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Bookmark or Share- What do you call slapping someone at the back of their headDope slap is the most common expression I know for striking someone in the back of the head with an open palm. The b -expression, which I will not repeat, usually refers to a different kind of strike, typically a backhand across the face (or am I thinking of the pimp slap?).
- Origin of current slang usage of the word 'sick' to mean 'great'?This question ought to be reopened, because the current answers are basically wrong. Whether or not other usage in youth culture pre-dates it, sick became slang for pretty much the opposite of what it traditionally means in the late '90s in South London, with predominantly black kids into the 'grime' music scene, which in turn spawned the 'dubstep' music scene.
- etymology - English Language & Usage Stack ExchangeTo some extent, the word appears to be interchangeable with dope. One thing that seems odd to me is that it often seems to occur next to the word "fam." I'm wondering what the relevance of this connection is. Examples of "fire" This song is so fire. My goodness. Twitter; I play this tune more than once each day. The whole Ep is fire!!! Twitter
- What does the phrase "Fee-fi-fo-fum" actually mean?How about Fee, Fye, Pho, ƒum?Fee being the lesser of the Golden Section (or a value of 0.6180339), Fye being the greater of the Golden Section (or a value of 2.6180339), Pho being a shorthand for Fibonacci or Phyllotaxis, and ƒum being the word sum when written in old script.
- slang - What is the etymology of "dope" meaning excellent, great ...In 1981, ‘dope’ made the leap from noun to adjective and, more importantly, from negative connotation to positive connotation, coming to mean excellent in the lexicon of the emerging hip-hop culture. The process by which dope became good is known as inversion or incongruity. Slang functions as an anti-language.
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