Source etymology 3
Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA member of the Los Angeles gang the Bloods, who typically wear red and have an intense and bitter rivalry with the Crips.
When the gang was formed, the term blood, from blood brother, was common street slang, used in the 1960s by young Black and Hispanic men and returning veterans from the Vietnam War to refer to friends.
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