crip
pronunciation
How to pronounce crip in British English:
UK [krɪp]
How to pronounce crip in American English:
US [krɪp]
Word Origin
- Crip (n.)
- member of a major U.S. street gang, founded in South Central Los Angeles 1971, the name supposedly originally was cribs, partly a reference to the youth of most of the original members, and when they began carrying "pimp canes" it was altered to Crip, which has been attested in U.S. slang as a shortening of cripple (n.) since 1918.