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Oxford Is Creating an 'African American Dictionary,' and the First 10 Words Were Just Announced
thefederalistpapers.org ^ | June 3, 2023 | Richard Moorhead

Posted on 06/03/2023 2:02:04 PM PDT by lowbridge

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To: dfwgator
One of the funniest things ever on TV.


41 posted on 06/03/2023 3:02:02 PM PDT by DoodleBob ( Gravity’s waiting period is about 9.8 m/s²)
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To: lowbridge
leave it to our prestigious institutions to endorse the lowest common denominator of society's ebonics.

Instead of them insisting the tribes learn, they make smart people speak stupid...

42 posted on 06/03/2023 3:03:42 PM PDT by sit-rep
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To: dfwgator

How did you know? I guess they only have 10 words in the dictionary so far.


43 posted on 06/03/2023 3:04:17 PM PDT by Pocketdoor
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To: Pearls Before Swine

Axe.
Nuvsed muvfuq!


44 posted on 06/03/2023 3:04:23 PM PDT by Michigan Bowhunter
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To: Steely Tom

Ha. I don’t condone violence. I would have been the one to receive the punishment; well deserved, too.


45 posted on 06/03/2023 3:08:26 PM PDT by frank ballenger (You have summoned up a thundercloud. You're gonna hear from me. Anthem by Leonard Cohen)
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To: lowbridge

Legitimizing and endorsing ignorance and stupidity. How very democrat party to keep the black man down...


46 posted on 06/03/2023 3:14:19 PM PDT by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes)
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To: dfwgator

In living Color, LOL.


47 posted on 06/03/2023 3:18:22 PM PDT by yuleeyahoo (The nation which can prefer disgrace to danger is prepared for a master and deserves one. Hamilton)
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To: dfwgator

Dat be true massa!


48 posted on 06/03/2023 3:20:22 PM PDT by ealgeone
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To: MtnClimber

‘notme’ - the next word.
‘Datsdatroof’ - the following word.


49 posted on 06/03/2023 3:30:01 PM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: lowbridge

“Tree-fitty”


50 posted on 06/03/2023 3:33:26 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: DownInFlames

#4 is spelled “sheee-it”


51 posted on 06/03/2023 3:34:11 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: lowbridge

Ya heardz meh


52 posted on 06/03/2023 3:59:07 PM PDT by SeafoodGumbo
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To: lowbridge

Fred Sanford would have called them all big dummies for doing this


53 posted on 06/03/2023 4:07:02 PM PDT by HereInTheHeartland (Have you seen Joe Biden's picture on a milk carton?)
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To: HereInTheHeartland

Fred would have given ‘em Five Across Their Lip.


54 posted on 06/03/2023 4:08:17 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: AndyJackson

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fijggq5R6w

Research material


55 posted on 06/03/2023 4:10:35 PM PDT by Sarcazmo (I live by the Golden Rule. As applied by others; I'm not selfish.)
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To: dfwgator

Yep, Fred wouldn’t have wanted his family to talk like ghetto trash.


56 posted on 06/03/2023 4:18:01 PM PDT by HereInTheHeartland (Have you seen Joe Biden's picture on a milk carton?)
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To: Steely Tom
There was a lady in the booth who would measure the stick's width, to make sure it was exactly one finger.

Thumb, not finger. The abusive males were following the "Rule of thumb."

57 posted on 06/03/2023 4:24:32 PM PDT by TChad (Progressives are in favor of removing healthy sex organs from children. Conservatives oppose this.)
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To: Sarcazmo
Really, dude? I could have gone the rest of my life without seeing that.

At least one thing no one will be able to accuse me of is cultural misapproriation.

58 posted on 06/03/2023 4:28:34 PM PDT by AndyJackson
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To: DownInFlames

Foshizzle.


59 posted on 06/03/2023 4:46:22 PM PDT by crusty old prospector
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

Is it the guy in the creepy white porcelain mask looking at Bummer from around the tree?

(Pareidolia is a crazy thing.)


60 posted on 06/03/2023 4:46:22 PM PDT by gnarledmaw (Hive minded liberals worship leaders, sovereign conservatives elect servavevnts.)
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