ride or die From the Urban dictionary
- By Adam Murphy
- Published 10/27/2008
Adam Murphy
Adam Murphy is the Company Training Manager at Advance Internet Technologies, Inc. which is based in Fayetteville, North Carolina, since 2004. Adam also works to conduct orientation sessions and arrange on-the-job training for new hires, evaluate instructor performance and the effectiveness of training programs, and providing recommendations for improvement ,while continuing as a shift supervisor in the technical support department.
*Philosophy* - doctrine that advocates Riding
-addressing perceived threats or slights with immediate physical
confrontation and or reprisal to a degree greater than the original
injustice, at *any* cost, since no cost is greater than death. To not
address such threats with such speed or intensity is to die in that 1)
Once the person or group or whoever threatened/slighted/dishonored/beat
you, your friends or your community finds out that you or your group is
hesitating in its self defense ('soft'), he or his group will take
advantage of your weakness, making life worse, possibly unbearable.
This is to be guarded against with unending vigilance. Think Live Free
or Die. 2) For ride or die adherents, to be without honor is to be
without life. As Joseph Addison once said, "Better to die 10,000 deaths
than wound my honour.
2. Positive description of fraternal or romantic relationship partner(s) by virtue of one's willingness and commitment to do anything for them (represented by the word Ride), no matter the cost, and therefore to be stoppable only by death as represented by the word Die.
2. Positive description of fraternal or romantic relationship partner(s) by virtue of one's willingness and commitment to do anything for them (represented by the word Ride), no matter the cost, and therefore to be stoppable only by death as represented by the word Die.
def 1. You are invited to a weekend party and told
to bring friends. One of the friends you bring wears a shirt emblazoned
with your school logo. The party you're going to is mostly attended by
your school's main athletics competition. At the party, someone from
that school delivers a severe beating to your innocent friend with the
shirt just because of the shirt. By Monday, before lunch, ride-or-die
adherents have a plan to punish the person who hurt your friend with
damage and pain substantially but not grossly greater than he
inflicted. At lunch, they do it. That is to ride. To not do it, to do
anything but take care of it immediately, when all that matters is
doing just that, is to die.
That is Ride or Die.
def 2. You love your romantic partner; if she needs something, you get it. The only way you could possibly not get it is when you die. So you Ride or Die.
That is Ride or Die.
def 2. You love your romantic partner; if she needs something, you get it. The only way you could possibly not get it is when you die. So you Ride or Die.
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Comments
Comment #1 (Posted by koolpoppa)
It is this credo of "ride or die" that has led to the numerous and seemingly unending string of sensless killings in the African-American community particularly amongs young men between the ages of 14-30. With a son and 12 nephews in this age group I pray for their sfatey and make every effort to raise them in a way that they not engage in such thoughtless behavior. I try to instill a "contribute and produce" mind set that fosters charible and community service contributions to the overall well being of the community in which they live and that they are obligated to produce something in the business community that enhances their personal and family wealth. That is what has real honor and repsect not the false glory of this fratricidal ride or die psuedo-cultural philosophical creation of hip hop.
