Talk:broke off
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I can't find the slang sense of broke off or related broke apparently meaning "rich, wealthy". It isn't in OED, Green's Dictionary of Slang, or Urban Dictionary, and I didn't find it in DARE (though, perhaps it is not American?) or One Look. Also, my GBooks search for broke off + rich turned up simple past or past participle uses of various senses of break, but nothing that seems relevant. (I thought this "broke+off"+rich might be one, but it's the "match" (relationship) with the gentleman that the narrator saw broke off, not the gentleman himself.)
@Leasnam, others, any citations or pointers toward such would be appreciated. Cnilep (talk) 07:14, 9 September 2019 (UTC)
- Hrmmm, I'm not having an easy time finding written citations for this either. There is a usage in the movie White Chicks here [[1]] that uses broke in the sense of "broke-off" in "Martha Stewart broke" ( = "extremely rich") vs MC Hammer broke (= "in debt/without money"). This usage is so informal and now slightly dated that it may be difficult to cite, unless we scope song/rap lyrics. Leasnam (talk) 23:32, 9 September 2019 (UTC)
- Albums released by major labels do get archived by some libraries, and have been cited to attest entries before... I suppose it depends on how clear and how 'major' (vs someone's obscure garage-band tape) they are... - -sche (discuss) 14:58, 24 October 2019 (UTC)
- But the usage isn't of broke off. DCDuring (talk) 21:32, 1 November 2019 (UTC)
- Albums released by major labels do get archived by some libraries, and have been cited to attest entries before... I suppose it depends on how clear and how 'major' (vs someone's obscure garage-band tape) they are... - -sche (discuss) 14:58, 24 October 2019 (UTC)
Is this the relevant usage? (I don't know, 'cause I'm an old.)
- 2015, “Whip”, in Furious 7 Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, performed by Famous to Most:
- These are the great, nigga, don't forget that / I can get broke off like a Kit Kat / If it not about money, cut the chit chat / Them folks say we ain't never never gon' get that
- 2017, “Still Broke off”, in Drippin so Pretty (lyrics), Still Broke OFF:
- Just hit the amigo cause I'm feeling broke off / Broke off spend it all I don't care about the cost
I assume the soundtrack is 'major', but don't know about the other album. Cnilep (talk) 05:20, 1 November 2019 (UTC)
- As always 'poetry' often does not make for unambiguous citations. A Kit Kat is a brittle sort of a confection. I read that as "I can get broken off like a Kit Kat". The WP article says "Each finger can be snapped from the bar separately."
- I can't make sense of the other one, but hit reminds me of hit up ("beg or try to borrow from".), which seems to point in the opposite direction. DCDuring (talk) 21:43, 1 November 2019 (UTC)
- Why the opposite? If broke off means rich, then I think the rapper is making an offer: "just hit the amigo" (feel free to ask me, your friend, for money) "'cause I'm feeling broke off" (since I feel wealthy / can easily accommodate you). Equinox ◑ 22:09, 1 November 2019 (UTC)
- Could be. Does that fit the rest of the lyric? DCDuring (talk) 01:32, 2 November 2019 (UTC)
- Why the opposite? If broke off means rich, then I think the rapper is making an offer: "just hit the amigo" (feel free to ask me, your friend, for money) "'cause I'm feeling broke off" (since I feel wealthy / can easily accommodate you). Equinox ◑ 22:09, 1 November 2019 (UTC)
RFV-passed Kiwima (talk) 23:40, 6 November 2019 (UTC)