Some linguists attribute the term's spread to the way other communities have appropriated certain words and phrases in African American Vernacular English (AAVE), which is part of African American Language (AAL) – historically closely linked to the US South.
一些语言学家将这个词的传播归因于其他社区使用非裔美国人白话英语 (AAVE) 中某些单词和短语的方式,这是非裔美国人语言 (AAL) 的一部分——在历史上与美国南部密切相关。