drip

The term refers to an attractive and fashionable styling, a good or original appearance, that is, “stylówki,” as well as the good flow of a rapper.

The word drip in this meaning has been borrowed from American slang as a counterpart to the word swag.. Its origins lie in metaphor. In standard English, drip means ‘to drop, to leak, to ooze.’ In a figurative sense, to drip with means ‘to have a lot of something that is visible; to be characterized by something’ (e.g., dripping with jewelry means ‘adorned with jewelry’; literally ‘dripping with jewelry’). Therefore, one can “drip” with money, fashionable clothes (drip with money, fashionable clothes), etc., as well as confidence, sarcasm (drip with confidence, sarcasm), etc.

a verb (You’re dripping = You have the drip). It’s no surprise that Polish teenagers say someone who wears original and fashionable clothes is dripping with drip.

According to the website Nevonce.net, the word drip became the most popular slang term of 2018 in American rap. Gunna and Lil Baby contributed significantly to this, as “The former named his entire series of mixtapes Drip Season, their collaborative album is Drip Harder, and their biggest hit is Drip Too Hard. Recently, however, a rapper from Houston named Sauce Walka claimed authorship of the term drip, accusing Gunna and Lil Baby of theft. Sauce Walka simply used the term as drippin sauce, which signifies charisma and style” (https://newonce.net/artykul/krotki-przewodnik-po-nowym-slangu-w-amerykanskim-rapie).

Examples of usage:

1.”Your drip is on point, mama!” /https://www.facebook.com/

2.”I’M DRIPPING WITH DRIP AND I TELL HER ‘HEY,’ CARTI IS PLAYING IN THE BACK AND BACARDI IS IN MY BLOOD” /Żabson, https://youtu.be/sIhBeKu6Sp4/

3.”WHAT SWAG AND DRIP” /https://twitter.com/rozpaIony/status/1587874323867615233/

4.”Jeez, I sat in that barber’s chair for 2 hours, but at least I have drip now” /https://twitter.com/iwaoigeje/status/1587827873284513792/

5. [Teenager to his buddy admiring his clothes] You’ve got dripp! /H/