flyness
nounEtymology From fly + -ness.
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Slang The quality of being sharp or smart in appearance.
African-American Vernacular
- The charismatic 29-year-old Harlemite is the premier gladiator in a subterranean realm where the quest for flyness is the prime directive.1999, Vibe, volume 7, numbers 1-2:
- The fly personae in these films influenced a wave of black contemporary youth who resurrected flyness and its continuum in hip-hop culture.2004, Cheryl Lynette Keyes, Rap music and street consciousness, page 194: