I can’t be the only person that has noticed the use of the word “whole” when referred to relationships and just about anything. I have heard it on “reality shows” most recently on The Real Housewives of Atlanta. One of the women was referring to her relationship as a “whole” relationship and a week earlier another said she was a whole woman, not a snack. Ok, I get and understand the meaning of the word whole. According to Websters: whole \ hol adj. means unhurt, entire free of wound or injury, free of defect or impairment, intact, physically sound, and healthy. Ok, I get it and assume when these ladies use the term, they are saying they are a complete woman and when they are talking about their relationship, they are saying I’m not a side piece, I am the only person he is seeing. I just want to know when people started using the word in this fashion. While I was writing this column, I checked out a video in Los Angles about a vegan food truck and heard someone say “the burger tastes like a whole burger” meaning it tastes like a real beef hamburger. So, the word is in rotation in places other than Atlanta. When I am doing research I normally start on the internet. When I googled the word whole and its current use, I came upon an interesting article titled “12 words Black People Invented and White People Killed.” I can write 11 of the twelve: Bae, Trap/trap queen, ratchet, squad, fleek, twerk, nae nae/all black dances ever, yassss/yas queen, bye Felicia, basic, turn up, and no shade. This article was written in 2015 by Zeba Blay for the Huff Post. I found it quite interesting and don’t you sometimes wonder the origin of a word or phrase. This article answers the question on most of the words except “whole.” I guess the research will continue. The only thing I ask if put in writing please spell it correctly. No shade.
Check this out> www.huffpost/entry/black-slang-whitepeople-ruined
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