Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

thugsta

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: thugs-ta
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Someone who is both a thug and a gangsta.

Slang

Example Sentences

"This here ain't no romance / It's an urban erotic tale / Hood life, gats, stacked papers / Set a thugsta up to fail"
"In an industry dominated by men and images of "thugsta" rappers in the late 1990s and early 2000s with gold grills, tattoos, platinum chains, and dark clothing, bubblegum-chewing [Missy] Elliott popularized a hip-hop wardrobe for urban women that included contemporaneously fashionable unisex athletic gear and oversize clothing in soft, "girlie" colors, as well as de rigueur enormous monogrammed hoop earrings and perfectly manicured fingernails."

Etymology

Blend of thug + gangsta.

Usage

Slang

Inflected Forms

thugstas (plural)

Questions

What does thugsta mean?: Someone who is both a thug and a gangsta.
Where does thugsta come from?: Blend of thug + gangsta.

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