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Slang? "Cramping my style"
Hi!
In a recent hit - "Caught up" - from r'n'b/hip-hop artist Usher, one sentence of the lyrics goes
"My homies say this girl is crampin' my style"
and after googling a bit I noticed that "cramping my style" is used quite often. I'm guessing that this means something bad like "having a bad influence on my image" or something like that, but I might be far off in that guess.
I also searched a little in the Urban Dictionary and found a few usages but no explanation.
So, can anyone please tell me what it means?
Regards,
Henrik
In a recent hit - "Caught up" - from r'n'b/hip-hop artist Usher, one sentence of the lyrics goes
"My homies say this girl is crampin' my style"
and after googling a bit I noticed that "cramping my style" is used quite often. I'm guessing that this means something bad like "having a bad influence on my image" or something like that, but I might be far off in that guess.
I also searched a little in the Urban Dictionary and found a few usages but no explanation.
So, can anyone please tell me what it means?
Regards,
Henrik
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[nq:1]Hi! In a recent hit - "Caught up" - from r'n'b/hip-hop artist Usher, one sentence of the lyrics goes "My ... the Urban Dictionary and found a few usages but no explanation.
- [nq:1]Hi!
- In a recent hit - "Caught up" - from r'n'b/hip-hop artist Usher, one sentence of the lyrics goes "My ...
- the Urban Dictionary and found a few usages but no explanation.
- [/nq] It means "interfering with my freedom" or "constraining my actions".
- His homies (I have no idea what a homie is) are telling him that his girl is restricting him, for example keeping him from going out at night or stopping him from seeing his friends.
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[nq:1]Hi! In a recent hit - "Caught up" - from r'n'b/hip-hop artist Usher, one sentence of the lyrics goes "My ... the Urban Dictionary and found a few usages but no explanation. So, can anyone please tell me what it means?[/nq]
It means "interfering with my freedom" or "constraining my actions". His homies (I have no idea what a homie is) are telling him that his girl is restricting him, for
It means "interfering with my freedom" or "constraining my actions". His homies (I have no idea what a homie is) are telling him that his girl is restricting him, for
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[nq:2]Hi! In a recent hit - "Caught up" - from ... explanation. So, can anyone please tell me what it means?[/nq]
[nq:1]It means "interfering with my freedom" or "constraining my actions". His homies (I have no idea what a homie is)[/nq]
It is street slang for "friend"
[nq:1]It means "interfering with my freedom" or "constraining my actions". His homies (I have no idea what a homie is)[/nq]
It is street slang for "friend"
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[nq:2]It means "interfering with my freedom" or "constraining my actions". His homies (I have no idea what a homie is)[/nq]
[nq:1]It is street slang for "friend"[/nq]
Not on my street, it isn't.
David
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[nq:1]It is street slang for "friend"[/nq]
Not on my street, it isn't.
David
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[nq:2]It is street slang for "friend"[/nq]
[nq:1]Not on my street, it isn't.[/nq]
A "homie", or "home", or "home boy" was originally a reference to a person from the speaker's neighborhood. It's been expanded in AmBlackE to mean just about other black person. Whites have picked it up, but it's about like a guy born and raised in Minnesota saying "Cheers, Old Chap."
Tony Cooper
[nq:1]Not on my street, it isn't.[/nq]
A "homie", or "home", or "home boy" was originally a reference to a person from the speaker's neighborhood. It's been expanded in AmBlackE to mean just about other black person. Whites have picked it up, but it's about like a guy born and raised in Minnesota saying "Cheers, Old Chap."
Tony Cooper
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[nq:2]Hi! In a recent hit - "Caught up" - from ... explanation. So, can anyone please tell me what it means?[/nq]
[nq:1]It means "interfering with my freedom" or "constraining my actions". His homies (I have no idea what a homie is) are telling him that his girl is restricting him, for example keeping him from going out at night or stopping him from seeing his friends.[/nq]
Then there was
[nq:1]It means "interfering with my freedom" or "constraining my actions". His homies (I have no idea what a homie is) are telling him that his girl is restricting him, for example keeping him from going out at night or stopping him from seeing his friends.[/nq]
Then there was
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[nq:2]Not on my street, it isn't.[/nq]
[nq:1]A "homie", or "home", or "home boy" was originally a reference to a person from the speaker's neighborhood. It's been ... Whites have picked it up, but it's about like a guy born and raised in Minnesota saying "Cheers, Old Chap."[/nq]
Cheers, old chap.
David
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replace usenet with the
[nq:1]A "homie", or "home", or "home boy" was originally a reference to a person from the speaker's neighborhood. It's been ... Whites have picked it up, but it's about like a guy born and raised in Minnesota saying "Cheers, Old Chap."[/nq]
Cheers, old chap.
David
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replace usenet with the
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[nq:1]Then there was the graffito that went "Making love in a Volkswagen could cramp your style." CDB[/nq]
obAUE: it's always seemed strange to me that US "Volkswagen" means Volkswagen Beetle. The graffito above doesn't make a lot of sense to me with my UK English "Volkswagen", as this could mean a Passat, a Touareg or even what the USians call a "microbus". Come to think of it, plenty of Volk
obAUE: it's always seemed strange to me that US "Volkswagen" means Volkswagen Beetle. The graffito above doesn't make a lot of sense to me with my UK English "Volkswagen", as this could mean a Passat, a Touareg or even what the USians call a "microbus". Come to think of it, plenty of Volk
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[nq:2]Then there was the graffito that went "Making love in a Volkswagen could cramp your style." CDB[/nq]
[nq:1]obAUE: it's always seemed strange to me that US "Volkswagen" means Volkswagen Beetle. The graffito above doesn't make a lot ... USians call a "microbus". Come to think of it, plenty of Volk must have made love in a VW camper.[/nq]
I saw the aphorism in question about 40 years ag
[nq:1]obAUE: it's always seemed strange to me that US "Volkswagen" means Volkswagen Beetle. The graffito above doesn't make a lot ... USians call a "microbus". Come to think of it, plenty of Volk must have made love in a VW camper.[/nq]
I saw the aphorism in question about 40 years ag
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[nq:1]Hi! In a recent hit - "Caught up" - from r'n'b/hip-hop artist Usher, one sentence of the lyrics goes "My ... in the Urban Dictionary and found a fewusages but no explanation. So, can anyone please tell me what it means?[/nq]
"Crampin'" is phonetic spelling for "cramping" with the "-ing" sound replaced by "-in," as it is in some dialects and very often by standard speakers. I have just ta
"Crampin'" is phonetic spelling for "cramping" with the "-ing" sound replaced by "-in," as it is in some dialects and very often by standard speakers. I have just ta
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[nq:2]Then there was the graffito that went "Making love in a Volkswagen could cramp your style." CDB[/nq]
[nq:1]obAUE: it's always seemed strange to me that US "Volkswagen" means Volkswagen Beetle. The graffito above doesn't make a lot ... USians call a "microbus". Come to think of it, plenty of Volk must have made love in a VW camper.[/nq]
That's today, but not when this type of saying o
[nq:1]obAUE: it's always seemed strange to me that US "Volkswagen" means Volkswagen Beetle. The graffito above doesn't make a lot ... USians call a "microbus". Come to think of it, plenty of Volk must have made love in a VW camper.[/nq]
That's today, but not when this type of saying o
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