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Re: Why do people into dubstep say easy?

Posted: Fri Mar 11, 2011 4:27 pm
by Neptune
-[2]DAY_- wrote:lol ...
but could someone explain "safe" ?
Safe can also mean thank you.

Re: Why do people into dubstep say easy?

Posted: Fri Mar 11, 2011 4:45 pm
by deamonds
this thread is peak

Re: Why do people into dubstep say easy?

Posted: Fri Mar 11, 2011 4:56 pm
by LA_Boxers
makerowner wrote:
snypadub wrote:Like a fair few words throw about nowadays Easy and safe come from gang culture (proper gang culture not people acting all gangsta).
Safe and easy being greetings the long hand of each would be along the lines of, 'hey, everything safe, no feds or rivals about?'
'Hey hows it going, everything easy (ie not had a tough day on the streets)'

Not a gangsta myself, far from it but this is where the words have their roots.

Was going to do an essay on street slang etymology next year at uni actually.
:lol:

And why do the kids say bad when they mean good? I hope someone can explain all this slang for us.
Bad = Bad Ass......I assume.

Re: Why do people into dubstep say easy?

Posted: Fri Mar 11, 2011 5:47 pm
by profound
kli1 wrote:
wicked tune!

Re: Why do people into dubstep say easy?

Posted: Fri Mar 11, 2011 7:08 pm
by Caski
i prefer "evening maam" or "evening bro-step"

Re: Why do people into dubstep say easy?

Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2011 4:12 am
by makerowner
LA_Boxers wrote:
makerowner wrote:
snypadub wrote:Like a fair few words throw about nowadays Easy and safe come from gang culture (proper gang culture not people acting all gangsta).
Safe and easy being greetings the long hand of each would be along the lines of, 'hey, everything safe, no feds or rivals about?'
'Hey hows it going, everything easy (ie not had a tough day on the streets)'

Not a gangsta myself, far from it but this is where the words have their roots.

Was going to do an essay on street slang etymology next year at uni actually.
:lol:

And why do the kids say bad when they mean good? I hope someone can explain all this slang for us.
Bad = Bad Ass......I assume.
I thought it was because ganstas think it's good to be bad. But I'm not a gansta myself, so I couldn't say...

Re: Why do people into dubstep say easy?

Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2011 6:38 am
by d'brickashaw ferguson
It's just London slang.

Re: Why do people into dubstep say easy?

Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2011 6:47 am
by chefugee
Caski wrote:i prefer "evening maam" or "evening bro-step"

:lol:

Re: Why do people into dubstep say easy?

Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2011 11:13 am
by truefiktion
Even though Im now in Bournemouth I still use all my south east london slang. I say 'allow it' a lot and no one really understands me lol i say safe and easy loads and if im sayin bye i say 'in a bit' but not sure thats a london term. i say 'innit' loads still too.

now this isnt slang but i say 'sort of thing' soooo much and it doesnt even make sense, in context: 'i like dubstep but sometimes i wake up and just want to listen to DNB, sort of thing' and obviously the traditional 'like...you know..like'. Saying 'like' for no reason annoys me but i do it more than anyone haha

Re: Why do people into dubstep say easy?

Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2011 11:53 am
by scattybeanhead
it doesnt really have anything to do with dubstep... everyone says those words, where i live its just how people greet each other, even my mate with long hair who loves 80s rock and that says safe

Re: Why do people into dubstep say easy?

Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2011 1:26 pm
by hayze99
Why do people say "peace"?
Why do people say "see ya"?
Why do people say "goodbye"?

Linguistics. Shit's complicated. Where's noam?

Re: Why do people into dubstep say easy?

Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2011 2:07 pm
by Neptune
Oh Lord, I've gone to uni in the North, and NO ONE understands me. Stuff like beg, jog (you jogged me), dun noe, and I say isn't it at the end of most sentences. Also, I tried to pick up, (yeah, can I get a benz please) and the guy was like, wtf? You never really realise how different the North is until you go there.

Re: Why do people into dubstep say easy?

Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2011 2:10 pm
by capo ultra
ezmyrelda wrote:Easy, Eazy, EZ etc..

This is a sincere and straightforward question. This used to make me double take constantly because the first two letters of my name are ez and sometimes people call me Ez.

For those of you wondering who the fuck I am and why should I care and why should you explain something as random and trivial as this.. You don't have to. Like I said, It's a sincere question. I like and "attempt" to produce dubstep, and I like (some) and and attempt to produce brostep (hangs head in shame), and a variety of other stuff as well. I'm just a wandering student trying to fit different pieces of the puzzle together.

Random incidental note. I fucking hate the "I'm angry and I'm attempting to rape your face with a speaker cabinet because my mommy didn't love me." midrangey stuff. Midrange is cool and all but overly angry music makes me want to punch ducks. Which isn't cool.
no need for life story just ask the question

Re: Why do people into dubstep say easy?

Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2011 2:16 pm
by capo ultra
truefiktion wrote: Saying 'like' for no reason annoys me but i do it more than anyone haha
bet you don't like, 'like' is our bread and butter in Geordieland like :lol:

Re: Why do people into dubstep say easy?

Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2011 2:38 pm
by lylo
Neptune wrote:Oh Lord, I've gone to uni in the North, and NO ONE understands me. Stuff like beg, jog (you jogged me), dun noe, and I say isn't it at the end of most sentences. Also, I tried to pick up, (yeah, can I get a benz please) and the guy was like, wtf? You never really realise how different the North is until you go there.

this is true. i lived there for three years and i was always getting confused with people. not to mention all the northern slang they got.
felt like i was in that film

Re: Why do people into dubstep say easy?

Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2011 3:07 pm
by jackg
the real question is where 'bare' came from
cos the real meanin is the opposite

Re: Why do people into dubstep say easy?

Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2011 8:47 pm
by Neptune
lylo wrote:
Neptune wrote:Oh Lord, I've gone to uni in the North, and NO ONE understands me. Stuff like beg, jog (you jogged me), dun noe, and I say isn't it at the end of most sentences. Also, I tried to pick up, (yeah, can I get a benz please) and the guy was like, wtf? You never really realise how different the North is until you go there.

this is true. i lived there for three years and i was always getting confused with people. not to mention all the northern slang they got.
felt like i was in that film
Yeah man...that film.

Re: Why do people into dubstep say easy?

Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2011 8:54 pm
by Sheff
ahhh yeah THAT film

Re: Why do people into dubstep say easy?

Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2011 9:51 pm
by scattybeanhead
jackg wrote:the real question is where 'bare' came from
cos the real meanin is the opposite
fair point. bare has taken over too much really, my mates use it to say things are really good - "that tune is bare". sounds fucking stupid.
makes me think though i aint gonna be able to understand kids at all in like 20 years

Re: Why do people into dubstep say easy?

Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2011 9:52 pm
by mrd
works the opposite though....i said "scran gaff" in the company of southerners and they couldnt contain the laughter :roll: