Meaning

1 senses
  1. (countable, ironic, often, uncountable)A life in which one has to go through many struggles, like that of poor gangstas.

    I didn’t choose the thug life. It chose me.

Examples

1 sentences
  1. Tom didn't choose the thug life, the thug life chose him.

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Origin

Popularised by American rapper Tupac Shakur (1971–1996) in 1993.

Popularised by American rapper Tupac Shakur (1971–1996) in 1993.

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Forms

plural: thug lives
Singularthug life
Pluralthug lives

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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