A fork of Rural Dictionary
Do you know when people are in jail when they're telling the stories of how they got arrested the first thing that they say is one time I was chilling with the homies and the popo's just pulled up on me and swooped everybody up. Every time they tell a story about when they got arrested or when they ran in with the cops they say one time, so when they see a cop they remember hey that's a one time story.
Hey dogg I'm going to tell you like this , one time I was chilling in the cut, slanging all that dope, A lot of cluccs and strawberries and the one tezzies came through with swat and hemmed us all up, had to do a mandatory 7 years down. Now I'm out and the one times ain't got Nathan on me. Let's go re-up lōc!
A shortening of "give it up one time for..." the intro to a performer. It's a celebratory term.
Whoa, we almost got caught! One time for Shanda's driving skills!
Doing something just to try it, even if you only do it once and never again; for the sake of adventure.
"Dude let's try it, one time for the one time." #YOLO
...you know, when you did that that one thing.
James: "Remember that one time?"
Robert: "You mean when we did that one thing?"
James: "Yeah!"
The police. So called because you look one time at them, as doing a double-take might attract attention.
See Sir Mix-a-Lot's song "One Time's Got No Case".
The cops. It's correct that it means looking more than once can draw attention. But the actual phrase comes from someone saying "one time" to let the other passengers or friends know that they have now seen the cops and are claiming the first look, and no one else should now turn around because two or more people looking increase your odds of being stopped by more than 50%.
"One time, man. Don't turn around!"