Gangsta and Thug

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Gangsta

Gangsta noun - A violent, brutal person who is often a member of an organized gang.
Usage example: the short, violence-filled life of an inner-city gangsta
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Thug and gangsta are semantically related in gangster topic. In some cases you can use "Thug" instead a noun "Gangsta", when it comes to topics like mobster.

Thug

Thug noun - A violent, brutal person who is often a member of an organized gang.
Usage example: the Mob boss regularly sent his thugs after people who were slow to pay their debts
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Gangsta and thug are semantically related in gangster topic. You can use "Gangsta" instead a noun "Thug", if it concerns topics such as mobster.

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  • Web Video / The Rap Critic Tempting Fate: After "Hey Soul Sister"'s "So gangsta, I'm so thug", he says "Next, there's gonna be an Asian pop group who says they're gangsta too".
    Source: Web Video / The Rap Critic
  • Pretty Fly for a White Guy Pat Monahan of Train tries to do this in "Hey Soul Sister" - it is IMPOSSIBLE to take him seriously when saying "I'm so gangsta, I'm so thug".
    Source: Pretty Fly for a White Guy
  • Narm / Music Features the lines "My heart is bound to beat right out of my untrimmed chest" and "I'm so gangsta, I'm so thug" sung by a whiter-than-white white dude.
    Source: Narm / Music
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