crodie
English edit
Etymology edit
Blend of Crip (“a member of the Crips gang”) + brodie; however, the word does not necessarily refer to a member of the Crips.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
crodie (plural crodies)
- (MTE, slang) Synonym of brodie (“a close friend; a man deserving of admiration”)
- 2017, “My Team”, in Northside Jane, performed by Why S, Tallup Twinz, and Burna Bandz:
- Lot of shooters on my squad but we ain't the Pacers (Ain't hoopin' though) / Crodie got aim but the glizz' still got a laser (Got a beam jawn)
- 2019, “War”, in Dark Lane Demo Tapes, performed by Drake:
- Wassa, wassa, just like the crodie Pressa, I don't do no passa / Link with Skull and Cuz and Jamie ah yard and we deh pon Gaza
- 2020, “Money Over Fallouts”, in Daystar, performed by Tory Lanez:
- Kill or be killed, that's the reason I don't have friends / Niggas lyin' on the crodie, niggas sayin' I'm deported
- 2022, “Circo Loco”, in Her Loss, performed by Drake and 21 Savage:
- And she took a score, now shorty gotta hydrate / And he did some dirt, now my crodie gotta migrate