Ebonics Dictionary – 2nd Edition

Once again Leroy was asked to do a simple homework assignment. Still befuddled by the whole school thing, Leroy is a trooper. He was given another set of vocabulary words to use in sentences. Here’s what he handed in:

  • Honor Roll
    We was playin bidwiz on the stoop the other day, man I was honor roll.
  • Planet
    I know this dude who got arrested cause he got him some seed to grow weed, and he planet in the backyard.
  • Dismay
    I went for a blood test, the doctor pulled out a big needle. He said dismay hurt a little.
  • Omelette
    I should punch you dead in the eye for what you just said but omelette this one go this time.
  • Stairway
    Getting high is stupid. It just make you stairway into space.
  • Mobile
    I went to the store to buy some food, I was short on cash, my man said gimme one mobile.
  • Defense
    I saw this dude running from the cops, but he hopped defense and got away.
  • Afro
    I got so mad at my girl, afro a lamp at her.
  • Aftermath
    I don’t feel like being at school today so aftermath, I’m out.
  • Locket
    I slam the door so hard, I locket.
  • Domineering
    My girl’s birthday was yesterday, I got her a domineering.
  • Kenya
    I needed money fo the subway, so I axe a stranger Kenya spare some change.
  • Derange
    is where da deer and antelope play.
  • Data
    At my basketball game, I scored thirty points. My coach said data boy.
  • Beware
    I asked the man at the unemployment office, “Is dis beware I get a job?”
  • Dimension
    I be tall, dark, handsome and not dimension smart. (HA!)
  • Coatroom
    The judge said, “One more outburst like that, you’ll be thrown out de coatroom.”
  • Decide
    My boy frontin’ like he love his girl but eribody know he got a couple of chicks on decide.