Webster’s Can’t Bang With The Black Nerd Problems Glossary

(original artwork courtesy of Zerochan)Slang is an incredible art form in language. It’s truly an underappreciated alchemy the way the soul of Black folk come up with terms via equivalent exchange from one meaning or seemingly out of nowhere. It’s said that Shakespeare created some 117 words in the English language. Well we got a few more to add to the roster. These aren’t terms you’ll find anywhere else; this is a glossary of the slang we use with one another at Black Nerds Problems. These terms of ours were all forged from pop culture and inside jokes then given life once everyone started unknowingly using them in their day to day routine.

BNP Term: Swear to Bast (with variations) Emotion: Swear to God.

Explanation: BNP is a lot of things fam, but shaming or excluding on your spiritual proclivity ain’t in our DNA. We keep it real noncomittal when it comes to faith, i.e. we keep it nerd, nahmean. Bast is the Panther God, worshipped by the good people of Wakanda and who has infused Black Panther himself with the supernatural powers he currently possess. Example: “If they run out of chips at Chipotle again, I swear to Bast, I will not be held accountable for my actions.” “Are you, in 2016, the year of our Bast, still rockin’ FUBU gear?”

BNP Term: [Pain Theme] Emotion: Everything is bad. Everything is the worst.

Explanation: I’ve run this down before in the nerd theme song joint, but here’s the gist: The world is crumbling and the impending doom is palpable. In Naruto Shipp…