Who invented bling word

Join the conversation Create account. Already have an account? Q 'Bling bling': from Lil Wayne to Merriam-Webster The slang term for jewellery was popularized by the song of the same name produced by Mannie Fresh. Social Sharing. Vergil Tombreul Professional. Who invented the word swag? Up-and-comer Soulja Boy, just 17 at the time, was the first rapper to really fall for swag. Khadija Espley Professional.

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They showed us the neighborhoods, showed us their lifestyles. We would roll around with them and their Jaguars. They were very instrumental in a lot of the props and a lot of the locations. We did all three of those videos for less money than the average video is done today. While we were doing the boat stuff, we set up that big opulent table with the candelabras and stuff on it. Then after we shot on the boat the helicopter came over. But it ends up looking pretty rich anyway.

We managed on site to talk the helicopter pilot into letting us shoot some performance takes with the helicopter on the background, turned on. That was not pre-arranged.

We talked him into it. He was just a cool guy, and we got some decent production values out of it. Got Mannie coming out with the briefcase full of cash.

Our budget was limited, those guys might have just brought their friends with cars. They were really proactive in bringing budget value. They were my partners, they helped make that video what it was.

But I had to be a team player. We had fun shooting it. He had a brand-new diamond pinky ring on and it literally flung off while he was performing and it went in the bay. And, gone. But one thing about New Orleans back then is that the police were so helpful. It was like, the community was really getting behind their home heroes.

They must have scoured that bay for days. He literally found the frickin' diamond ring! And he was just so proud to present it to Juvenile. We were so blown away by all those Cash Money Millionaires, especially Lil Wayne at the time: he was really young but he blew all of our minds. He had so much charisma and so much magic and so much presence in his delivery.

This guy is a star. People knew he was hot but everyone was really focused on Juvenile at the time. We went to Magnolia, I watched them move around. I remember Wayne used to come out of the floor. I remember a specific set we had at Metlife Stadium in Jersey. And I just remember that moment being indescribable, special. It almost brought a tear to my eye because I was like, I remember these guys when we were in the Ninth Ward Projects in New Orleans and now look at this shit.

We are in the Tri-state, and this place is packed and these people love this record. Just a few months earlier, no one knew who these guys were. It took a looooong time. And me, being from the Bronx, and Rap City — the entire emphasis in my life was lyrics, the bars, the booth. Email Address:. Sign me up! Her superpower is having bone marrow that produces diamond shards which means she has exceptional durability. But where did the word bling come from in the first place, and who coined it?

According to an article in the Seattle Time s on December 27, the term bloom was off the flower where the expression bling was concerned.

Journalist Robin Givhan of the Washington Post wrote:. It was a terrific term because it had the quality of a sound effect. Thomas Hauser and Marily Cole Lownes trace the rise of the carat crunchers — including one whose smile is worth a small fortune. The expression appears midway through the song as follows:. Yes black, where all my troopers at Uptown!