I give up, what the hell is a "Baller"???

i keep hearing and seeing this term used when refering to someone........ie, "do this mod to your car and you will reach "Baller Status" or you will be a "Baller" does it mean that you are "all that and a bowl of grits"?

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=baller

1 A thug that has "made it" to the big time. Originally refered ball players that made it out of the streets to make millions as a pro ball player, but now is used to describe any thug that is living large.

Pain is a part of the game when you're a baller.

2 Etymology: Middle English 'bal', from Old Norse 'bollr' and akin to Old High German 'balla'; combined with the commin suffix 'er' denoting one that does or performs (a specified action)

Therefore, a baller is, literally, 'one who balls'

Other connotations of the word include:

(N) 1. One who exhibits a consistent proficency at-, or exuberant love for the game of basketball. 2. One whose person has been fully and successfully established in numerous social circles (esp. one who is extremely popular with both the male and female members of any given social group) 3. One whose status in society has been earned by one's possession of "game" (that is, proficiency at the game of life)

(Adj) 1. Exhibiting those qualitites of a baller; not limited to the description of a person, 'baller' may be used to describe any place, thing or situation. (N) 1. "Kobe Bryant... now THAT kid's a baller" 2. "Wanna be a baller, shot caller, twenty inch blades on the impala, caller getting laid tonight..." 3. "Hey yo! Don't let nobody else up in this booth. I see nothing but gansters up in here, I see nothing but ballers up in here..."

(Adj) 1. "This E36 M3 is baller"

Suburbanation of 'Baller': "Wow, that man is really quite 'on the ball'."

Clear as mud?

ahh, yeah, i am going to say all clear (as not to seem any uncooler than i already seem)...all clear, would AJ Foyt have been considered a "Balla" or would he punch a "Balla" in the mouth...

To me a baller is someone that takes a nice e46 M3 and strips to a shell in order to prep it for track use

Slip said: To me a baller is someone that takes a nice e46 M3 and strips to a shell in order to prep it for track use

ROFL..........so busted! iaintnoballaupinhere

shot caller?

Dunno, but you can get two of them for "fitty dolla"

ITT: old white people try to make sense of 20 year old slang terms.

http://youtu.be/InGtiEXQyF0

In reply to Swank Force One:
Beat me to it

So I need a v6 prowla?

Silly crackers using "baller".....

In reply to yamaha:

who you callin' a cracka, cracka?

Its something you wish for after becoming a little bit taller.

http://youtu.be/ryDOy3AosBw

Swank Force One wrote: http://youtu.be/InGtiEXQyF0

This is one of those stupid songs that get permanently planted in my head for about three days every time I hear it.

THANKS A LOT SFO...YOU JUST MADE THE LIST

Someone who's a little bit taller, who has a girl and can call her, and has a rabbit in a hat with a bat and a 64 Impala.

I can tell you that driving a Kia is not considered "balla" status.

Bobzilla wrote: I can tell you that driving a Kia is not considered "balla" status.

maybe if you donked it and put twennyfous on it?

Bobzilla wrote: In reply to yamaha: who you callin' a cracka, cracka?

And the whitest, most unhip person on the internet of the day award goes to Bobzilla!

HiTempguy wrote:

Bobzilla wrote: In reply to yamaha: who you callin' a cracka, cracka?

And the whitest, most unhip person on the internet of the day award goes to Bobzilla!

Will wrote: Someone who's a little bit taller, who has a girl who looks good and can call her, and has a rabbit in a hat with a bat and a 64 Impala.

FTFY

You've misspelled it, but you're lookin at it, motherberkeleyer.

And yeah. It's dated, but I use it half-jokingly (embracing my whiteness) to describe E36 M3 constantly. Like "...We drank some bawler ass beers, threw some fillets & lobster tails on the grill. It was a good weekend."

Bobzilla wrote: In reply to yamaha: who you callin' a cracka, cracka?

I have also heard "baller style" used to describe trucks and suvs with big shiny wheels that aren't lowered (as opposed to the ones with a body drop and airbags).