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[Earwolf Admin]

On this week’s episode of Shots Fired, Jeff Weiss & MC Nocando discuss the phenomenon of ratchet. The duo talk about the many definitions of ratchet, Lil Boosie’s connection to the origin of ratchet, and countdown the Top 10 Greatest Ratchet Rappers of All Time. Plus, Jeff tells us his most ratchet story from his time covering Boosie’s murder trial in Baton Rogue. Free Boosie.

[chrismoke]

brolic and gully come from hood mispronunciations of broly from dbz and guile from street fighter.. ratchet feels like its being used as some hood ass mispronunciation of "wretched".. it'll always mean gun to me, more than wrench even.. generational?

[Bruce Reid Robinson II]

chrismoke, on 08 November 2012 - 07:26 AM, said:

brolic and gully come from hood mispronunciations of broly from dbz and guile from street fighter.. ratchet feels like its being used as some hood ass mispronunciation of "wretched".. it'll always mean gun to me, more than wrench even.. generational?

I thought it meant a gun as well. Similar to using the word "tool" or "wrench" right?

[chrismoke]

id say that's the more traditional slang use of ratchet. BACK IN MY DAY, gun barz.

[Chalkdust]

chrismoke, on 08 November 2012 - 07:26 AM, said:

brolic and gully come from hood mispronunciations of broly from dbz and guile from street fighter..

Wow, and I thought I was a dork.

[DatNizzle]

Actually gully is from India, it means street or dirty.
And brolic is not a mispronunciation of Broly, it's having the qualities of Broly -thus brolic.
Guess people in the "hood" aren't just dumb. They put a little thought into it.

[chrismoke]

True, I mistated by saying brolic is just a mispronunciation, i wasn't intending that post to put anyone "hood" down, i grew up in the projects myself and remember when people started saying it. I never said it was dumb. Thanks for explaining it better than I did.

Good point on gully too, and although i know its not a "source" per se, urbandictionary points out the sf2 theory as where it came into recent popular usage from too. That's just how I remember it first being used as well, but if i choose to mistrust my memory, at least i'm not pulling it out of thin air. Indian for street makes sense too, assuming by way of Jamaican slang. I'm a huge dork, thanks. I just thought they were interesting etymologies to point out since they were mentioned on this episode, and wanted to add how I had experienced them being used in NY in the 90s.

Love the show btw, getting better each week.

[Artifice]

I never want to hear the word Rachet again after this episode.