Entry · catalog no. 7005
put some respect on it
/ /pʊt sʌm rɪˈspɛkt ɒn ɪt/ /put-sum-rih-SPEKT-on-it
phrase · New Orleans / nationwide · 2010s
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1.
To give someone the recognition and deference they have earned; to stop taking their name or reputation lightly.
“Three albums deep and they still mispronounce it — put some respect on her name.”
Origin & Attribution
Coined on record by Cash Money co-founder Birdman during a confrontational April 2016 appearance on New York radio show The Breakfast Club, where he demanded, "When y'all say my name, put some respek on it." The clip — the shortest interview in the show's history — became one of the most-shared memes of 2016 and the phrase entered everyday speech.
2016
Birdman says it on The Breakfast Club
2016
Among the year's most-shared memes
Region of origin
West
Midwest
N.East
South
Nationwide / diaspora
New Orleans / nationwide · 2010s
Spoken by
Birdman; carried nationwide via hip-hop and social media
$PUTSOMThe Record · cultural traction
▲ Steady10 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
2016
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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Atlanta, GA
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Memphis, TN
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Citations & Sources
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Birdman interview, The Breakfast Club (Power 105.1)
2016
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+ Cite a sourceBillboard, Birdman Asks the Breakfast Club to Respect My Name
2016
See also