Entry · catalog no. 7739
drip
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noun · Atlanta, South · 2026
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A stylish, expensive, head-turning look — the clothes, the jewelry, the whole presentation. Originally the image of diamonds and chains "dripping" off a person.
“The whole fit was drip from the shoes up.”
Origin & Attribution
Rooted in 2000s Atlanta rap, where it described jewelry dripping with diamonds and a lifestyle to match. Carried into wide use by Atlanta artists like Young Thug, Gunna, and Lil Baby — whose 2018 "Drip Too Hard" pushed it mainstream — long before social media treated it as new.
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Atlanta, South · 2026
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Atlanta, South
$DRIPThe Record · cultural traction
▲ Rising0 yrs
ahead of the mainstream
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Introduced to English by the culture — logged here before the mainstream caught on.
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First used
2026
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Recorded here
2026
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Citations & Sources
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Lil Baby & Gunna, "Drip Too Hard" — song · 2018
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+ Cite a sourceDictionary.com, "drip" slang entry — reference · entry
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