Celluloid Heroes

I’m here trying to squeeze a dollar out of a dime, and I ain’t even got a cent man.

I’m either too old, too white or just too dumb to get it, but I’m never been able to wrap my brain around the use of the word “pimp” as a synonym for making something stylish in a flashy way. How did our culture take a word derived from the criminal exploitation of women and turn it into something that’s elevated to some sort of exalted pop status?

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