hmmm, as far as dialect some stuff we say in the Bay compared to some of this stuff others have posted:
"basement" rather than "cellar." But many people don't have basements, and the equivalent area is the garage instead. Like a ground level garage-basement combo below the house...which is usually just called "the garage."
"corner store" rather than "bodega." If you want alcohol, "corner store" often turns into "liqour store." Gotta love living in a state where alcohol can be sold anywhere, rather than just in state run stores.
"swim suit" and "bathing suit" are pretty interchangable to me, i use both.
The only widely used regional slang i can think of for the Bay Area is "hella." It's a very versatile word. example:
"we got hella beer, and got hella wasted, as we watched hella stupid movies for hella long!"
"was it fun?"
"hella!"
"did you throw up?"
"hella!"
"did you pass out?"
"yeah...i hella did."
When it comes to the hip-hop/ghetto world in the Bay Area though, the slang is on a whole other level. There's a DICTIONARY of Bay Area slang. I'll list the stuff in the numbers section, and A through C...and the rest is here:
Bay Area Hip Hop Dictionary
151- Stands for 151 Bacardi, which is the amount of proof in it, also pronouced One-Five-One
22B- 22nd bryant st gang (norteno gang in the mission district in san francisco)
415 - 415 is the area code for San Francisco. It roughly describes the physical area of San Francisco City. 415 used to be the area code for the Bay Area, but is now broken into several area codes. 415 is also the name of a now defunked group out of Oakland, featuring Richi Rich.
6-9 Village - The 69th street projects in East Oakland (Longwood Gardens).
707 - North bay
850 - 850 Bryant, San Francisco is the address for the San Francisco County Jail. It stands omniously in SOMA, and can be seen from the freeway to the Bay Bridge. Many San Francisco rappers refer to this building as 850.
925 - the Co Co county
3100 - Hardest street in West Oakland.
5150 - Crazy.
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A-1 Yola - Top notch cocaine.
AK-13 - Sureno.
AK-14 - Norteno.
Adam One- Popos code for the area of South Side San Jose which has the highest drug rate in the city
All gravity - All good.
All gravy - All good.
All raw - Clean, bustin, off tha hook.
A.O.B - All on yo ***** or all on a *****.
Archie Bunker - Bammer weed.
B -------------------------------------------------
B-town - Berkeley, CA.
Backwood or Wood - kind of cigar used in blunt-making
Bag Chaser - one whose sole purpose is to smoke someone else's dope.
Bag Hoe - A female who will do anything for the sack.
Ballin' - Short for balling. i.e. Boss Baller.
Bama - Someone who does not know how to dress. For example, someone who wears a red shirt with bust up no name jeans
Bammer - Bad, Phony. Made infamous by RBL's classic "Don't Give Me No Bammer Weed."
Bangin' - Top notch female.
Bangin' - To hustle.
Bap - Pu**y.
Barkin - Telling everybody about what you own.
Base - Weak.
Batch - A ***** (E-40 and B-Legit)
BD - Baby daddy.
Bedrock block - Page Street in Fillmore district, San Francisco
Beezy - A b*tch, female.
Bendas - Girls who will love to bend open there legs for just about anyone.
B.F.O - Brother from Oakland.
B.G. - Bruno Gangstas.
Big burd (bird) - Leader, one who runs things, boss.
Big Willie - Someone who has a big ego.
Blade - A sucka.
Bleezy - Blunt.
Blood(pronounced bluhh) - Refers to your friend, not necessarily gang related.
Blud, blood-friend - Someone you associate with patnuh, friend.
BM - Baby mama.
Bobbles - Giving head.
Bomb - weed
Boo - Lover.
Bop or Bopa - Girl who will have sex with anyone.
Bopper - Hoe.
Boofer - Any beezy that looks ugly.
Bootie - Bad, phony. Made infamous by E-40 and the Click.
Bootie Crack Corn - Bad, phony.
Bootlegs - Beezy with a p***y that a burn yo dick.
