Entry · catalog no. 1042

kick it

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idiom · phrase · nationwide · 2026

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To relax and hang out; to spend easy, unhurried time with people. Also, to spend time with someone romantically.

“We're just gonna kick it at the crib this weekend.”

Origin & Attribution

African American Vernacular English, likely from "kick back," carried into wide use through hip-hop culture and everyday Black speech before spreading to the mainstream.

Region of origin

West

Midwest

N.East

South

Nationwide / diaspora

nationwide · 2026

Spoken by

nationwide

$KICKITThe Record · cultural traction

▲ Rising

0 yrs

ahead of the mainstream

12/100

peak cultural energy

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

Cultural usage — the recordMainstream search interest

First used

2026

in the culture

Recorded here

2026

point of first record

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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Dictionary.com, "kickin' it" — reference

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Green's Dictionary of Slang, "kick it" — reference

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