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Welcome to E-com's version of Ebonics.
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We will go over 32 highly requested slang words and phrases you may have heard spoken among Black people.
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These words are used for the sole purpose of better understanding your favorite Black movies and musical artists.
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We highly recommend that you do not use these words in daily conversation,
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especially when you're conversing with Black people.
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But, you can enjoy learning Ebonics and improve your understanding of Black speech
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and learn more about Black culture with this lesson.
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I hope this will be a stepping stone into learning more about Black culture.
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Everyone ready? Let's begin.
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Today's word/phrase: aight.
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Now, usually aight is very self-explanatory.
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It just means, "Do you understand? Is it okay? Is it all right?"
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But, you can also use the word "K".
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Aight? K?
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K meaning OK. We just cut the O off of OK, and just went, "K?"
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Now, so you can do it properly, the conversational situation.
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Yo, yo, yo. Stay right there Aight!!!{K!!!}
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I got it, I got it…
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Hey man, Whacha gonna do with that thing?!!!
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I’ma gonna make my girl smile with this ~~~aight!!!
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Understand?
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Well, let's go through these real quickly-like.
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First situation, telling his boy, "Yo, stay right there. Just hold up. Wait, just stay right there, OK?"
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Instead of saying OK, saying to his boy, "Do you understand? Okay?"
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you just say, "Stay right there, K?" and his boy said, "I got it. I got it."
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Second example, he's talking to his man, "Yo! What is this thing you got here?"
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It could be a ring, it can be some kind of food he cooked for her, something special he made for her.
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And he said, "Yo man, whatcha gonna do with that thing?"
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And his friend says, "I'm gonna make my girl smile with this, aight!!"
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Do you understand me?
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Simple and plain.
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Got it? Good.
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Until next time, I'll hit you up with more Ebonics.
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I'm out. Peace.