spit game
v.— «Yo, every bitch I know they wanna get with me/The mothafuckin’ notorious D-R-E/Spit game at a bitch while a nigga’s around/And you know most hos knows not to clown.» —“Findum, Fuckum & Flee” by N.W.A. Niggaz4life May 27, 1991. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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