"Hollah"

AmentsChick
AmentsChick Posts: 6,969
edited December 2007 in All Encompassing Trip
Why, oh why, do people use this term?! I was at Starbucks this morning and the chick at the register said that to me. She seemed like an intelligent girl up until that point. NIGHTMARE.
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  • xavier mcdaniel
    xavier mcdaniel Somewhere in NYC Posts: 9,475
    it's a big hip-hop term i think..
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  • LONGRD
    LONGRD Posts: 6,036
    is it Spanish for hello?
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  • AmentsChick
    AmentsChick Posts: 6,969
    xavier mcdaniel wrote:
    it's a big hip-hop term i think..

    It's made it to mainstream...and my consciousness...ugh.
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  • norm
    norm Posts: 31,146
    going to starbucks in compton are we? :p:D
  • MattCameronKicksButt
    MattCameronKicksButt Posts: 4,317
    Funny. (I think) it's people trying to sound quirky and fun, friendly.

    Chow! ;)
  • xavier mcdaniel
    xavier mcdaniel Somewhere in NYC Posts: 9,475
    or maybe the lbc..
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  • AmentsChick
    AmentsChick Posts: 6,969
    cutback wrote:
    going to starbucks in compton are we? :p:D

    Went to Starbucks in Clairemont (NOT Snoop's "Claremont).
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  • AmentsChick
    AmentsChick Posts: 6,969
    LongRd. wrote:
    is it Spanish for hello?

    Nope...it's Ghetto for "Holler".
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  • TrixieCat
    TrixieCat Posts: 5,756
    Holla, as in holla back?
    Or spanish for hello. Don't know how it is spelled. Not in the mood for a spelling lesson. :p
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  • AmentsChick
    AmentsChick Posts: 6,969
    TrixieCat wrote:
    Holla, as in holla back?
    Or spanish for hello. Don't know how it is spelled. Not in the mood for a spelling lesson. :p

    That would be "hola"...prounounced 'ohlah'.
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  • chiquimonkey
    chiquimonkey Posts: 9,337
    should have punched her in the neck
  • LONGRD
    LONGRD Posts: 6,036
    AmentsChick wrote:
    That would be "hola"...prounounced 'ohlah'.

    I read the title as Hola. My bad "shortie."
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  • TrixieCat
    TrixieCat Posts: 5,756
    chiquimonkey wrote:
    should have punched her in the neck
    Good call. :p


    When did she say Holla??? Was it after you ordered?
    I have no problem with people putting their own twist on the lingo...especially in a coffeehouse.
    Live and let live M!!! ;)
    Cause I'm broken when I'm lonesome
    And I don't feel right when you're gone away
  • Drop The Leash 10
    Drop The Leash 10 Posts: 7,011
    hahaha funniest thing ive read today! :D




    HOLLAH at ya boi! NIGGA NIGGA, WHAT! :D


    oh jesus i need to stop it with the nyquil :p
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  • LONGRD
    LONGRD Posts: 6,036
    xavier mcdaniel wrote:
    it's a big hip-hop term i think..

    apparently, it's also heavily used among 35+ years old white women in Southern Cali as well.
    http://youtube.com/watch?v=2AU-kAnB24I
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  • MattCameronKicksButt
    MattCameronKicksButt Posts: 4,317
    TrixieCat wrote:
    Good call. :p


    When did she say Holla??? Was it after you ordered?
    I have no problem with people putting their own twist on the lingo...especially in a coffeehouse.
    Live and let live M!!! ;)

    HAHA. I like your 'location'.
  • chiquimonkey
    chiquimonkey Posts: 9,337
    Drop The Leash 10 wrote:
    HOLLAH at ya boi! NIGGA NIGGA, WHAT! :D

    rachael ray used to sign off her 30-minutes meal show with that. little known fact.
  • AmentsChick
    AmentsChick Posts: 6,969
    LongRd. wrote:
    I read the title as Hola. My bad "shortie."

    Shortie?? Huh? I'm 5'5...
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  • norm
    norm Posts: 31,146
    LongRd. wrote:
    apparently, it's also heavily used among 35+ years old white women in Southern Cali as well.
    http://youtube.com/watch?v=2AU-kAnB24I

    she is no longer a so cal chick.....if it's possible, she a disgrace to orange county chicks.....:D:D
  • AmentsChick
    AmentsChick Posts: 6,969
    chiquimonkey wrote:
    rachael ray used to sign off her 30-minutes meal show with that. little known fact.

    WOW...between that, the Gwen video, and the chick at Starbucks I'm learning SOOOOOOOOOO much about pop culture today....and I am NOT impressed.
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