Entry · catalog no. 7367

Gucci

/ /ˈɡuːtʃi/ /GOO-chee

adjective · U.S. South (Atlanta) · 2000s

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Used to say that a person, situation, or plan is fine, solid, or all right — 'we Gucci' means there's no problem, everything is settled and good between people. It can also describe something as sharp, high-quality, or fashionable, carrying the shine of the luxury name it borrows, but in everyday Black speech the word has drifted from the handbags entirely and just means 'good' or 'we're straight.'

“I bumped your car by accident — my bad. Nah, you Gucci, don't even trip.”

Origin & Attribution

The word rides on the name of the Italian fashion house, but its use as a stand-alone word for 'good' or 'all right' was built inside Black street and hip-hop speech, not by the brand or its customers. That sense took hold in the 2000s in Atlanta's trap scene, the same scene and era that produced rapper Gucci Mane, whose rise as a pioneer of trap music alongside T.I. and Jeezy put the word constantly in rotation on records and in the streets even though his own name came from a family nickname, not the slang. From there the word moved through Southern hip-hop into national Black youth speech b

1999

Earliest documented print use as slang for 'fashionable,' quoted in Harper's Bazaar

2000s

Adjective sense meaning 'good/all right' takes hold in Atlanta's trap scene alongside Gucci Mane's rise as a pioneer of the subgenre

2013–2016

Term catalogued in academic slang databases and mainstream 'teen slang' guides as it crosses into wider youth and internet usage

Region of origin

West

Midwest

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South

The South

U.S. South (Atlanta) · 2000s

Spoken by

Black Southern youth, especially in Atlanta's hip-hop and trap scenes, later spread nationally through Black youth cultu

$GUCCIThe Record · cultural traction

▲ Enduring

27 yrs

ahead of the mainstream

70/100

peak cultural energy

Introduced to English by the culture — logged here before the mainstream caught on.

Cultural usage — the recordMainstream search interest

First used

1999

in the culture

Recorded here

2026

point of first record

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Citations & Sources

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Gucci is a slang word with a variety of positive meanings, including 'fancy or very fashionable,' 'good' and 'excellent.'

Merriam-Webster Slang entry, 2018

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Emerged from AAVE and hip-hop culture in the 2000s, likely influenced by rapper Gucci Mane's popularity in Atlanta's trap scene.

WordLoci slang reference

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He is credited, along with fellow Atlanta-based rappers T.I. and Jeezy, with pioneering the hip-hop subgenre trap music for mainstream audiences during the 2000s.

Wikipedia, Gucci Mane biography

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Likely from an expansion of the Italian luxury fashion brand Gucci, which shares a similar sound with 'good'; developed in the 2000s.

Wiktionary entry, citing Rice University Neologisms Database

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