BUCK By MK Asante Group D Aisha Bloomfield

“BUCK” By: MK Asante Group D: Aisha Bloomfield Ca. Itlyn Williams Ashley Bates Rickya’h Brooks

Uzi Another word for a gun; Malo’s brother’s nickname Ex. “One day when Uzi was real mad at my dad, he told me if it ever came down to it, he’d fight my dad like “a stranger on the street”. (Pg. 14)

Killadelphia Another name for Philadelphia that describes the violence/ murder rate in West Philadelphia Ex. “The fall in Killadelphia. Outside is the color of corn bread and blood. ” (Pg. 1)

Clout Having a strong influence and the respect of peers; aka power Ex. “… Clout didn’t stop them from arresting you. Clout didn’t stop them from putting you in the hole”.

Pyro Someone who likes setting things on fire refers to themselves as Ex. “The pyros light the trash cans on fire around this time”. (Pg. 154)

Juking A form of dancing, usually at a party, where a girl dances with her butt against a boys penis Ex. “Little boys juking in the middle of the street, playing roughhouse, shooting at bottomless black crate tied to a phone pole”. (Pg. 113)

Mac. Gyver A famous 80’s action tv series; the main character was played by Richard Dean Anderson Ex. “Dah is like Uptown’s Mac. Gyver. ” (Pg. 114)

Jab Another word for a punch; also used as a term for $100 worth of heroine Ex. “ He threw me a jab. “Fu** you gon’ do nephew? ” He said sizing me up like a fitted hat. ” (Pg. 19)

Ginga Another word for having “swag” Ex. “ When it comes to girls you gotta have Ginga gives you that bop in your step”. (Pg. 55)

Ganked To steal something Ex. “Once he even made a bulletproof vest out of Kevlar strips he ganked from some old Goodyear's”. (Pg. 114)

Essaywhuman A word used by The Roots rapper Blackthought; another word for saying “what? ” Ex. ““Looks ain’t everything – like a bad b***h could have that house in Virginia, you never know, ” says Scoop. “Essaywhuman? ” I say like Blackthought from The Roots. ”

Jugulars Used to describe large breasts Ex. “He will go for the jugular and not think anything about it. ” (Pg. 105)

Rendezvous Usually a secret meeting between two lovers Ex. “…the woman who took me to a house where she had a rendezvous with a lover. ” (Pg. 73)

Unc A shorter term for “uncle” Ex. “Life is all about ass… You’re either covering it, laughing it off, kicking it, kissing it, busting it for some white man at the job, or getting some, ” says Malo’s unc. (Pg. 19)

Jawn A word that can mean anything; person, place, or thing Ex. “The other day I was at the jawn around the corner with a young jawn around the street. We get to the jawn, right, and the ngh at the door is all on his jawn, not knowing I had that jawn on me. Man, it was about to be on in that jawn. ”(Pg. 4)