Online slang resources?

I love slang. Hell, all writers should love slang. It’s language, organic and evolving, colorful and entertaining. Plus it can do this: Add a sense of verisimilitude to the characters we craft.

So when I saw this NY Post article on gang slang, it occurred to me, why not do a GITS post where we could aggregate online slang resources?

Here is a taste from the NY Post piece:

Adidas: “All Day I Destroy a Slob.” This from the Crips, a gang of about 3,200 in New York who have taken to wearing T-shirts from the sports apparel company instead of identifying themselves with their signature blue hats and bandanas. The phrase is a boast aimed at their main rivals, the Bloods, a gang of 7,000 whom they derisively call “slobs.”

Biscuit: A gun. “Ya gotta biscuit?” is used by street and motorcycle gangs. Other terms for gun: gat, nine (for the 9-mm handgun), puppy (among Jamaicans) and pump (for shotgun).

Crab: The Bloods’ term for Crips. “It’s a way to disrespect them,” says Savelli. Crab is the sexually transmitted variety.

Drinking milk: A Crip term for targeting or killing a rival, stolen from the Bloods in the 1990s, when jailed Blood members devised a way to disrespect others in prison — by stealing food off their tray or drinking their milk. It’s now used widely by various gangs.

Helpful if you are writing a gritty urban character.

What other online slang resources do you use? Please post them in comments.

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