Damu is Swahili for Blood, Brother, or Relative. Damu is often used as a greeting between Bloods members; Damu also refers to Bloods from the East Coast.
Bloods members commonly call themselves CKs (for Crip-Killer), MOBs (Member of Bloods), dawgs, or ballers (meaning drug dealers).
Stones, LA Brims, Pueblo Bishops, and Athens Park Boys, decided to join together as a protection against the Crips, henceforth calling themselves the Bloods. The gang name was allegedly chosen due to gang members calling each other "blood" out of endearment and fondness.
Bloods disrespect Crips by crossing out the letter “c” and calling Crip members “Crabs”.
“The males are called the Bloods; the females are called Bloodettes,” testified FBI agent Kevin Conroy at the Matthew Perry U.S. Courthouse in Columbia.
A common greeting among Bloods members is “SuWoop!” (representing a police siren) and members will often say “Blaat!” (representing the sound of automatic gunfire) to announce their presence. The numbers 0, 3, and 1 are very significant to East Coast affiliated Bloods and will appear in their graffiti and tattoos.
Some claim it derives from Swahili; others believe it imitates the sound of police sirens. The most likely explanation, though, is that soo woo is a variation on woop woop, a slang way to express excitement. During the 1990s various Bloods members started using woop woop to greet one another.
Theatrical blood, stage blood or fake blood is anything used as a substitute for blood in a theatrical or cinematic performance. For example, in the special effects industry, when a director needs to simulate an actor being shot or cut, a wide variety of chemicals and natural products can be used.
What does Bloods mean? Bloods refers to an infamous street gang formed in Los Angeles primarily associated with the color red. A blood is also a slang term of address and endearment for a person, especially a young black man.
Rivalry with the Bloods
The Bloods are the Crips' main rival. The Bloods initially formed to provide Piru Street Gang members protection from the Crips. The rivalry started in the 1960s when Washington and other Crip members attacked Sylvester Scott and Benson Owens, two students at Centennial High School.
“The Bloods' use of coded language was originally designed to prevent correctional officers from understanding inmates' communication, either verbal or written. The codes have been taken to the streets to disguise what gang members say from police.
Omar Portee, also known as OG Mack (born c. 1969) is an American gang leader, known for founding the One Eight Trey Gangsters and United Blood Nation while serving time at Rikers Island.
Bloods, street gang based in Los Angeles that is involved in drugs, theft, and murder, among other criminal activities. The predominately African American gang is traditionally associated with the color red. It is nationally known for its rivalry with the Crips.
The phrase is a boast aimed at their main rivals, the Bloods, a gang of 7,000 whom they derisively call “slobs.” Biscuit: A gun.
In the Bloods, the role of Godfather is known as the “Big Homie.”
"Soo Woo," which means "Bloods rule." A greeting of "soo woo" is returned with the greeting of "woo" "Five" is a reference to a fellow UBN member. "Big homie" refers to a higher ranking member, while "big fool" generally refers to the senior ranking member present.
Where does boolin' come from? The Bloods are a gang that formed in Los Angeles in the 1970s as a rival to the Crips. As a show of disrespect and in-group code, some Bloods replace the letter C (the first letter of Crips) with a B in speech and writing.
blud (usually uncountable, plural bluds) (UK) Obsolete spelling of blood quotations ▼
Blood is both a tissue and a fluid. It is a tissue because it is a collection of similar specialized cells that serve particular functions. These cells are suspended in a liquid matrix (plasma), which makes the blood a fluid.
This is evidenced by identification with colours, hand signs and gang names, for example Old Trafford Crips and Moss Side Bloods in Manchester or the (O-Tray-One) Bloods gang and ABM (All Bout Money) Crips from South London. There are roughly 250 street based gangs in London alone.
Bloods wear red. Their rival gang, the Crips, are known for their royal blue (darker but not navy). A Blood wearing blue would likely be punished severely by his own sect.
050-Be On Point. 061-Ghetto Star. 073-Tear Him Up.
United Blood Nation factions are identified by the local telephone area code. Gang graffiti often includes the letter "C" crossed out, the abbreviation "CK" (for "Crip Killer"), the number "031", the letter "S" crossed out (as "Slobs" is an offensive nickname for Bloods).
Of the city's roughly 375 active gangs, 130 crews operate in Brooklyn, more than any other borough. Of these 375 operating crews, some 38 percent are affiliated with the Bloods, 14 percent are related to the Crips, and 14 percent are allied with the Latin Kings.