![]() ![]() ![]() Here are some famous rappers who have the name “lil” in their rap names. But, because they were small when they first got the name, it has stuck around. There are some people with the nickname “lil” who are anything but small. It can also be given to people when they are young, and it just sticks with them for the rest of their life. The term “lil” is often given to people who are shorter than the rest of the gang members. In the United States of America, there are a lot of nicknames in gang culture. How did we get here? Why do so many rappers like to call themselves “lil”? Lil Is A Common Name In Rap Why Rappers Are Called “Lil”įrom Nursery Rhymes to rappers. It’s funny to think that a name associated with rap came from a nursery rhyme about small bears. The rhyme would go “lil boy bear, lil gal bear”. Not only is it super old, but originally, it came from a children’s nursery rhyme. The Surprising Origin Of LilĪlthough today, when we hear the word “lil”, we might think of rappers such as Lil Jon or Lil Wayne, the abbreviation for “little” can be found as far back as the 1800s. Try saying “lil”, but have it rhyme with “mill” and sound nothing like “little”. But it could also be because our mouths are designed so that the tongue rolls off at the end of “lil”, giving the impression of a “t”. Perhaps this is because we subconsciously know what it should be. However, for one reason or another, it always ends up sounding like some form of variation of the form “little”. In theory, it should be said the same way that it’s spelt. The pronunciation of “lil” is something that I can’t help but find fascinating. If I’m a “lil cross”, that means I’m a bit cross. If I ask you for “just a lil bit”, I am asking you for only a small amount. For when our command of English is less important than just getting our point across. When we say “lil” instead of “little”, we’re saying it in a way that’s shorter, quicker, and less formal. What Does Lil Mean?Īs you may have already guessed from much of the article, “lil” has the same meaning as “little”. We don’t have to spend our lives impressing our English teachers. Language isn’t made up of set in stone rules. Neither of these terms is “official”, they are slang terms meant to give the impression of edginess and street smarts. However, when we’re not in an English classroom, or writing for English scholars, we can bend, and even break, some of the rules of English.Įven though “lil” and “lil’” and even “li’l” are incorrect, that is not a good enough reason for us not to use them. But It Doesn’t Matter That Li’l, Lil’ And ‘Lil Are Grammatically Incorrect However, I doubt Lil Wayne tried too hard to impress his English teacher. ![]() Therefore, when we turn “little” into “lil”, we’re getting rid of the “tt”, meaning “li’l” makes the most sense out of our three options. When we use an apostrophe for contraction, we use it to replace the letters we’ve gotten rid of. But if we want to follow grammar rules as closely as we can, the one that breaks the rules the least is “li’l”. Of course, neither of the three options is technically “correct”. “Li’l” Is Technically The Least Grammatically Incorrect It’s very rare for someone to shorten it to “li’l”. But the two most common ways are “lil” and “lil'”. There isn’t a correct way to shorten “little”, as this is a word that cannot be shortened in a grammatically correct way. Li’l Or Lil’ Or ‘Lil? Which Is The Correct Short Form For “Little”? Today, we’ll look at the correct way to shorten “little”, why people shorten it anyway, and where it even comes from. Many people like to change “little” into “lil”. And one word that we often like to make shorter is “Little”. For one reason or another, we love to shorten words down. ![]()
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