Philly Slang 101

[ChaseK004]

jawn is stupid

[Stiglr]

What I find kinda funny is the use of "fi'n". I was born in Philly and never heard "I'm fi'na (do something)" until I moved to LA. Took me weeks to figure out it was a way of saying "fixin to". I'm wondering if these guys are Philly born 'n bred....

[CataclysmicKitten]

Yamean? I knew about this one for a while. Thanks for the lessons, though! ;)

[AlbertaZanoah]

In my generation we said "yah no what I'mm sayin'. I understand ya'll....ya get my meaning.

[00cover]

im from ny but i live in philly and i see these things everyday so im use to it

[reed215]

lol these niggas stupid

[shadyboy969]

im allways saying ya mean ...ya mean lol

[Somervilladelphia215]

I notice how people don't say " u drawin" no more. Now they just be like " u n da way!"

[JkillaJ15]

They say that in newyork to na mean

[touggie2000]

I rather use na mean

[PurpKisses93]

Im frm the south I love hearing up north guys talk an the way everybody have there own lingo cause in the south speech is complicated to these niggahs....SC all day

[dubfreaks]

pfft... we dont need another ebonics lesson.We can figure this bullshit out ourselves



[markidarkistark]

if you love the jawn, let it go. it'll come back to you.

[isolatedstyle]

THE REST OF THE WORLD NEEDS TO STOP JACKIN' OUR SWAG.

[isolatedstyle]

FUKOUTTAHERE AND NAHMEAN OR YAHMEAN AND JAWN ALL ORIGINATED IN PHILLY. NYC ALWAYS TRY TO CLAIM EVERY FUCKING THING... HISTORY FUCKIN LESSON. The New York Times had dubbed Philadelphia the "Graffiti Capital of the World" in 1971. Philadelphia native DJ Lady B recorded "To the Beat Y'All" in 1979, and became the first female solo hip hop artist to record music.[27] Schoolly D, starting in 1984 and also from Philadelphia, began creating a style that would later be known as gangsta rap.

[ocky610]

@streetnewz nah bull jawn is not da same as joint... We could use jawn in a way broader spectrum than joint, but whenever we do use the word joint, we say joint how its spelled, joint... But we rarely ever use dat word... For example if its a young girl smokin a joint, we would say, "Dat young jawn is smokin a joint..." And you can't use those 2 words interchangeably in dat sentence... And you would never hear someone refer to her as a young joint, its 2 different words...

[waistheman]

every body says Ya mean out in Cali lol either ya mean or yaddidamean fa sheezy

[touggie2000]

@waistheman in philly we use Na mean Ya mean is kinda played out or if we say it we put a lil twist on it like ye mean on some fast shit

[WomanlyAracelis]

bull in the green explained it corny as shit.

[anythingnew]

Growing up in Philly, they call me Chinese young boul at Stephen Girard Elementary school. I wonder what happened to these kids. That was 20 years ago. Wow......

[90sEraEra]

I also hate how people stole "Fuck Outta Here" from Philly too. And now people are stealin 'YahMean" too. We in Philly have our own rough sounding ghetto accent and people need to stop trying to steal it.

[abxtale]

@90sEraEra "Fukouttahere" is actually NY slang. Dudes stole that from NY! And we still say it to this day. In either Biggies Life after Death or Jay Zs Reasonable Doubt album there's a skit where Biggie n Jay Z are going back n forth snapping on each other ending each sentence with "fukouttahere'. "Yah mean" or " nah mean' is some NY sh!t dudes killed in the 90s along with terms like "What's the dealy? Listen to them Mobb deep, Wu, CNN albums of the 90s. NY slizzl 2 the fullest.

[14johnDeFeo27]

PHILLY ALL DAY YAA MEEAAN

[bzes10]

>implying any true philadelphian would ever wear a yankee cap without being a true disgrace

[dancebabydance215]

lmfao yaaameannnn

[JamesJunger]

"Yah-mean" and "Y'mean". Is a derivative of our "Nah-mean."

