Oct 10, 2013 · In fact, this Imma (also spelled I'ma, I'mma, Ima, and I'm a) is not the contraction I'm followed by a, but a contraction of I'm gonna — which, of course, is a contraction of I'm going to, which is itself a contraction of I am going to. The progression from I'm gonna to Imma involves two common phonetic processes.

Apr 17, 2020 · The phrase I'ma (which is also written Imma, I'mma, Ima, and I'm a), is a feature of African American Vernacular English (AAVE) that is used to mark the immediate future.* Here's a chart you can find on the Wikipedia page on AAVE: Future - Immediate: I'm a-buy it Future - Post-immediate: I'm a-gonna buy it Future - Indefinite future: I gonna buy it

Jul 10, 2014 · For quite some time, I've been hearing the phrase "to be honest" almost every day. I've heard friends say it, characters on TV shows, and even an NPR reporter said it in an interview. Example: "...

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May 27, 2013 · FumbleFingers's answer explains the literal meaning of "cut [one's] teeth on [something]," from which the idiomatic use of the term arises.

Jun 26, 2011 · Phrase finder quotes a 1542 "to teach our dame to spyne" as a possible origin. The spinning version makes perfect sense: even as late as the 1500s, all women learned how to spin, and many of them spent most of their waking hours with a spindle in their hands.

Aug 24, 2017 · It's a currently fashionable way to spell "boy". It means, on its surface, "boy". The rest of the meme implies "exasperation and superciliousness, pending condescending lesson". In other words Boy, imma bout to explain you somethin' (substitute learn in the ergative sense for explain if you like). In my experience this developed on social media ...

Aug 8, 2015 · "Give me it" sounds very odd in Standard English, but so does "give it me". If you want to be on the safe side, I would go with "give it to me".

Jun 6, 2011 · In St. Louis, I learned of the word, "finna."I know it is slang/contraction for "fixing to." By asking dozens of people, I've learned that it is used by people of many different races and cultural backgrounds.

Jun 10, 2013 · The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English (2008) says:. have a cow to become emotionally overwrought; to lose control US, 1966.