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the blanguage
What does the blanguage mean?
Young Thug's signature naming-tic of swapping a letter (usually C to B) to flip a famous title into his own. Barter 6 (from Carter), 'The Blanguage' (from Drake's 'The Language'). Part homage, part jack-move, part pure Thugger.
"Calling the tape 'Slime Season' instead of biting a Wayne title — that's the blanguage at work."
Origin
Coined by Young Thug himself — 'The Blanguage' is a track on Barter 6 (2015), the album whose title was a B-for-C rewrite of Lil Wayne's Tha Carter. The 'blanguage' is the whole linguistic move.
Frequently asked questions
What does the blanguage mean?
It refers to Young Thug's habit of rewriting other rappers' titles by swapping letters around.
How do you use the blanguage in a sentence?
"He renamed the whole tracklist in the blanguage."
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