Slang dictionary
guap
or gwap or gwop [gwop]
What does guap mean?
Guap is slang for a lot of money鈥攃ash money.聽Unlike some of the other many slang terms for money (e.g., rack听辞谤 milli), guap is an unspecified amount. It’s just a lot of dough, moolah, bones.
Where does guap come from?
While its exact origins aren’t certain, the term guap聽may be shortened from the Spanish guapo or guapa, meaning “handsome” or “pretty.” It may have originated from drug-dealing slang in Harlem, New York, to refer to a “handsome sum” or “pretty penny” of money earned. Another theory suggests gwop, an acronym for George Washington On Paper.
And now, get ready for some music …
According to The Right Rhymes hip-hop dictionary, the first time guap聽appeared in a rap song was in Nelly’s 2004 鈥淕rand Hang Out.鈥� This isn’t about a big group of friends kicking back in style but聽having a thousand dollars dangling out of his pocket. In it, Nelly raps: 鈥淔uck a handout, I been gettin guap since way back.鈥�
Guap was popularized by rapper Big Sean, whose 2012 single 鈥淕uap鈥� charted for 12 weeks. Backed by Trinidadian drums, Big Sean (with Kanye West) raps: 鈥淭his to all of my enemies that seeing me gettin’ guap right now / Seeing me gettin’ guap right now, seeing me gettin’ guap right now.鈥�
Rapper Cardi B, who soundtracked much of the popular music in summer 2018, hooked her single “Bickenhead” that year with聽鈥淕uap, guap get some chicken / guap guap get some bread.鈥� Maybe she wanted some guac? No, chicken and bread are also some tasty slang terms for money, like cheddar and clams.
Elsewhere in guap聽tracks, Toronto-based rapper Killy released a 2018 track called “Guap.” He raps in the chorus:”Hey, call me Guapanese, smoke that cheddar cheese.”
Examples of guap
Who uses guap?
Guap is black and hip-hop slang, used by folks boasting they have鈥攐r lamenting that they need鈥攖hat sweet guap.
According to my watch, it鈥檚 time to get guap
— PP (@patttybo)
. Set your priorities straight! Get an LLB. Be a high court judge. Make basic b*#%s nervous. Ridiculing an educated woman with Guap 馃 for makeup is nonsense!!! She could hold the country at ransom at will!!!!
— MUVA LewinskyEscobar (@TapiwaCharity)
As hip-hop is ever the vehicle for popular culture, guap is sometimes used in mainstream slang, especially by people trying to look cool or edgy in talking about large sums of money.
Apple is now worth $1,000,000,000,000 – CNN Money 馃挼 that鈥檚 a lot of 鈦︹仼 馃懟馃崕
— DeLoach Digital Consulting (@DigitalLoach)
In hip-hop culture, guap appears to be more common among East Coast and Midwest rappers.聽Listen for knot, or a “wad of bills” in West Coast rap. It’s usually used as a mass noun (e.g.,聽some guap)聽as opposed to a count noun (e.g.,聽a guap).
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This is not meant to be a formal definition of guap like most terms we define on 亚洲网紅露点, but is rather an informal word summary that hopefully touches upon the key aspects of the meaning and usage of guap that will help our users expand their word mastery.