Really Really Pimpin' in Da South

[David Bowie]

From:    Wilson Gray <hwgray at EARTHLINK.NET>
: John Baker wrote:

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::  Finally, "players"

: "What's happenin, player?": standard greeting from one pimp to
: another. Also randomly used by any black guy to another.

Not just black guys!

"Player", often pronounced/written "playa", is used AFAICT by individuals of
all ethnicities in the US. It seems to me that it's moved from meaning a guy
who seduces as many women as possible (with some but not nearly all of the
negative connotation of "slut") to being a positive term used to describe
someone as "smooth" with women (and sometimes used as a greeting between
men). The negative meaning survives, however, but it may be strongest among
women--i haven't observed enough to tell whether i'm even close to right on
that last one.

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David Bowie                                         http://pmpkn.net/lx
    Jeanne's Two Laws of Chocolate: If there is no chocolate in the
    house, there is too little; some must be purchased. If there is
    chocolate in the house, there is too much; it must be consumed.