Bootsie - Bad, phony. Made infamous by E-40 and the Click.
Boostin Mine - makin me feel good.
Boarderline - A corrner in San Fransico sunnydale
Boss - A hog ass ni**a . About his scratch and quick to check a batch.
Boss Baller - A real big baller
Boss Head - A ***** dat gives head.
Box Chevy - Mali, Mob (caprice classic).
Bootch - A ***** (E-40 and B-Legit)
Bruce Banner - Hypnotiq & Hennessy.
Bubble- Any luxury car with tha bubbled out eyes.
Bubbling - Rising up, coming up. Bubbling under.
Bucket - An old beat up car.
The Burg - Stands for the city of Pittsburg, home to rappers such as the Mob Figaz, Laze, and Bobby Blake
Bluebird - Refering to something that is hassling or bothering you. It could refer to anything from the police to a nagging girlfriend.
Blurp - When the cops roll up and hit the sirens.
Breakin pockets - When a ***** be gettin hella money from hella hoes makin dem broke.
Breezy - Female, broad.
Broccoli - Marajuana, weed.
Burners - A cellular telephone that is being used illegally.
Bushrod - Area of North Oakland.
Buster - Describing a person that is fake or a phony. Someone who does not deserve respect.
Buster Brown - People that hang around when they're not wanted.
Buster Keaton - Describing a person that is fake or a phony. Someone who does not deserve respect.
Butch - ***** ass ni**a.
B.V.'s - Mid rise apartments that got shut down in 2003(Buena Vista and 5th).
Bytches- a word used when you are angry at someone but cannot cuz because of certain people around you
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Cabbage - Money.
Cake - Cocaine.
Cake - Ass.
Candy shop - A place in the projects where they sell drugs or guns.
C-Note - $100 bill
C- Park or Cresents - Crescent Park in the South side of Richmond.
C-side - Central Richmond.
C-town - Chinatown,
Cavi - Something really nice or good.
Captain Save-A-Hoe - Somebody who will do anything for women. A fool who will buy dinner, diamonds, pearls, clothing, etc because he thinks that he will get some play but always ends up alone.
Chaps - Hating on Nortenos.
Ca$h Flow Ca$tro Valley.
C.D.P - Central & Divisidero Players Fillmoe (Uptown).
Chalupas - Money.
Chassie - Women's body.
Cheddar - Money.
Chevs - Chevys, Caprice, or Impalas
Chewy - Marijuana laced with cocaine.
Chip - A cell phone that is stolen and therefore used to make illegal and free phone calls.
Chong - marijuana laced with crack cocaine.
Choppin' it up - Having a conversation: talking
Chrome - Chrome or gold rims
Cithas - Used as a scapegoat when telling fabricated such tales or realy wanting something to be in one's possesion like "I went to great america yesterday" "no you didn't" Yeah i ded ni**a on cithas i was there with my cousin and them" and im tryin'g to get them new Jordans cuz on cithas.
City of Dope - Oakland, California
Click Clack - An automatic weapon of any kind.
Clean - When somethin hella tight.
Co Co county - Contra Costa County
College Park - Hood in North Vallejo.
Colliflower - Marijuana.
Collie - Marijuana
****-Blockin' - Playa hatin'.
Contact - intoxication by second hand smoke.
Chop Suey- Chinese AK.
Come-up - Jackin' nice things or make money sellin' dope.
Crackin' - A fine female.
Crescents - Crescent Park (in tha Rich).
Crestside - Neighborhood in Vallejo.
CT - Chinatown.
Cuddie - Folks from Vallejo's Crestside District.
Cuddie Bang - Pineapple juice, gin, bacardi, lime ,and tanquery.
Cuddies - Homies, folks, friends (Mac Mall)
Cup Caking - Spending time with a girl.
Cut bang - Cutlas.
Cuttie - old school cutlass.
Cuttys - Cutlass Supreme.
Cuzzo - A friend.