merk
v.— «The sad thing is, if Big-L wasn’t a rapper then niggas wouldn’t even care that he got merked. Theres hundreds of kids everyday that get slain just like that in ghettos across the country.» —“This Big-L thing” by GoldenChild Usenet: rec.music.hip-hop Feb. 17, 1999. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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