Until I began hearing this used for all sorts of “places” to be, the idea of “up in here” had connoted such things as:
hot air balloon
airplane
helicopter
tree house
penthouse
attic
upper floor apartment
etc.
Where is the place (or places) referred to in the current usage?
Is there a specific place involved or is it just an expression with minimal meaning?
It means “here”. When have you heard it when the context didn’t make it clear what was meant?
Right. It is just stylistic. “Up in there” also means roughly the same thing as “there” but is slightly more active and aggressive.
It just means “in here,” although it sometimes adds emphasis.
“It’s hot in here” vs. “Whew! It’s HOT up in here!”
I was trying to remember a specific instance until I saw
This is the type of saying where the emphasis is pretty clear but there’s still this sense (at least to me) of “up” suggesting something I just don’t understand.
Not that other expressions make better sense, but “up here” or “in here” convey a meaning that gets fuzzy (again, to me anyway) when they’re combined without reference to the place involved.
If it matters, there are quite a few of the “just for emphasis” things going around these days that are just as vague. Slang doesn’t have to make sense to be effective, but “up in here” just rubs me wrong, I guess.
This thread is the silliest one up in here, once then now yet.
It seems to me the pure construction is “up in this bitch” and “up in here” is merely the polite form.
What say you, slang experts?
BTW “up” as an intensifier is also seen in “up in my face” which describes a situation in which a person has confronted you on a particular issue (perhaps, without justification). It means exactly the same thing as saying a person “got in your face” about the subject, just more so.
My supervisor was all up in my face about the TPS reports. Doesn’t he know I already filed them in triplicate?
My OP question/concern has been addressed to my satisfaction. Now I see.
Ya’ll gonna make me act a fool.
That’s how I roll.
Nzinga, you been doin’ that for a minute.
Y’all gonna make me lose my cool.
Yeah, but now I’m doing it UP IN HERE!
Bazinga! er, N’zinga!
Oh fuck! I was multi-quoting this thread to laugh at the goodness, but then I found myself quoting the whole damn thing. There is much hilarity (up in) here!
If I gotta bring it to you cowards then it’s gonna be quick, a’ight
…and shit.
Run and tell that home home homeboy!
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