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Can you explain the word 'ballin' in this sentence;
"If it was nobody there when you were struggling make sure it's nobody there when you ballin."
Feb 19, 2015 4:48 PM
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It's also worth noticing that the grammar in this sentence is non-standard. 'If it was nobody there ...make sure it's nobody there' is not proper English. Maybe some kind of patois? Please don't try to learn the English language from sentences like this!
February 19, 2015
"Ballin'" here is slang. It is used as the opposite of "struggling" so it means "doing well."
February 19, 2015
(Using the word in a coherent, non-ebonics sentence)
Ex.He called me up and told me he was ballin, but I later found out he was cheating on me
Ebonics.
1.) To play basketball.
2.) Living in affluence/wealth.
(thats in Urban dictionary)
February 19, 2015
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