Origin: “Jungle”: “She from the Jungle/I take somebody else’s car, drive there undercover”Įveryday usage: “I have no idea where the Jungle is, ’cause I never go north of Bloor, tbh.” Jungle: Toronto’s Lawrence Heights neighbourhood. Origin: “The Presentation:” “They like, ‘damn who’s Drake, where’s Wheelchair Jimmy at?’”Įveryday usage: “I’m watching Degrassi reruns and never noticed how hot Wheelchair Jimmy is.” Jimmy: Drake’s character from his days as a teen actor on Degrassi. Origin: “Hotline Bling:” “I know when that hotline bling/It can only mean one thing”Įveryday usage: “I threw my back out trying the Hotline Bling mount.” Hotline Bling: Booty calls are outdated, FWB (Friends With Benefits) are too quaint-the phrase Hotline Bling refers to a late-night relationship that is sexy, goofy, sensitive and a little bit tortured.
Origin: “Used To:” “I’ll tell ’em link up at the valley at the Hazy/Think I had the shit that had the city going crazy”Įveryday usage: “Drinks at the Hazey tonight?”
Origin: “Back to Back:” “Yeah, trigger fingers turn to Twitter fingers/You getting’ bodied by a singin’ n-a”Įveryday usage: “My feet are getting bodied by these new heels.” Origin: “How About Now:” “That’s the shit I’m talking ’bout though, like you changed up, you don’t even f-ckin’ link nobody no more, you just dash me ’way like a cyattie”Įveryday usage: We refrain, because feminism.ĭrizzy: In the tradition of hip-hop nicknames, it means Drake.Įveryday usage: “Do you think Drizzy and Rihanna will ever find a way to make it work?”ĭraking (from Urban Dictionary): Getting drunk and acting overly emotional.Įveryday usage: “Sorry about the texts last night, I was draking.” Origin: “How About Now:” “Yo, you cheesed me dog”Įveryday usage: “Seriously, how did they do Caila like that? I will not let The Bachelor cheese me this season.” Origin: “Back to Back:” “Please, somebody stop me/I’m talkin’ boasy and gwanin wassy”Įveryday usage: “I can’t decide if gym selfies are boasy or fitspo.” This is why The 6 can’t have nice things.”īoasy: From the word boasty, West Indies slang for confident, showboating. (PS, it’s now just called Views.)Įveryday usage: “Ugh the TTC was brutal this morning. Origin: The first recorded usage was on July 14, 2014, when Drake announced his next album would be called Views from the 6. The 6: Shout-out to Drake’s hometown, which consists of six buroughs, and the area codes 416 and 647. Origin: “0-100/The Catch Up”: “F-ck bein’ on some chill shit/We go 0 to 100, n-a, real quick”Įveryday usage: “I took it from 0-100 at work this week and totally slayed my performance review.” 0-100: Accelerating, moving past the competition, blowing up in popularity, losing control.
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