ebonics

n. Complex language made up of slang terms. Usually spoken in the ghetto.

Ebonics: Why you all up in my grill yo?

English: Why are you invading my personal space?

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ebonics

Also called African-American Vernacular English (AAVE)Black English, Black Vernacular, or Black English Vernacular (BEV). A creole of the American English language. Known colloquially as Ebonics, Ebo, or Jive. With pronunciation that in some respects is common to that of Southern American English, as the majority of the slaves' descendants first lived in the South. Spoken by many people of African descent in the United States and ethnic minorities worldwide. Shares many characteristics with various Creole English dialects spoken by people of African descent in much of the world. NOT simply "bad English", as it has grammatical origins in, and pronunciation characteristics in common with, various West African languages.

NOT the same as urban or hip-hop slang ("izzle's", crack-a-lackin'), although urban slang has been greatly influenced by AAVE

Ebonics has contributed to Standard American English words of African origin ("gumbo", "goober", "yam", "banjo", "bogus") and slang expressions ("cool," "hip," "hep cat").

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ebonics

A type of slang language mainly used by African Americans.

Hey yo, let's go rob dat bank and shoot dat person and smoke dat weed yo.

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Ebone

Strong black male, strong black man thats dominant in worldly views, a person bringing insight to the unwise.

You can look deep into Ebone's eyes and see the strength he holds. Ebone is very intelligent and holds a lot of wisdom. Ebone brings a lot of insight to the table.

Ebone

Strong black male, known to fuck a MATHA

FU-CKA UP!

That man, Ebone is one strong man, if you disrespect him in his face, he's known to fu-ck a person up.

ebonics

Code spoken by negroes that the white men can't understand. The overall language revolves around a diabloical plot to take over the entertainment portion of America. In short, it is a mistake to even call this a language, but it is a joke.

Shizzle? What the hell is Shizzle?

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Ebonics

A dialect of English used primarily by African Americans but also used by others in urban settings. Definitions that characterize ebonics as a bastardized form of English are chauvinistic and promote division and hatred. The existence of ebonics is probably a primary reason for this site's existence.

"Hell-yizzel to the shizzel-nizzel"
"Fo-shizzel!"

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