala — the iconic G-funk lowrider.
California — the Chicano/Caló way to say it.
Jerk-dance move where you drop low on the beat.
Early-90s West Coast sound — funk samples, synth leads, laid-back basslines.
Caló for a cigarette — the smoke on your lip.
Chicano all-purpose 'right on / alright / let's go'.
Caló for solid, tight, good — high praise on the Eastside.
Caló for money — cash, paper, the bag.
Oakland, California — the Bay's grittier twin to San Francisco.
South LA's main artery and cruising strip — Nipsey Hussle's block.
The signature jerkin' move — a running-man done backwards.
Pachuco Caló for shoes — especially shined-up dress shoes.
Caló for an old lady — wife, girlfriend, ride-or-die.
Long Beach, California — Snoop and Warren G's home turf.
A car fitted with hydraulics — it 'has juice'.
Jerk move — sudden drop landing on your toes.
The legendary LA hip-hop radio station name-dropped across West Coast rap.
Inglewood, California.
Caló for dude or guy — the OG East LA word for a man.
The neighbourhood — Spanish-speaking, often working-class.
Short for pachuco — also a nickname for El Paso.
Caló for 'dude' or 'that guy' — the classic East LA address.
Crip term of endearment — 'Love Of Crip'.
Spanglish 'see you later' — I'll watch for you.