When did "dub" become a negative?

[dora_da_destroyer]

Yes

But when the hell did dub - which once meant win, $20, 20 sack, and of course those GS Warriors - become a loss/wack? Cap was a weird flip going from once meaning to clown/diss to lie, but how do you take a word meaning win and make it the complete opposite?

 

[FeloniousMonk]

From my mind to your thread title.

It baffles me how the switch up occurs.

Kids just run with it I guess...

 

[2stainz]

right. When I first heard of it, it was from some NY breh and I was like... "isnt dub always W (dubya) and L is loss. Am I trippin? "

 

[Black Steph Curry]

That's how ny nikkas use that word

 

[get these nets]

Yes

But when the hell did dub - which once meant win, $20, 20 sack, and of course those GS Warriors - become a loss/wack? Cap was a weird flip going from once meaning to clown/diss to lie, but how do you take a word meaning win and make it the complete opposite?

I think the transition happened because of

Spoiler: W

George W. Bush

 

[Aintnobodystupid]

A comment on the video breaks it down:

richhighnfly

I'm glad he let is be known that "dub" started in New York.. "Dub" is short for Double O which is a blood code that means no good, lame, hit, over, or etc it all depend on the context in which its being used.. But shoutout to Maco for keeping it 100.. "Dub" is definitely NEW YORK SLANG

 

[Don'tCallMeLuckyB]

Edit: oops I used dud meaning.

But also dub used to mean recording as well but I haven’t heard that shyt in years lol

Cap always meant lie, first heard it when I moved to Tampa in the late 90s. I know it’s popping now to other states but it’s always been regional to westcoast Florida section.

 

[Tenchi Ryu]

Thought this was a anime discussion

 

[CashmereThoughts]

Yes

But when the hell did dub - which once meant win, $20, 20 sack, and of course those GS Warriors - become a loss/wack? Cap was a weird flip going from once meaning to clown/diss to lie, but how do you take a word meaning win and make it the complete opposite?

I didn’t know this was being said outside NYC.

 

[Clay Puppington]

I've been hearing that since 2007

 

[CrimsonTider]

Yes

But when the hell did dub - which once meant win, $20, 20 sack, and of course those GS Warriors - become a loss/wack? Cap was a weird flip going from once meaning to clown/diss to lie, but how do you take a word meaning win and make it the complete opposite?

Desus & Mero made it mainstream so I always took as some New York shyt

 

[010101]

ha*

 

[tuckgod]

Some NY shyt.

They got me saying it now too.

 

[Dafunkdoc_Unlimited]

NY shyt. Cats up North brought it down here a while back.​

 

[Collateral]

It goes both ways. A dub could mean a W, but in more recent years it’s been used for L’s.

“I dubbed her call last night”
“The party was a dub”