Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Credibility, especially among one's associates.
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- noun slang
Credibility among young, hip urban dwellers; particularly important in thehip-hop and gangsta-rap scene.
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- noun credibility among young fashionable urban individuals
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[street + cred(it).]
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From street ("urban youth") + credibility, by shortening
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strev commented on the word street cred
word on the street
April 5, 2009