Quote Originally Posted by Seventh-Monkey
My friends and I (geeky bunch) use "pimp", but not "gangsta", unless we're stereotyping "gangstas" for our amusement. Certainly don't use it with positive meaning.
Yup. I basically use them to mock people, not compliment them; there is however, a certain segment of the population that seems to think these are positive things to be identified with...