Pop culture references are what they are: popular. Black celebrities, specifically, seem to have created their own personal lexicon lately. It's almost guaranteed you will hear one of these words whenever a black celebrity is being interviewed...
(not necessarily in any order)
#1 Organic ^
#2 Barack #
#3 "It ain’t trickin if you got it" @
#4 Homage !
#5 Twitter %
Legend
^ This could be my favorite one.
# I swear I even heard a baby say this the other day on the train
@ Can count at least 10 songs off-hand with that phrase in it
! Did it not spark a conversation between someone you know about how it's pronounced?
% Black celebrities have really gotten out of control with this (cue Holly Robinson Peete; you know, Ms. 21 Jump Street)
If you don't know the story, link - http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=granderson/090709
I can only wait with bated breath for the next must-have words to incorporate into my daily conversation.
P.S - By the way, this blog post was 100% organic.
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