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inter-sploosie

inter-sploosie  n.— «A punter “squeezing” a sequential threesome in hearts, along with a disposable “bush-card” and the ten, queen and king of clubs, requiring only the jack in that suit to “sing” rummy...

cuddie

cuddie  n.— «Cuddie (n.): A close friend or relative, derived from “Cousin”; anyone from Vallejo’s Crestside neighborhood (cf. Mac Mall, Illegal Business?, 1993).» —“The Politics of “Hyphy”” by Eric...

mobb music

mobb music  n.— «Bay Area rap flourished in Dre’s absence, evolving from the East Coast-influenced sound of the Strictly Business era to the slower tempos and keyboard-heavy funky slumper beats of what became known as mobb music...

thuggish ruggish

thuggish ruggish  adj.— «Mac Dre also knew drama—quite personally. He grew up extra-mannish in the thuggish, ruggish Crestside district of Vallejo; his formative years coincided with the mid-‘80s introduction of the crack cocaine economy...

po-po

po-po
 n.— «His notoriety meant he was constantly sweated by the V-town po-pos.» —“Requiem for a Mac” by Eric K. Arnold East Bay Express (California) Nov. 10, 2004. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

slumper

slumper  n.— «Bay Area rap flourished in Dre’s absence, evolving from the East Coast-influenced sound of the Strictly Business era to the slower tempos and keyboard-heavy funky slumper beats of what became known as mobb music...