[streetnewz]

jawn isn't a word!!!! smh!!! some people don't know shit...listen, "jawn" is how US philadelphians pronounce "joint"..."joint" means thing or shit to us....like "Look at this joint over here!" but it sounds like "Look at this jawn over here!" they also us "joint" in NYC, but they pronouce it as spelled JOINT.

[bigshizzal]

Yo, that first dude is not from Philly. Who the fuck in Philly say "finna". C'mon young bull

[90sEraEra]

@bigshizzal lol

[bapyou]

Was this video made in a basement? Totally Philly. In California, houses don't have basements. 

[htrb20]

philly?this is a NY thing. yah mean is straight NY.

[90sEraEra]

@htrb20 its the way we say it. we say it with a chill tone of voice.

[Peco014]

Okay... he pronounced it like "yahmean" we say that TOO and "nadamean." We do say "dude" alot... WE DON'T SAY FINNA! Keep that shit in the south!

[Peco014]

The word "j'awn" (pronounced like the word "dawn" if you were to replace the "d" with a "j") IS Philadelphian... UNFORTUNATELY! But I hate that word! Just like I hate the word "bull" like "that's my young bull" *gag!* "Nadamean" is Philly, too... but that sounds cool!

[Peco014]

We DON'T say "finna" in Philly! These guys are transplants here from the south!

[rickygervais1776]

Great vid. We all need to document our regional differences before the internet Walmarts us all into nothingness. Keep it up!

[Monarch730]

what do "on e" mean tho.? Im not even sure if thats the real way to say it but i cant hearing phlliy dudes say that shit....."He on e",,,"he on eem"....? Can anybody touch on that?

[chickenwangluv]

@Monarch730 dey mean like i spit on him but we say on eem or e

[lolartemis]

i'm proud to say im from philly

[fhab525]

why the nigga in all green gettin all philosophical talkin bout that shit, like he kickin knowledge or some shit, fuck outta here

[kisfrtdm]

why hate

[90sEraEra]

@fhab525 yeah, thats what i was thinking. he was giving a whole fucking tutorial like its a complicated word from out the dictionary. I was like, "what the fuck is wrong with him".

[anythingnew]

@fhab525

That means he's very intelligent if he gets out of Philly.

[ordinaryoxymoron]

he said finna!

where they do that at?!

[Trohjin]

LOL some of these comments drawlin

[2112foru]

No need for racist shit bro... oh by the way the main word for the white dudes in Philly is brother... the city of Brothery Love until you disrespect.... Fuck Off!!

[djhivesdotcom]

How about "NIGGER" what is that philly slang for? naw men

[iMitotropin]

I have Niggeritis personally

[christo930]

This isn't commonly spoken in NE or West Philly.

[bgal069]

@christo930 your fucking stupid !

[christo930]

@bgal069

Why is that?

[bgal069]

@christo930 cause it is commonly spoken in ne and west philly

[brodimaggio]

I've always said jawn, never knew it was just our local slang though.

[juiceeddieshow222]

lol philly and camden (south jersey) have the same accent

[BKaneNp8]

jawn is a noun in philly.. it could be a person place or thing...

[juiceeddieshow222]

@BKaneNp8 man, we gonna push up on some jawns on south street

[BKaneNp8]

@juice Freeway new shit is my "Jawn"

[9phillyphan9]

im from Philly, and i love the philly slang!

[JamesJunger]

Whatz good wit' ya'll beardz? Is all ya'll muslim?

[caramellokoala84]

PS can u post a vid saying "Gday, ya mean mate" rofl

PPS what does 'jawn' mean???

[jtcroydon]

jawn=Just Another Word Nigga

[jizzarow]

jawn is anything u want it to be... im about to go see this jawn, she gone pay 4 the jawn, then imma holla at u about them jawns later....

[caramellokoala84]

Hey i might steal that term down here in Australia, but i'll make sound better, something like 'Gday! Ya mean mate?" ROFL I just said that to my sis and she looks at me and goes "Why am I mean?". rofl. Not cool 'ya mean?' :P

[Taima]

I live around Philly and I friggin hate jawn...

[SenMuJie]

Sounds short for "You know what I mean?"

