Talk:trill

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Shouldn't we list the verb also? --Connel MacKenzie 17:56, 10 November 2006 (UTC)Reply

Done --User123o987name (talk) 12:27, 23 April 2019 (UTC)Reply

Missing sense

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From https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Trill:

Top definition
Trill
An adjective used in hip-hop culture to describe someone who is considered to be well respected, coming from a combination of the words "true" and "real".
Trill ass niggaz keep it true and real.
by Letgo April 23, 2003

Example: 2012 -- "My Name's Obama" by Rucka Rucka Ali:

"I did alotta of drug deals / I killed Osama for treals [sic] / I blamed it on Navy SEALS / And fucked his bitch sideways"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDvnZiCOPqw - 1:33 to 1:42
https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/ruckaruckaali/mynamesobama.html

Example: 2013 -- Grand Theft Auto V (a video game):

"FRANKLIN: Look, dog, this time we legit, homie. This honest work. It's gonna end up with us coming up in the world. / LAMAR: Oh, really? That's a nice change from fools comin' up on us. / FRANKLIN: That's trill, homie. / LAMAR: You damn straight that's trill, partner, but it's a shame I don't believe it. You wanna drop some notes on that shit, I'll give you the odds, homie."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-VcW3my_cY - 3:58 to 5:00
https://gta5quotes.tumblr.com/post/121216950385/lamar-what-we-waiting-for-magellan-ave-nigga/embed

Don't like Urban Dictionary? Here is a more reputable source for this sense of "trill" which seems to have been published in 2018: https://www.dictionary.com/e/slang/trill/ (also says that it is a blend of "true" and "real"). --User123o987name (talk) 12:27, 23 April 2019 (UTC)Reply