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Signifyin' , or signifyin(g) (vernacular), is a form of wordplay.It is a practice in African-American culture involving a verbal strategy of indirection that exploits the gap between the denotative and figurative meanings of words. A simple example would be insulting someone to show affection.hile Signifyin(g) is the term coined by Henry Louis Gates, Jr. to represent a black vernacular, the idea stems from the thoughts of Ferdinand De Saussure and the process of signifying--the association between words and the ideas they indicate..
Word Origin & History. signify mid-13c., from O.Fr. signifier (12c.), from L. significare to show by signs, mean, signify, from significus (adj.), from signum sign (see sign (n.)) + root of facere to make (see factitious). Intrans. sense of to be of importance is attested from 1660s.