streets of rage

Featured an evil ninja called Shiva, which was playable on SOR3.

Shiva was the strongest character in the game you could play as by a long shot, and the coolest.

Shiva slaughtered the punk with his 'Final Crash' move.

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word on the street

information or gossip derived from sources outside mainstream society, usually judged as more reliable by the criminal underclass and mafiosi/gangster-types.

Carlo Bartolucci: That phone call I got, it came from outside high walls and fancy gates; it comes from a place you know about maybe from the movies. But I come from out there, and everybody out there knows, everybody lies: cops lie, newspapers lie, parent's lyin'. The one thing you can count on - word on the street... yeah, that's solid.

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street ball

Basketball....played on urban courts where skills are put to the test with the best streetball player's.

Im goin down to Rucker to play some street ball.

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Street Chicken

noun - Winged, city-dwelling dirty-birdy; also known as a PIGEON to the majority of the USA.

The Street Chicken is often shunned and avoided by most of us, most likely because of its tendency to live in rather filthy and seemingly plague-ridden conditions. Alternately, within the transient/homeless population of dense urban areas, they are considered to be quite the fine delicacy.

Hobo Moe: Hey Jack! I ain't been able ta squeeze no cash from these pancakin' rich folks 'round here n' I'm hongry.. Whatcha say we go......huntin'?

Hobo Joe: nnnnrrrratchet!! nnnrrrrBALLS!!! Ahh, yeah I'm witcha on that. I got mah huntin' gear right 'ere. nnnnrrrflakjacket!!

(Hobo Joe pulls a long, strangely twisted wire-hanger from a large drawstring bag; the end of the hanger is twisted into a small loop, probably so as to catch a fleeing street chicken by the neck)

Hobo Moe: Okay buddy, I got mine, too. Let's get to it; I can already taste it! And I already got us some Street Seasoning.

Hobo Joe: Oh me too! Over at the In 'n Out lot nnnnrrrcrchalkfinger!!! Hey I see a flock of 'em right over there; LET'S GET 'EM nnnrrrrrCRAPCAKES!!!

Hobo Moe: AAAAAHHHHH! (charging the flock)

Hobo Joe: homina homina homina woob woob woob nyuck nyuck nyooooo.....

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Street Sweeper

Contrary to popular belief, a "street-sweeper" is not just a large-capacity compact shotgun; the term also includes most automatic compact firearms as well (Ex: Uzi, MAC-10, Ak-47, etc). The term "street-sweeper" was given to these weapons because they are capable of spraying an alley or narrow street in one "sweep" (usually without even releasing the trigger or changing clips).

"...and if it's major,
hit me on my pager,
I'll load up the creeper,
and pop a clip into this Street Sweeper!"

--Squab

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street smart

Strictly defined, "Street Smart" describes a person with knowledge gained by experience rather than education.

In practical application, "Street Smart" is what stupid people claim to be in order to save face when their stupidity comes to light. It is effective in that regard, as it can not be disproved and places the individual in a higher regard than someone who is "Book Smart" by promoting their nebulous "Smarts" as being more practical than the well-educated individual's.

In the context of psychology, the claim of being "Street Smart" when an individual's stupidity is made apparent is vital to preserving their mental well-being. Most people have been engineered to have the fragile type of high self-esteem, which is self-esteem developed in the absence of actual merit that would warrant high self-esteem. As a part of this fragile self-esteem, the person will believe that they are smart regardless of real intelligence, and when that person's iteration of reality is threatened (i.e. their stupidity is made apparent) the psyche protects itself by assuring the individual that what they've been told all their life (that they are smart) is still true by denying this new and conflicting information (their obvious stupidity) and substituting it with an alternative reality, thus avoiding much Cognitive Dissonance (mental pain that results from beliefs not matching reality) and so averting a psychic break. To summarize in a quote, "I reject your reality and replace it with my own."

Lance: "The world is flat." Or whatever.
David: "No, the world is round. That's how we have a horizon. In any case, we've been to space and seen it for ourselves. Many, many times. Dumbass."
Lance: "WHATEVER I'M NOT BOOK SMART I'M STREET SMART"

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street leet

Also known as str33t 1337. In the early days, leet speak was a form of expression to prevent others from understanding certain texts written by crackers. Over the years, it has become a "hip" way of speaking, and more recently has been adopted by the e-gangsta community as the ultimate form of language bastardization known to mankind. Street leet is the translation of regular street language into leet speak, giving the user a sense that he is not only "gangsta" but also appeals to the nerd-dom of the internet.

Unfortunately, this is the single hardest language to understand, as street language often uses made-up words or even unrelated words to refer to a specific action or object and leet speak turns this already semi-fictional speech into a combination of letters, numbers and available keyboard symbols to make up the already barely discernable meaning of the text or sentence in question.

"Y() th335 B33Ch b3 al1 up 1n /\/\4h GrI11z, 51pP1N 0N 173 DR-1nK, G!" is an example of Street Leet.

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