Signifyin' (sometimes written "signifyin(g)") is a practice in African-American culture and African-American Vernacular English involving a verbal strategy of indirection that exploits the gap between the denotative and figurative meanings of words. A simple example would be insulting someone to show them affection.
Signifyin' (sometimes written "signifyin(g)") is a practice in African-American culture and African-American Vernacular English involving a verbal strategy of indirection that exploits the gap between the denotative and figurative meanings of words. A simple example would be insulting someone to show them affection.
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