Mark from Los Angeles, California, asks about gank, slang for stealing, as in ganking someone’s fries. The verb is strongly associated with African American Vernacular English and appears in hip-hop lyrics at least as early as a 1987 NWA song...
Brodie, or brody, means to casually swipe or yoink something small, like a pen, lighter, or cold bottle of water. Lynn in Philadelphia remembers classmates using it this way, and user-contributed slang entries plus some hip-hop lyrics point mostly...