This is off topic, but since you mentioned it...

Katlaughing, it's probable that persons other than Mudcat members read these discussions.

If members or guests from the USA and elsewhere are already familiar with the terms whose definitions I provide-from African American culture and from elsewhere- more power to them.

If some individuals now or later aren't familiar with those terms, then I believe that I have not wasted bandwidth in providing those definitions.

I certainly have learned some new terms as a result of reading various Mudcat threads. I hope that my including definitions is not interpreted that I am putting down Mudcat's readership.

That would be the wrong interpretation.