As in 'pimp my ride'?
2006-10-23 03:32:40 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
Pimp used as a verb is a slang expression meaning to decorate usually to excess with lots of color and shiny stuff. For example, if someone was saying he was going to "pimp my ride" it would mean he was going to decorate and accessorize his car with things like leopard-skin seat covers, spinners on the wheels, fancy steering wheel cover, etc, etc. He might choose to paint his car purple or to paint designs on the side. The verb comes from the idea of the clothing style of pimps (panderers of sex, usually running a "stable" of young women or sometimes young men who sell their sexual services). The image of a pimp is someone who is colorfully dressed in expensive yet over-the-top clothes with lots of gold jewelry.
2006-10-23 03:46:45 · answer #1 · answered by just♪wondering 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It means: To decorate and equip to extreme measures, like the pimp-mobiles of the 70s & 80s....very plush and extravagant in a tacky way...
It all started with pimps in the 70s who drove really heavily decorated, tacky cars to show their "high" status in the urban community.
2006-10-23 08:19:47 · answer #2 · answered by gg 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
'make it cooler' - Pimp my ride 'bling it out'.
'work hard to sell something' - Pimp those lottery tickets, we have a contest to see which store can sell the most.
2006-10-23 03:38:14 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
not that it should be used as a verb, but it means to fix.
2006-10-23 03:39:25 · answer #4 · answered by free 1 indeed 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Simply an expression for our younger thinking people..Actually it means panderer.
2006-10-23 03:36:38 · answer #5 · answered by Bob P 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
the act of doing it better; with emotion.
2006-10-23 03:41:29 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
trick it out
2006-10-23 03:35:19 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