[smokingintherain56]

i hate how people are jocking jawn from philly now

[the215renaissanceman]

"Jawn' is old school. My brother and i used it in the 70's.

[smokingintherain56]

well im from the 90s and and dont matter none, jawn is philly for life

[B4RBI3gyrl]

@smokingintherain56 IKR.!! thats drawling yah mean?

[Dreamer305]

yao ming

[MRCHILLZ717]

lmao that shit got m rollin oc

[npscotty]

north philly all day.....where them jawns at.....

[amkd215]

nah, souths where its really at

[colomghetto]

I guess the word spreads cuz we use that in Jersey

[vw24vr6]

jawns is my shit

[mikeshotwife]

OMG my husband is frm philly and always says Jawn and yah mean, and yo like alot! Im from Cali but now that I married him I love philly cant wait to visit and oder a cheese steak. That would be so awesome right! holla

[binaryfuneral]

haha you guys are fuckin awesome yeah mean?

[idaltuguy]

You from Philly man? Cause I've only heard mid-westerners use "fin."

[sean4104]

im from philly. black people, especially women say 'HAH?!' all the time. they are trying to say 'huh?'. go to a mcdonalds or target or anywhere in north philly and you will hear this.

'yo kwazell you see rick ross new jawn on BET?'

'Hanh?!'

[xInCarn4t3dx]

lol ya niggas tight

[KeeWP215]

West Phil!

We say "yahm sayin'" too.

[jondizoe2008]

Philly stanup,North side papi,big ups taal my philly papis and my philly niggaz

[WhiteBuddha]

I was born in Philly, Yah mean

[PA2FLA]

Im from Philly, Ya mean

[phillygirl08]

hahah you guys are funny :)

[spicolisbrother]

in the bay area,ca we say yadamean?

[omfgCantGetaUsername]

Philly slang = young boul, jawn, drawin or drawling, yo, salty, fuck outta hea; (pple say that a lot), To say a person is "in their bag", sicknen' for sickening, decent (i'm not speakin for everybody just me), What's good?, and "I'm bout to sk8" for when u're leaving but pple don't say it as much now. O yeah pple used to say "chill regular" for calm down, and I still hear girlz say "you joe" hear and there but not often.

[skhullfyre]

i been in and out of philly for two years (frm new jeru dig?)what's c.n.c.? heard this young chick tell her boy she needed some cnc. i'm thinkin a drug reference like "pancakes and syrup" back in the 80's.

[omfgCantGetaUsername]

man, i have no idea what "cnc" means that isn't even a slang term that's just something else like morris code, lol. haha and where are you from again? i donno what "new jeru" stands for.

[skhullfyre]

new jeru=new jeruzalem= new jersey. north jersey actually. ok. thanks man. thought it was something made up though.

[Gator414]

yah people tell me i say "yo" too much or they think im trynna act gangsta or somthin, its just a habit... and i say fuck outta hea and sk8 alot too

[asheyblack]

period GHETTO talk we say that in San Diego south east to be exact....... Philly slang whatever

[omfgCantGetaUsername]

i'm on your side and i am a Philadelphian.

fuck is this guy talking about right? that's not our slang that's just American slang that phrase is global. they gotta be kidding to think this is our slang.

[skepticRN]

nah mean... short for 'you know what I mean?'. I love the Philly accent because you can turn whole sentences into one or two syllables. 'Did you eat?" becomes "dgeet"

[hoodswagga123]

we say dat in ny 2

[winsfan1]

philly is the shit, i love it

[xenmurok]

Ah, I'm from Philly, and watching this made me homesick. I live in LA now, and I miss hearing people speak this way.

[xXKillaBGXx]

in NY we say nah mean

[rid3ordi3chik]

Yeahhh I say that tO in philly!

[246trinitrotoluene]

philly is a cool place!

chea

[XtianGtr]

THis isn't Philly slang!!!!!!!!!! It's just ghetto talk!

[angiec]

rotfl.

[PhillyChiq461]

So true! Lol.

[aRodriguez53]

this isnt south carolina fuck outta here

[DanielakaBigd]

yah mean, we say that down here in South Carolina