word on the street

1) a rumor going around; what everyone is saying.
2) a b-st-rdization of “that’s true, according to popular belief or my own opinion.”
1) “everyone talkin’ about word on the street and what dat n-gg- said. i don’t give a f-ck about what dat n-gg- said. ho -ss n-gg-z talk to godd-mn much. stay to yo’ own, get yo’ own…beeotch!” -snoop dogg (“b-tch n-gg-z”)

2)
bartholomew: “man deez hoes only out to get da money. gotta get they hair done and they nails done…d-mn dogg a playa just gotta get his n-b slobbed sometimes. b-tches ain’t sh-t but hoes and tricks!”
ebenezer: “word on the street.”
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a term used to tell someone of a rumor but without having to mention who the rumor was from. it gives the listener the false impression that a lot of people know of this rumor mainly because of the word “streets”.
1: “ay, word on the streets is that wifey’s been with your cousin rome.”

2: “yo, where the f-ck you get that from?”
a term used to tell someone of a rumor, it can be of a positive or negative sentiment. as a negative sentiment the rumor is without a source or anonymous and gives the listener the false impression that a lot of people know of this rumor mainly because of the word “streets”. as a positive sentiment the rumor is based on visual facts and declare a positive response.
negative sentiment: “ay, word on the streets is that wifey’s been with your cousin rome.”

positive sentiment: hey dude, surfs up and its firing-off at the point; let’s go get wet!
1. a convenient way of spreading a rumor, by placing it before your own opinion.
2. a convenient way of labeling a common truth.
1. yo dawg. word on the street is you got da clap.

2.zack: yo pauline! waas da word on da street?

pauline: respect!

zack: d-mn right!
information or gossip derived from sources outside mainstream society, usually judged as more reliable by the criminal undercl-ss and mafiosi/gangster-types.
carlo bartolucci: that phone call i got, it came from outside high walls and fancy gates; it comes from a place you know about maybe from the movies. but i come from out there, and everybody out there knows, everybody lies: cops lie, newspapers lie, parent’s lyin’. the one thing you can count on – word on the street… yeah, that’s solid.
definition #2:
rumors.
“i guess i shoulda included that above….guess i wasn’t thinking. -_-‘ it happens.”
-me
popular belief. often ghetto terminology for this meaning.
setting : in a school
“i heard you don’t know what a cat is.”
“what?”
“word on the streets.”
“it was a joke.”