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Thread #82629   Message #1514135
Posted By: GUEST,Azizi
02-Jul-05 - 08:49 AM
Thread Name: Slang & Other Colloquialisms in Music
Subject: RE: Slang & Other Colloquialisms in Music
Further explanation of OPP:

If the definition is #1 or #2 as listed above, the question is
"Do you "mess around" with a person who 'belongs to' someone else?

{Another way to ask this question is: Do you 'creep around with' other men's women? "Creep" here means to sneak around and have sex with a woman who supposedly is in a committed relationship with another man. * Other terms for being in a committed relationship are "being hooked up with" and "going with".

If the definition is # 3, the question is "Are you 'hip to' [aware of] the latest gossip about someone?

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* Off topic, but I believe that when Monica Lewinsky said that former President Clinton was 'her creep', she was using this Hip-Hop definition for 'creep'. But folks who weren't "down with the lingo" thought she was saying that Bill Clinton was a 'creep' meaning, he wasn't a very nice guy.

It just goes to show ya that you have to be down with the real nitty gritty in order to really be in the know.


Peace out!

Azizi