Slang Words For Common Street Drugs

modern day street slang for drugs. It’s interesting how we “address” a drug based on various side effects it causes rather than its pharmaceutical name. For example, the drug Cocaine is called “Base Crazies”. “Base Crazies” refers to the way it easily gets you hooked leaving you wanting more and making you search on your hands and knees for cocaine. (ONDCP, 2005) Using the Internet, books, and pamphlets based on drugs will help me in my research of finding different abstract terms for the common street

going through, a distraction. Ruining the streets with graffiti and spread curse words that portrayed their feelings around the city. These youths unified the elements of hip hop, such as dancing and deejaying; which is a combination of mixed sounds, and rapid repeats to create a ‘beat’ or a song. They used these elements to express their thoughts on the hardships of life they were going

How Rap Music Affects Society Rap music has the power to influence people in ways such as dictating fashion or wardrobe choices, promote rebellious ways, and can even affect the morals you live by. The youth in America is highly influenced by famous rap and hip hop artist due to the many relatable stories they tell in their music. Many times the stories are speaking of hardships in life and crimes committed. Their lyrics are significantly influential enough to have caused people to commit crimes

informal words and phrases, has a relaxed and informal tone, and incorporates irony into her story. Using all of these components make for an outstanding story and makes it more realistic and somewhat more relatable. Unlike many authors, Bambara gets into the

express struggles in the ghettos of New York has transformed into one of the most popular genres of music in America. The popularity of rap has allowed many to have their voices heard, created new fashion trends, and even developed popular modern slang used by people throughout the world. The commercialization of rap has resulted in a significant following of the culture in America but also a large number of people who oppose the music. The culture of rap music has a substantial impact on popular

Craig decides to hang out with his friend Smokey, smoking marijuana and drinking on the front porch of his parents house. Things get interesting when Smokey brings Craig into a “little”, or rather not so little problem of his. Smokey owes local drug dealer Big Worm $200 on that Friday night by ten o'clock p.m. for smoking, rather than selling the marijuana that Big Worm gave to him, or else they'd both be killed. The movie details all the of

appliances. The interesting thing is that to break the idea of this conformity, the beat generation rose and, then there were the beatniks. Beatnik had become the word to define the stereotype of the beat generation. People thought it to be the form of laziness in music, worn and tired form of the music generation. People have viewed them as slang-using, anti-materialistic, shallow, goateed, bongo-playing, black beret-wearing, jazz listening hipsters and reciting unintelligible poetry. But in reality,

4-to-1. Black slang is a form of informal spoken language whose origins are most often associated with African Americas. Slang is a way for young African Americans to express themselves. Many other races copy their expressions because they think it is cool. Some commonly used terms are words such as; gangsta, bling, grills, hang, hood, benjamins, dopes, aight, holla, crib, playa, roll up, straight, yo, and shawty. The Stereotype that Black women have bad attitudes is very common. In fact, it’s

vocabulary of the narrator and protagonist, Alex. Burgess, through his character Alex, uses the common or "proper" method of vernacular in certain situations, while uses his own inventive slang-language called "Nadsat" for others. Many

character Alex, uses the common or “proper” method of vernacular in certain situations, while uses his own inventive slang-language