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"Talk black" "Don't talk black to me" What the hell is that?
Aug 28, 2014 5:27 AM
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This is a phrase used by someone to stop a person from speaking to him/her in "black slang" or "ghetto". This is very common in New York especially in Brooklyn and the Bronx.
Nicole talking black: Yo bruh, ain't nobody got time for that. Don't ya know you're part of my crew? So don't act like you and I got beef son.
August 28, 2014
Thanks, I got it!
August 28, 2014
I think it is "back" either, which means like the people shout back.
August 28, 2014
Woah, chill friend. It's only a sentence.
This may explain it better:
http://plans.tumblr.com/post/3802933157/from-abcs-modern-family-dont-talk-black-to
So, it should be as Bruce explained, but it's been wrongly said and is now a running joke.
August 28, 2014
Daniel, the common expression is this: "Don't talk back to me!"
It refers generally to a situation in which a parent or adult is criticizing something a child or youth has done, and the youth or child shows disrespectful attitude by their speech.
If, for example, an adult says to the child; "Behave!" or "Act right!" and the child says; "No!"
That is an example of the child talking "back".
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August 28, 2014
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