Entry · catalog no. 6217
studyin
/ /ˈstʌdiɪn/ /STUH-dee-in
verb · south · 1900s
✓ Verified
1.
Paying someone any mind; giving their words or antics weight. Almost always used in the negative — you ain''t studyin them.
“He can talk all he wants; I ain''t studyin him.”
Origin & Attribution
Black Southern English, from study in the sense of dwelling on a thing. To not be studying someone is to refuse to let their noise or gossip take up any room in your head. Deep in the blues and everyday Southern speech; bluesman Bobby Rush titled his 2021 memoir I Ain''t Studdin'' Ya.
traditional
Long current in Black Southern speech and the blues
2021
Bobby Rush''s memoir I Ain''t Studdin'' Ya
Region of origin
West
Midwest
N.East
South
The South
south · 1900s
Spoken by
the South
$STUDYIThe Record · cultural traction
▲ Steady26 yrs
ahead of the mainstream
50/100
peak cultural energy
Introduced to English by the culture — logged here before the mainstream caught on.
Cultural usage — the recordMainstream search interest
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Citations & Sources
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+ Cite a sourceBobby Rush, I Ain''t Studdin'' Ya: My American Blues Story — book · 2021
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