Entry · catalog no. 1076

juice

/ /dʒuːs/ /JOOSS

noun · northeast · 1990s

✓ Verified

Respect, influence, and clout — the standing that makes people listen to you and move for you.

“Once he got a little juice in the neighborhood, everybody wanted to be around him.”

Origin & Attribution

Long-running Black usage for power and respect, cemented by the 1992 film "Juice" starring Tupac Shakur, set among young men in Harlem.

1980s

In use for clout and respect

1992

Film Juice cements the term

Region of origin

West

Midwest

N.East

South

Nationwide

northeast · 1990s

Spoken by

Black speakers, New York and nationwide

$JUICEThe Record · cultural traction

▲ Steady

36 yrs

ahead of the mainstream

68/100

peak cultural energy

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

Cultural usage — the recordMainstream search interest

First used

1990

in the culture

Cultural energy indexed from documented usage, search interest, and citation frequency. The recorded date is the archive’s permanent point of record.

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Citations & Sources

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"Juice" — film · 1992

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Dictionary.com, "juice" — reference

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