Talk:broke off

RFV discussion: September–November 2019
I can't find the slang sense of or related  apparently meaning "rich, wealthy". It isn't in OED, Green's Dictionary of Slang, or Urban Dictionary, and I didn't find it in DARE (though, perhaps it is not American?) or One Look. Also, my GBooks search for broke off + rich turned up simple past or past participle uses of various senses of break, but nothing that seems relevant. (I thought this might be one, but it's the "match" (relationship) with the gentleman that the narrator saw broke off, not the gentleman himself.)

, others, any citations or pointers toward such would be appreciated. Cnilep (talk) 07:14, 9 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Hrmmm, I'm not having an easy time finding written citations for this either. There is a usage in the movie White Chicks here [|here] that uses broke in the sense of "broke-off" in "Martha Stewart broke" ( = "extremely rich") vs MC Hammer broke (= "in debt/without money"). This usage is so informal and now slightly dated that it may be difficult to cite, unless we scope song/rap lyrics. Leasnam (talk) 23:32, 9 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Albums released by major labels do get archived by some libraries, and have been cited to attest entries before... I suppose it depends on how clear and how 'major' (vs someone's obscure garage-band tape) they are... - -sche (discuss) 14:58, 24 October 2019 (UTC)
 * But the usage isn't of broke off. DCDuring (talk) 21:32, 1 November 2019 (UTC)

Is this the relevant usage? (I don't know, 'cause I'm an old.) I assume the soundtrack is 'major', but don't know about the other album. Cnilep (talk) 05:20, 1 November 2019 (UTC)
 * As always 'poetry' often does not make for unambiguous citations. A is a brittle sort of a confection. I read that as "I can get broken off like a Kit Kat". The WP article says "Each finger can be snapped from the bar separately."
 * I can't make sense of the other one, but hit reminds me of hit up ("beg or try to borrow from".), which seems to point in the opposite direction. DCDuring (talk) 21:43, 1 November 2019 (UTC)


 * Why the opposite? If broke off means rich, then I think the rapper is making an offer: "just hit the amigo" (feel free to ask me, your friend, for money) "'cause I'm feeling broke off" (since I feel wealthy / can easily accommodate you). Equinox ◑ 22:09, 1 November 2019 (UTC)
 * Could be. Does that fit the rest of the lyric? DCDuring (talk) 01:32, 2 November 2019 (UTC)

RFV-passed Kiwima (talk) 23:40, 6 November 2019 (UTC)