Cuts and changes within Lexical features  Im about to removealter a pile of stuff  Bogus tentatively said to come from Hausa the OED tells us that this is A cant word of US about the origin of which many guesses have been made and bogus derivations circumstantially given Neither it nor any other source Ive seen even mentions a Hausa origin Jive Neither OED nor DARE mentions a Zulu or any other etymology Paddy were told in this article is likely derived from paddyroller DARE doesnt mention this and says that instead its an extension of the meaning from that of Irish Roachinthecornerkillers seemed impossibly longwinded to me DARE does list roach killers but doesnt mention the term as being in any way special to AAVE  Im aware that this section risks becoming very uninteresting but etymologies should be backed up by specified reputable works of etymology rather than mere speculations or real but uncredited scholarship