What seem stupid might be a psycological way of creating words & expressions to throw outsiders of our group off the true meaning of what we are saying.......
By the time other groups pick up the meaning, we move on....lol
Black language is very fluid and always changing. It is one of the things that has kept us alive through all our struggles......
Here's a good article I found
The Impact of African Languages on American English
Joseph E. Holloway, Ph.D.
California State University Northridge
Most Americans are not aware that many of the words they speak and write every day are derived from African words. Who would have thought that the word "
doggies" in the cowboy lyric " ... get along little doggies, for Wyoming shall be your new home," stems from the African word
kidogo, which means "a little something," or "something small."
How did this African word become part of the American language?
Part of the explanation is that one in every five American cowboys was black in the 1880s, and much of what we think of as "cowboy culture" is rooted in African cattle herding. For example, some historians believe that the trail-driving practices of American cowboys (such as the open grazing of cattle) were based on the ways Fulani cattle herders in Western Africa had tended their animals for centuries. So, we should not be surprised to find African words as part of our cowboy culture. The word
bronco (probably of Efik/Ibibio and Spanish origins) was used by the Spanish and by enslaved Africans to indicate the horses rode in herding cattle.
Buckra, comes from
mbakara, the Efik/Ibibio word for "white man," and
buckaroo, also coming from
mbakara. These words described a class of whites who worked as "broncobusters."
Although such African-derived words came from all of the five or six major cultural groups of West Africans enslaved in North America, many of the earliest words were introduced by the Wolof people. The African Wolofs were brought to the North American colonies as enslaved people between 1670 and 1700.
Working principally as house slaves, they may have been the first Africans whose cultural elements and language were assimilated into the developing culture of America. Additionally, a large number of Wolof words took root in American English because Wolof people were frequently used as interpreters by European slavers along the coast of West Africa in the early years of the slave trade. These African interpreters used Wolof names for African foodstuffs fed to enslaved Africans on the middle passage, such as yams and bananas--words that then became parts of Standard English in North America.
Perhaps the most commonly used African word in the English language (and probably the word used in more countries than any other) is "okay," or "O.K," which became popular in the 1830s in America. Clues to its African roots were found in the 19th century black-spoken English of Jamaica and Surinam, as well as the Gullah speech of South Carolina, all of which have numerous forms of the word. Two prime examples from Mande and Wolof cultural groups for the use of similar words are
o ke, "that's it" or "all right," in Mande language, and
waw kay, which means "all correct," in Wolof culture. The use of the expression "O.K." is first recorded in the speech of black Americans around 1776, but it was probably used much earlier in the 1700s.
Another Wolof word popular in present-day American English is "dig," as in "dig this man." This word stems from the Wolof word
dega, meaning either "look here" or to "understand," often used to mark the beginning of a sentence. In the English spoken by African Americans in the 1960s, "dig" means " to understand something." An example in Wolof is
dega nga olof, "Do you understand Wolof?"
Linguists also see a connection between the Wolof term
gay and the American term "guys," used informally to mean "persons" or "fellows." In Wolof it is always used as a plural. Other Africanisms found in American English include
uh-hum (yes) and
unh-unh (no), which occur in various parts of the world but nowhere as frequently and regularly as in Africa and the United States.
"Honkie," a term popular during the 1960s, was first used by blacks to describe those white men who drove into African-American communities and honked automobile horns for their black dates. But, it also is related to the word
hong in Wolof, which means red or pink, and white people are described in most African languages as "Red." The word
sambo, considered an abusive term by African Americans, is respectful in Wolof and a common family name throughout West Africa.
Several Wolof words were popularized during the jazz era. For example, "jive" in Ebonics (Black English) means "misleading talk," which is code language originating from the Wolof word jey. The American words
hep,
hip, and
hippie translate roughly into "to be aware or alive to what is going on," or an awareness especially to drugs. In Wolof, the verb "
hipi" means "to open one's eyes." The American slang
cat means a person, as in hep-cat or cool cat, and is similar to the Wolof
kai used as a suffix following the verb. The Wolof lexicon
jamboree is now a standard part of American language. Originally, a jamboree was a noisy slave celebration. A "jam session" during the days of plantation slavery meant a time when enslaved musicians and their friends assembled for dance and entertainment. We still use the term today. The origin most likely is the Wolof word for slave,
jaam.
The verb "
sock" in the sense of "to strike" or "sock it to me, Baby" is found in Wolof and has a similar sound and meaning in Wolof for the expression "to beat with a pestle." The word "
bug," as in "jitterbug" or "Bugs Bunny," denotes an enthusiastic person. The word "
fuzz" has been used by African Americans to mean "police." Historically, it meant a policeman, or those who patrolled the plantation at night and hunted down runaways on horseback. In Wolof the word
fas, pronounced between fas and fuss, means a horse.
