What does the phrase You Be Illin mean?

What does the phrase You Be Illin mean?

adjective Slang. foolish; crazy (used especially in the phrase be illin’).

What does Illin mean in rap?

Over time the word has evolved, as rappers used it ironically, to the verb form of the word “ill,” which Urban Dictionary defines as “cool, tight, sweet.” Like, how “sick” can both mean disgusting and cool, illin’ has transformed over the years from “wack” to “epic” or “legendary” as another urban dictionary entry has …

Where did the term ill come from?

ill (adj.) c. 1200, “morally evil; offensive, objectionable” (other 13c. senses were “malevolent, hurtful, unfortunate, difficult”), from Old Norse illr “evil, bad; hard, difficult; mean, stingy,” a word of unknown origin.

How did sick come to mean good?

when Alice Cooper killed a chicken (the chicken didn’t actually die) on stage, outsiders and parents thought it was sickening, but the audience found it cool, and so fans of the rock scene adopted/coined the term “sick” meaning “wild”, “cool”, “awesome” – later to be included in more mainstream language.

What does ill stand for?

ILL

Does sick mean cool?

You might be surprised, then, to hear that in fact, for many young people today, ‘sick’ is used as an adjective to describe something good, amazing or cool.

Why do people call things sick?

However, the slang meaning of sick is the opposite, and instead is used for something that’s “outstandingly or amazingly good or impressive.” Like gnarly, sick spread as slang for “excellent” in the 1980s. Sick originated before 900 from the Middle English sik and sek.

What does the slang word sick mean?

crazy; cool; insane
What you won’t find in the Oxford dictionary is the slang meaning for “sick”, which urban dictionary defines as: “crazy; cool; insane”.

What is Illstand?

What does ill stand for in texting?

The acronym ILL means “Cool, tight, etc”. iLL means that your sick or have a cold. It can also mean that something is “cool”.