stripes

noun

Published on April 4, 2020, 5:07 a.m.

status;

reputation

Collocates soldier⁸, hood⁷, hood⁷, tryna⁴, homie⁴, B.G.⁴, O.G.³, G³, ghetto³, rap³, thug³, bust a cap³, G², H-town², game², bang², serve², creep², I'mma², slug², yo², ghetto², put it down², for real², gat, geah, hard, hip-hop, hoe, homeboy, hustle, loc, mack, mad, N.O., one deep, play, rap, rapper, rep, rider, rock, roll, serve, shit, shorty, shout-out, soft, son, straight, straight, street, sucker, tight, trip, wannabe, white, word, all about, battle, beef, bitch, block, brick, bruh, bust, bust, come up, cap, check, cipher, Clover, Compton, crew, double O.G., down, down, dump, freestyle, fuck with, game

Domains Military

Etymology from the military expression to earn one's stripes

Synonyms rep

Related concepts hold it down, lock it down, maintain, roll up, step up, throw down

Timeline

1992-07-14 Too $hort "So You Want To Be A Gangster" [Shorty The Pimp]
You want stripes, take yo' ass to the service
1993-02-16 2Pac "Point The Finga" [Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z.]
Tryin to earn they stripes in the dark
1993-03-31 Daz Dillinger "It's Going Down" feat. Kurupt The Kingpin, Prince Ital [Retaliation, Revenge & Get Back]
Shit niggaz gotta do to earn they stripes, straight merkin

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