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.
Bloods members commonly call themselves CKs (for Crip-Killer), MOBs (Member of Bloods), dawgs, or ballers (meaning drug dealers).
BLOOD is a slang word widely used to mean "Brother." More specifically, it refers to members of the street gang the Bloods.
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.
The letters "M.O.B." which stands for "Member of Bloods" A five-pointed star (the points of the star represent the five points of knowledge within the UBN: life, love, loyalty, obedience, and respect and/or love, truth, justice, freedom, and peace)
Codes and Language:
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.
015-Let me Know. 025-Hold Me Down. 025-You Sure? 031-What's Poppin Blood.
Lemme hear ya say “Soo woo soo woo, soo woo, soo woo!” ? The term soo woo—along with variants like suhwoop, soo woop, and woop woop—is a greeting and identifier used by the fellow gang members in the Bloods. It is closely associated with Los Angeles and the rapper Lil Wayne.
Crips is an acronym that allegedly stands for Community Revolution in Progress. 10. The Crips gang originated in Los Angeles in 1969 and stemmed from the Black Panther organizationCredit: Corbis Historical - Getty. 10.
“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.
Bomb Threat. 10-90. Bank Alarm at ___ 10-91. Pick Up Prisoner / Subject.
As their name suggests, Bloods identify with the color red and consider themselves “Crip Killas”. Bloods disrespect Crips by crossing out the letter “c” and calling Crip members “Crabs”.
It is extremely important to realize and understand that not everyone who wears a particular color, or who has a tattoo, is a gang member. Bloods wear red, Crips wear blue. There are thousands of gangs in the U.S. and most identify with one or more colors of every description.
Going brazy is hip-hop slang way of saying going crazy, as popularized by members or affiliates of the los angeles-based gang the bloods.
The origin of “boolin” is the Bloods' habit of replacing c's with b's (cool becomes bool).
211-Chill out/Stop Playing. 211-Robbery. 212-Let Me Holla At You.
The BK stands for Blood Killa, the PK stands for People Killa (the Bloods fall under People Nation, which is the rival of the Folk Nation, which is where the Crips fall). The HK stands for Hoover Killa.
M.O.B. stands for “Members of Bloods” with the 662 representing M.O.B. on a telephone keypad. The Blood set known as the M.O.B. Assassin Pirus operates in and around Detroit, Pontiac and Flint, according to prosecutors.
The main source of income for the Bloods is derived from the street-level distribution of cocaine and marijuana. Bloods members are also involved in the transportation and distribution of methamphetamine, heroin, and to a lesser extent, PCP (phencyclidine).
Ketoacidosis and hyperosmolar syndrome can lead to coma, and a reading above 500 means your blood sugar is uncontrolled and your health is at risk.
The Bloods organize in a structure that sounds almost like the military. You enter as a soldier and work your way up through the ranks of five levels of generals. After that, the organization becomes almost mob like. Like organized crime underbosses, the Bloods have a “Low 0-20 “and a “High 0-20.”'
The “5-9 Brim Oath” calls for “having love for your set and hate for your enemy. It's about being loved by few, hated by many, but respected by all . . . It's about being around when it's time to get down, getting down when you are by yourself, getting caught without telling.”