The word "bama"

[MissU28]

Have you heard the word "bama?" You know, the word you say when calling someone a loser..."man, he's such a bama!" I remember hearing it when I lived in northern va...all the time.

So I come out here to Cali and start saying Obama as OBAMa (instead of obaHma) and no one knows what I'm talking about. My boyfriend has never heard the word, my coworkers have no idea...but I used to hear it almost daily in VA.

So I looked it up on wikepedia today and realized it's a DC word... but want to know if the majority of people in the DC/MD/VA area have heard it and know what it means.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bama#Bama_.28word.29 (you have to scroll down to the bottom to read the "urban dictionary" definition)

[Slacky McSlackAss]

Ive always heard it refer to someone who doesnt coordinate their clothes well.

[Spaceman Spiff]

I hate that word. I approve of the appropriate context and pronunciation that you're using it in, though

I also hate "cised" http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=cised

[Mickalino]

I've always known it to be a nickname for people from Alabama

[MissU28]

Ive always heard it refer to someone who doesnt coordinate their clothes well.

To me, it was a general term to talk about someone that was a loser or did stupid stuff

[MissU28]

I hate that word. I approve of the appropriate context and pronunciation that you're using it in, though

I also hate "cised" http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=cised

hahaha I dated a guy that said that all the time...but he spelled it "siced". I used to use it sometimes, too

And yes, I say O-BAM-a nonstop

[SC_RedskinsFan]

The only Bama i know is the University of Alabama

[rincewind]

I thought it was just a jrock thing.

[Slacky McSlackAss]

To me, it was a general term to talk about someone that was a loser or did stupid stuff

Can't say I've ever heard it used in that context. It may be the case in certain areas or in certain friends circles. But a bama to me and my friends was always someone that dressed like a complete loser.

[The Sisko]

During my time in the "urhea" I always understood it to be a general term for someone that's country, behind the times, corny or lame. Example, "So and so is such a Baltimore bama." Unfortunately, that term doesn't quite go over so well in the deep South for obvious reasons so I've had to eliminate it from my vocabulary.

One learns quickly after an exchange that goes something like this:

Me: So and so is such a bama.

Co-worker: Yure dead wrong own that. He's an Auburn feller thru and thru.

Me: Uhhh, yeah....OK

[spjunkies]

Youngin' you a bama for supporting McCain.

[Mickalino]

Me: So and so is such a bama.

Co-worker: Yure dead wrong own that. He's an Auburn feller thru and thru.

Me: Uhhh, yeah....OK

Ever thought of becoming a screenwriter ?

[Larry Brown #43]

I never knew that was only a DC thing. It's funny how there are some DC words like that that you just assume everyone else says. For example, I'm pretty sure the slang term 'lunchin' is a DC thing.

[Stophovr6]

I remember bama. No one says it hear in Seattle.

[Stophovr6]

I never knew that was only a DC thing. It's funny how there are some DC words like that that you just assume everyone else says. For example, I'm pretty sure the slang term 'lunchin' is a DC thing.

I think that's right. I've lived in NY and Seattle and no one has used that either.

[BRAVEONAWARPATH]

For example, I'm pretty sure the slang term 'lunchin' is a DC thing.

It sure is.

[skinfan2k]

its PG County, baby!

[#98QBKiller]

Never heard of that term

[MissU28]

I never knew that was only a DC thing. It's funny how there are some DC words like that that you just assume everyone else says. For example, I'm pretty sure the slang term 'lunchin' is a DC thing.

I know, I was shocked when I found out nobody had ever heard of it out here bc it was so common in VA

[Larry Brown #43]

its PG County, baby!

It's the whole DMV.

Unification of the DMV I will achieve... (Wale)

[MissU28]

I never knew that was only a DC thing. It's funny how there are some DC words like that that you just assume everyone else says. For example, I'm pretty sure the slang term 'lunchin' is a DC thing.

I just asked my boyfriend if he knew what lunchin' was...he had no idea. Crazy!

[Springfield]

When I first heard bama, it was a term to denote someone who was poorly dressed. As a couple of years passed, I had heard it in a more general sense as to say somebody was a loser or as just a general diss.

Another word that I can think of right now that may be localized to D.C.: Ganked. Meaning, to steal.

Used in context: Man, Joe ganked my lighter when we were taking bingers yesterday, how am I supposed to smoke my jack now?

Hell, bingers and jack may be local terms too for all I know.

[The Sisko]

I never knew that was only a DC thing. It's funny how there are some DC words like that that you just assume everyone else says. For example, I'm pretty sure the slang term 'lunchin' is a DC thing.

Yeah, that's definitely something I've never heard outside of the DC area. Oddly enough though, "shawty" went national.

[Slacky McSlackAss]

I just asked my boyfriend if he knew what lunchin' was...he had no idea. Crazy!

I can't say I've heard that one before.

[MissU28]

It's the whole DMV.

Unification of the DMV I will achieve... (Wale)

Well it was more of a term I heard when I hung out with black people...and I used to hang out with black people a lot. I don't remember a bunch of white people using it.