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Etymology[edit]

  • The term is adopted from the Indian community of the same name. Probably more a Wictionary entry, though. Tannin 04:24, 17 Sep 2003 (UTC)
  • thug: slang for gangster true humley under ground gathering soul, petty lots of vilonce 19:02, 11 March 2008 User:165.234.104.11

Original research tag[edit]

  • Please verify all the information about rappers' uses of the word "Thug." --N Shar 04:19, 9 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Contrary to popular belief, a person who leads a "Thug Life" is not a criminal. The acronym made popular by the great rapper Tupac Shakur has nothing to do with being a "gangsta" or anything of the sort, rather, it stands for all the socially oppressive things we are taught at a young age that negatively affects us (or society) as adults.

When parents teach their children to hate a certain group of people because they are "different" than them, that in turn "fucks everyone," and the people who are victims of that hate, live a "Thug Life"

Many people who aren't familiar with Tupac's work commonly mistaken the phrase as someone who is a "gangsta", lowlife, "criminal," etc. not realising that there is much more to the acronym than meets the eye . (source: urban directory, based on pacs definition of the Thug Life)

An unusual use of the word[edit]


Who?[edit]

I'm curious -- just who are "Garrett Weaver, Robert Lincoln, David Gann, and sometimes Moody", who were added by User:208.79.15.162 a few days ago? DutchmanInDisguise (talk) 22:18, 28 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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