to bum rush (the hip-hop stage)

German translation: stürmen

08:36 Apr 29, 2005

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English term or phrase: to bum rush (the hip-hop stage)

"The band set their sights on bum rushing the national hip-hop stage."
I even found a hip hop dictionary, but I still don't get it: A bum rush. "Like some pussy, or in fact, a bum rush, but we call it rat pack, on a nigga for nothing at all" -- N.W.A. (Gangsta, gangsta [1988]).
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German translation:stürmen

Explanation:
...perhaps.

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Derek Gill Franßen
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stürmen

Derek Gill Franßen

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die (hip-hop Bühne) stürmen

Sue Maatz

4 +1

not for points (definition)

silfilla

vertreiben

Jonathan MacKerron

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stürmen

Explanation:
...perhaps.

Could this question (or at least the context provided) be considered offensive to some?

:-)

Derek Gill Franßen
Germany
Local time: 18:35
Native speaker of: English
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Vielen Dank.

4 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

die (hip-hop Bühne) stürmen

Explanation:
wenn ich mein link richtig verstanden habe - etwas weiter unten

Reference: http://www.randomhouse.com/wotd/index.pperl?date=20000713

Sue Maatz
Germany
Local time: 18:35
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Native speaker of:

English,

German

1 hr confidence:

vertreiben

Explanation:
as in blowing the competition out of the water
Webster III International for "bum's rush"=
slang
1 : forcible eviction or dismissal *they gave him the bum's rush*
2 : any compulsion applied against one's will or before one can consider the significance or consequences of an action

Jonathan MacKerron
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4

5 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

not for points (definition)

Explanation:
Here's the definition:

A 1987 recording by the rap group Public Enemy popularized the slang term “bumrush” as a verb meaning “to crash into a show hoping to see it for free,” evidently by analogy with an earlier usage in which it meant “a police raid.” In the hip-hop world to be “bumrushed” (also spelled as two words) has evolved a secondary meaning, “to get beaten up by a group of lowlifes, or ” bums”. However, older people are likely to take all of these as mistakes for the traditional expression “bum’s rush,” as in “Give that guy the bum’s rush,” i.e. throw him out unceremoniously, treating him like an unwanted bum. It was traditionally the bum being rushed, whereas in the newer expressions the bums are doing the rushing. it’s good to be aware of your audience when you use slang expressions like this, to avoid baffling listeners.

Side note: Britons laughed themselves silly when they saw Americans wandering around in sportswear with “B.U.M.” plastered in huge letters across their chests. “Bum” means “rear end” in the U.K.

http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/bumrush.html

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silfilla
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