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'Dale
DEFINITION:
Short for Sunnydale, a public housing in the southern part of San Francisco
- PRIMARY ORIGIN:
- United States >
- California >
- Northern California
- City: San Francisco
'ish
DEFINITION:
Mutation of the word "shit" (loss of the final consonant and a switching, or metathesis, of the first two sounds). Refers to general stuff, things, etc.
- PRIMARY ORIGIN:
- United States
- City: Various Cities
151
DEFINITION:
Stands for Bacardi 151, referring to the proof of the product. Allso pronounced "One-Five-One"
- PRIMARY ORIGIN:
- United States >
- California >
- Northern California
- City: The Bay Area
3100
DEFINITION:
Refers to 31st Street, a notoriously rough street in West Oakland, a neighborhood best known as a center of the Black Panthers movement in the 1960's.
- PRIMARY ORIGIN:
- United States >
- California >
- Northern California
- City: West Oakland
415
DEFINITION:
415 is the telephone area code for San Francisco, as well as portions of neighboring Brisbane and Daly City; and Marin County (across the Golden Gate Bridge to the north). Sometimes is pronounced as "four-fittaleeny"
415 is also the name of a now defunked group out of Oakland, featuring Richi Rich
- PRIMARY ORIGIN:
- United States >
- California >
- Northern California
- City: San Francisco
5-0
DEFINITION:
One of many terms used to describe the police. It is widely used outside of Los Angeles as well.
- PRIMARY ORIGIN:
- United States >
- California >
- Southern California
- City: Los Angeles
505
DEFINITION:
The area code of the entire state of New Mexico, though many rappers claiming 505 are usually referring principally to the city of Albuquerque. However, 505 works well because there is a high degree of state unity in New Mexico due to its low population.
- PRIMARY ORIGIN:
- United States >
- Southwest >
- New Mexico
5150
DEFINITION:
Crazy, insane, etc.
- PRIMARY ORIGIN:
- United States >
- California >
- Northern California
- City: The Bay Area
6-9 Village
DEFINITION:
The 69th street projects in East Oakland (Longwood Gardens)
- PRIMARY ORIGIN:
- United States >
- California >
- Northern California
- City: Oakland
707
DEFINITION:
Area code that encompasses a large area north and east of the San Francisco Bay Area, including the Napa Valley and Humboldt County. In Hiphop, it is most often used in the context of representing North/East Bay areas in the coverage zone, particularly the city of Vallejo which is home to a number of Bay Area rappers, such as E-40 and Mac Dre.
- PRIMARY ORIGIN:
- United States >
- California >
- Northern California
- City: The Bay Area