Enslaved Africans used the term Masa for master. The word mansa was a title word used in addressing West African kings; during the empire of ancient Mali, it meant chief or leader. (One such leader of note was Mansa Musa.) Enslaved Africans saw their masters as persons of authority and simply used their indigenous word for leader,
Ma[n]sa. On the American plantation, the "n" in
mansa became silent.
Other African words found their way into American English speech. Black slaves who worked in the "big house" on plantations typically raised the children of the white, slaveholding elite. In this closely connected environment, the enslaved blacks passed on to white slaveholders their distinctive pronunciations of English words.
This resulted in a style of speaking that evolved over time to become a uniquely southern style of pronunciation. Undoubtedly, the generations of interaction with African speech patterns gave white southerners their distinctive, regional drawl.
In time, many Africanisms became Americanisms. One example is the expression
"to kick the bucket." Originally, the words used by blacks were "kickerapoo" and "kickatavoo," which meant "killed" or "dead." Another example is the word
daadi (
daddy) from Fante, which is used universally by both blacks and whites as an affectionate term for father.
Among the many other African words adopted by white southerners and later assimilated into American culture are the following: bowdacious, bozo (stupid), cooter (turtle), goober (peanut), hullabaloo, hully-gully,
juke(box),
moola (money),
pamper, Polly Wolly-Doodle,
wow,
uh-huh,
unh-unh, daddy,
buddy,
tote, banjo, kola (as in Coca-Cola), elephant, gorilla,
gumbo, okra, tater, and turnip.
The following is a selected glossary of words used by Americans that are derived from African terms or usage.
adobe Rooted in Twi (Akan) culture, where the same word means palm tree leaves or grass used for roof covering.
badThe use of a negative word to mean its opposite or to mean very good, used especially in the emphatic form
baad, as in Michael Jackson’s song "I’m baad!" Similar words are "mean," used to imply satisfying, fine, or attractive; "wicked", which means to be excellent or capable. This use of negative words to mean something extremely positive is rooted in similar Africanism, for example the Mandingo (Bambara) words
a ka nyi ko-jugu, used to mean "it’s very good!" (literally translated as "it is good badly!"), as well as the Mandingo (Gambia) words
a nyinata jaw-ke, used to say "she is very beautiful!" Also, the West African English (Sierra Leone) words
gud baad, which means "it’s very good!"
bad-eyeThreatening, hateful glance. A common African-American colloquialism. Rooted in the Mandingo word
nyejugu to mean a hateful glance (literally giving one the "bad eye").
bad-mouthIn Gullah, the word is used to mean slander, abuse, gossip. The Mandingo words
da-jugu and the Hausa words
mugum-baki have the same meanings, that is to slander or abuse.
bambiDerived from the Bantu word
mubambi, meaning one who lies down in order to hide; specifically, it refers to the concealed position of an antelope fawn (as in Walt Disney’s film
Bambi).
bamboulaAfrican drum used in New Orleans during the 19th century. Also, a vigorous style of New Orleans dancing in the early 20th century. A "drum" in early jazz use. Derived from the African word
bambula, which means to beat, hit or strike a surface, a drum.
bananaWolof word for fruit, was first recorded in 1563, and entered British English in the 17th century via Spanish and Portuguese.
banjoKimbundu
mbanza, which means a stringed musical instrument; also similar to the Jamaican English word
banja and Brazilian Portuguese
banza.
be with itTaken from Mandingo expression:
a la (literally "to be with it, in it") to be in fashion.
big eyeStems from Igbo words
anya uku, covetous, greedy (literally "big eye"). West African and Caribbean English word
big yay, big eye; same words in Gullah and Black English.
bogusMeans deceit or fraud. Similar to West African and Caribbean English
bo, ba, the Hausa words
boko,
boko-boko, which also mean deceit and fraud; the West African English word (Sierra Leone)
bogo-bogo, and the Louisiana-French word
bogue, which also means fake, fraudulent, and phony. The ending of the word "bogus" is part of the words
hocus pocus. boobooDerived from Bantu
mbuku, meaning stupid, blundering act; error, blunder. Common nickname found in Black English.
http://www.slaveryinamerica.org/history/hs_es_languages.htm
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god i hate when niccaz say that shit grown and sexy is another one i hate to death so many more ill post them once i think of them but my ass got alot
Dam vh1/mtv keeps on using it 
