block hang
v.— «Block hang v.—This is the recreation of choice during the day. There’s nothing better than block hangin’ out front of your favorite corner store or housing project with some cuddies and dosia rolled up in a vega.» —“Bay Area Slang” by Christopher Abad Ambient Empire (California) Nov. 11, 2004. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
What if, instead of being an inanimate object, a dictionary were alive? That’s the idea behind a lavishly illustrated new children’s book called The Dictionary Story (Bookshop|Amazon) by Oliver Jeffers and Sam Winston. This is part of a...
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