I won't say how the conversation started, but at one point over the weekend it became imperative to understand the colloquial usage of the term "balling." In particular, I needed to know how concerned I should be if I were to discover that a certain female acquaintance of mine was, in fact, balling.
Katie was of little help: "I can't think what 'balling' would mean. That she'd be turning into balls?"
I granted her that would be not particularly upsetting. In my memory, though, the term is slang for "having sex (with)." This would be slightly more disturbing, given the prepubescent nature of the female in question.
A trip to Urban Dictionary calmed me at first. The first definition was quite salutary:
1. To be full of money. To be rich. Yo, dat ricer is balling.
Nothing wrong with a young woman being rich, certainly!
My understanding of the term was the second definition:
2. A male fornicating with a female. Steve was balling the shit out of Nancy.
I hadn't appreciated the male specificity of the term, but it does make some sense, given certain anatomical disparities.
You'd think I'd have been satisfied with those definitions, but no. I had to read on. Did I really think that Katie's definition would appear?
3. Playing basketball (on a court, on the street, etc.) Joe: lets get balling playa Jim: I'll break your ankles bitch
Nothing wrong with young ladies playing basketball, certainly. Just like there's nothing wrong with being rich. Nothing wrong, that is, as long as you avoid spending your money on the last definition:
4. Vaginally inserted cocaine. "We be balling bitches!"
The moral of the story: I will have a talk with the female in question to caution her of the dangers of freebase suppositories.
Katie was of little help: "I can't think what 'balling' would mean. That she'd be turning into balls?"
I granted her that would be not particularly upsetting. In my memory, though, the term is slang for "having sex (with)." This would be slightly more disturbing, given the prepubescent nature of the female in question.
A trip to Urban Dictionary calmed me at first. The first definition was quite salutary:
1. To be full of money. To be rich. Yo, dat ricer is balling.
Nothing wrong with a young woman being rich, certainly!
My understanding of the term was the second definition:
2. A male fornicating with a female. Steve was balling the shit out of Nancy.
I hadn't appreciated the male specificity of the term, but it does make some sense, given certain anatomical disparities.
You'd think I'd have been satisfied with those definitions, but no. I had to read on. Did I really think that Katie's definition would appear?
3. Playing basketball (on a court, on the street, etc.) Joe: lets get balling playa Jim: I'll break your ankles bitch
Nothing wrong with young ladies playing basketball, certainly. Just like there's nothing wrong with being rich. Nothing wrong, that is, as long as you avoid spending your money on the last definition:
4. Vaginally inserted cocaine. "We be balling bitches!"
The moral of the story: I will have a talk with the female in question to caution her of the dangers of freebase suppositories.
Are you sure it wasn't a reference to "bawling," i.e., crying?
ReplyDeleteWhere do you pick these things up? Seriously. I grew up in the city. I have NEVER been exposed to either the sexual or the drug reference. Just basketball. It's like that time that Gabe knew about "furries" or whatever...
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