Trashawnda Charley
English 201-9121
March, 25th, 2104
The Turn Up Is Real……
Tonight, we gone be too Turnt up”. We’ve all heard people use the phrase Turnt up, but what does it mean. It is used to describe a night of fun that nobody will forget. Drinking and partying without a care in the world for one night, they won’t think about the consequences. Turnt up is a phrase used when a person or group of people are getting ready to party or have a good time drinking.
To turn up you need to be willing to have a good time no strings attached, willing to throw your inhibitions to the side and just have fun. I remember me and my sisters went out to a bar, we were going to drink and dance and just have a good time. I’m usually mama bear in these situations, drinking minimally and watching my younger sisters while they get wasted. That night was different I was tired of being considered the old soul of the group. I told my sisters “Today is the day you guys keep an eye on me cause I’m turning up for all of us” they responded with “You ain’t gone do nothing but what you always do.” I got very intoxicated, danced with a bunch of strangers, climbed out a window, and passed out on my kitchen floor. When I woke up the next morning my youngest sisters say to me “sis, last night you were too Turnt up. I barely remember the night, but what I do remember is I threw caution to the side and had a blast, a night that my sisters are still talking about to this day.
There are consequence to being too Turnt up. When people are too Turnt up it can become dangerous. Let’s say that you are partying and having a good time but you don’t know your cut off point, you’re just drinking and drinking and not caring. People run the risk of really harming themselves, you could get into an altercation because at this point you don’t have control of your body, you probably don’t even know what you are doing. So things that can happen when you are too Turnt up: