Tenderoni

Tenderoni is a slang terminology which refers to a younger male or female love interest or someone too young to talk to or become involved with. It is composed of "tender", which is a synonym for young and "roni" which usually serves as an affectionate diminutive towards a male or female. It denotes your younger sweetheart, your younger better half, your younger boyfriend/girlfriend, and more recently used as an alternate word for jailbait.

In the 1970s the word "tenderoni" was commonly used to identify a younger male or female that an older individual was interested in talking to or dating. Or a younger person one needed to stay away from because of their age. It was not uncommon to hear someone say, "I have a tenderoni in my life", "that's my tenderoni" or "Don't talk to him/her because he/she is a tenderoni."

In the 1980s the word resurfaced when Bobby Brown used it in his successful 1988 hit "Roni" to describe a young beautiful girl. The term has surfaced in other pieces of music as well.

For the '07, Chromeo is making an effort to reinstate "tenderoni" into the loverboy vernacular.

Appearances of "tenderoni" in popular music

* Michael Jackson, "P.Y.T." (1982):"...Tenderoni you got to be
:"Spark my nature, sugar fly with me..."

* O'Bryan, "Tenderoni" (1986)

* Bobby Brown, "Roni" (1988)

* Vanilla Ice, "Havin' A Roni" (1991)

* Lost Boyz, "Renee" (1995):"...She came back with stretch pants and a ponytail, a
:"t-shirt. Ayo fam I got a tenderroni girl..."

* Tim Dog, "I Get Wrecked" (1993):"...Bitch ass niggaz step aside
:"Tenderoni rappers, means your homicide..."

* KP & Envyi, "Swing My Way" (1997):"...Said I know that you don't know me
:"But this might be my only shot at a tenderoni..."

* Destiny's Child, "Hey Ladies" (1999):"...My man's been cheatin' on me
:Been runnin' round here wit' this little tenderoni ..."

* Quasimoto, "Real Eyes" (2000):"...Y'all Niggaz is played like pimp sessions with :"tenderonies..."

* J-Live, "Like This Anna" (2002):"...A lot of snakes wanna get up in your tenderoni..."

* Chromeo, "Tenderoni" (2007)

* Jaheim, "What you think of that" (2008) "...my tenderonii only"

ee also

*Splackavellie

mc magic "tenderoni" 2006