A plaque remaining from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem.

Above, a 1934 plaque from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem. Discarded as trash in 2006. Now a Popeyes fast food restaurant on Google Maps.

Recent entries:
•“Welcome to growing older. Where all the foods and drinks you’ve loved for years suddenly seem determined to destroy you” (4/17)
•“Date someone who drinks with you instead of complaining that you drink” (4/17)
•“Definition of stupid: Knowing the truth, seeing evidence of the truth, but still believing the lie” (4/17)
•“Definition of stupid: Knowing the truth, seeing the evidence of the truth, but still believing the lie” (4/17)
•“Government creates the crises so it can ‘rescue’ you with the loss of freedom” (4/17)
More new entries...

A  B  C  D  E  F  G  H  I  J  K  L  M  N  O  P  Q  R  S  T  U  V  W  X  Y  Z


Entry from August 14, 2006
H-Town (Houston nickname)

“H-Town” ia hip-hop nickname for the city of Houston. Several cities were called “h-town” in CB language that existed in the 1970s. However, hip-hop probably didn’t borrow from CB slang when the “H-Town” term was popularized, about 1990.
 
   
Urban Dictionary
h-town
H-Town (AKA Hustle Town, AKA Houston) is where all the best Rappers come from.
Somebody:Hey yo Flip whatchu reppin?
Lil Flip:H-Town nigga.
by Devilish Eminem Jun 18, 2003
 
Google Groups: alt.rap-gdead
From:  ucc34
Date:  Wed, Feb 20 1991 4:50 pm

THIS IS DEE FROM H TOWN “HOUSTON “

Posted by Barry Popik
Texas (Lone Star State Dictionary) • Monday, August 14, 2006 • Permalink


Commenting is not available in this channel entry.