A fork of Rural Dictionary
Congratulate yourself; "Big up yourself" is also acceptable.
You can also "Big up" someone else.
Traditional male Jamaican salutory greeting accompanied by closed fists bumped one atop the other and then reversed expressing well wishes, friendship and respect
Everybody wid sense big up (yourself)*
*understood
Enjoy your status, you've earned it.
Originally a Jamaican expression which has spread to wider audiences through the Ali G Show and US urban radio.
That was a wicked combination tune you did with Beres Hammond. Big Up Yourself, star!
1. To give oneself "props", or in standard vernacular can be indirectly translated as "Well, good for you!"
2. Big yourself up.
Nice work Horace. Big up yourself!
To congratulate yourself on a job well done
Man, you just got good paying job and a honey....shoot big up yourself SON
to give yourself praise, to make some noise for yourself, give yourself a congratulatory handshake or a pat on the back or whatever. hooray for you. origin:british popularized by ali g
uk jungle thug: bo! check dis, i is got a brand new stero system.
uk garride punk: big up yourself, aiiii.