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Date:
1/18/2021 11:48:07 AM
Subject:
Ice Cube film glossary
I love Ice Cube movies. The Friday and Barber Shop series are, as everyone knows, American film classics rivaling the likes of The General, It's a Gift, and Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House.
For a full appreciation of Ice Cube's writing, I felt that a glossary should be started in order to clarify some potentially confusing language. I will begin with three words that are essential for a complete understanding of the Cube ouvre.
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Yo and bagga
bagga is exclusively used as an equivalent of "bag of"
yo is contextual -- can be used as an affirmative noun equivalent to "yes" or as a functional part of a greeting meaning, roughly, "hello"
Examples:
noun: "Yo, I'm goin' to the Allsup's for a bagga ice."
greeting: "Yo, dog, is that bagga ice from the Allsup's?"
-- can also be used as a second-person possessive adjective, equivalent to "your"
Example:
"Take yo car to the Allsup's and get me a bagga ice."
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ass
contextual: can be used as a noun to indicate a person's buttocks
Examples:
"She had a ass like a bagga ice."
"Get yo sorry ass down to the Allsup's and get me a bagga ice."
-- can also be used as an auxiliary adjective, generally to emphasize meaning
Examples:
"He got me a big-ass bagga ice down at the Allsup's."
"Yo, take yo broken-ass car to the Allsup's and get me a bagga ice."
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I hope that this preliminary attempt has heightened everyone's enjoyment of Ice Cube's major works. As time allows, more terms may be treated.
