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[GungHo]

Do any of y'all mothafuckas watch black shows/movies?

The gay aspect of it has been highly prevalent in those media if you have.

Seriously... Oprah is the most white-friendly source on the planet and I remember that interview like it was yesterday because it was one of the first things I saw when I came back from deployment.

 

[deadlast]

if you tell someone to keep "it" on the down low, you are telling them that it is a secret.

but telling someone that "you" are on the down low, you are telling them you are gay. or a wanted man incognito.

This...

I have heard of referring to people as being on the down low, but I have never heard someone saying they were on the down low.

 

[Sol..]

The only people who use the term on the down low for homosexual are gossipy old church ladies when they lean over right into your face with their funny ass hats fuckin' with your nose and poking you in the eye and shit. You want to tell that old hoe to get the fuck out yo face but she ain't gonna listen. She heard Deacon Charles been livin' on the down low. Miss Wanda seent him at the corner store all hugged up on some young man. I'm like HATTIE MAE, you know good n' well that man got about fow illegitimate children. Maybe you ain't seen that one for a while. And she be like mmmmhmmm i didn't even think of that.

 

[sixteen-bit]

on the dow ly

i laughed more than i should have

 

[Alligatorjandro]

The only people who use the term on the down low for homosexual or gossipy old church ladies when they lean over right into your face with their funny ass hats fuckin' with your nose and poking you in the eye and shit. You want to tell that old hoe to get the fuck out yo face but she ain't gonna listen. She heard Deacon Charles been livin' on the down low. Miss Wanda seent him at the corner store all hugged up on some young man. I'm like HATTIE MAE, you know good n' well that man got about fow illegitimate children. Maybe you ain't seen that one for a while. And she be like mmmmhmmm i didn't even think of that.

looooool

 

[Dereck]

The only people who use the term on the down low for homosexual are gossipy old church ladies when they lean over right into your face with their funny ass hats fuckin' with your nose and poking you in the eye and shit. You want to tell that old hoe to get the fuck out yo face but she ain't gonna listen. She heard Deacon Charles been livin' on the down low. Miss Wanda seent him at the corner store all hugged up on some young man. I'm like HATTIE MAE, you know good n' well that man got about fow illegitimate children. Maybe you ain't seen that one for a while. And she be like mmmmhmmm i didn't even think of that.

Oh my god this is so good man

 

[Kaori's Babydaddy]

The only people who use the term on the down low for homosexual are gossipy old church ladies when they lean over right into your face with their funny ass hats fuckin' with your nose and poking you in the eye and shit. You want to tell that old hoe to get the fuck out yo face but she ain't gonna listen. She heard Deacon Charles been livin' on the down low. Miss Wanda seent him at the corner store all hugged up on some young man. I'm like HATTIE MAE, you know good n' well that man got about fow illegitimate children. Maybe you ain't seen that one for a while. And she be like mmmmhmmm i didn't even think of that.

Lulz

 

[The Faceless Master]

Then why "in" and not "on?"

Clearly they want you to think of penetration.

because it's a zone. are you IN the mall parking lot or ON the mall parking lot?

 

[Glass Brain]

Keeping something on the DL is different from being/living on the DL.

 

[akira28]

it's a phrase with different meanings and uses.

on the face of it, it means keeping something secret or concealed from others.

the other primary meaning is someone who is a closeted homosexual, obviously relating to the first meaning.

that's it.

 

[POWERSPHERE]

While we're here, can I get someone to explain the phrase "hard in the paint?"

All I can think of is a dude fuckin' a paint can.

That's exactly right. It's about fucking paint cans.

 

[Buddha Beam]

It means the same thing "confirmed bachelor" means - that you "prefer the company of men (or women, I suppose) but I don't tell anybody"

 

[gblues]

"Going hard in[to] the paint" is basketball jargon referencing an aggressive push through the key towards the basket. The slang meaning is using the basketball term as a metaphor for someone pursuing a goal aggressively (see also: "going HAM").

 

[edornob]

The only people who use the term on the down low for homosexual are gossipy old church ladies when they lean over right into your face with their funny ass hats fuckin' with your nose and poking you in the eye and shit. You want to tell that old hoe to get the fuck out yo face but she ain't gonna listen. She heard Deacon Charles been livin' on the down low. Miss Wanda seent him at the corner store all hugged up on some young man. I'm like HATTIE MAE, you know good n' well that man got about fow illegitimate children. Maybe you ain't seen that one for a while. And she be like mmmmhmmm i didn't even think of that.

Needs to be a tag

 

[crackhead_bob]

It started out as a term used by black people to describe men who secretly engage in homosexual behavior while in a heterosexual relationship. However, it has since evolved into common vernacular to describe one's private behavior from their public behavior outside of sex, such as the anti-gambling crusader who's later discovered to be a gambler, or an anti-abortion activist having been exposed to have paid for his girlfriend's abortion.

 

[TommyT]

Is a grip more than a minute because it is has been around for a minute.

Yes.