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Used when drinking with friends to salute or make a toast raise your glasses and clink them together cheers everyone. Hhnl is rooted in african american language aal and communicative practices spady 1991, smitherman 1997, yasin 1999. Street definition, a public thoroughfare, usually paved, in a village, town, or city, including the sidewalk or sidewalks. Dictionary of american slang and colloquial expressions pdf al. Institutions can also buy access codes for students.
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