Gay in jamaican language
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English TranslationDyke
DefinitionDerogatory term used to refer to a homosexual female; it is derived from “batty man”, which is used to refer to a homosexual male
Example SentencesPatois: Mi neva know seh Mary a batty gal until she try fi smooch mi last nite
English: I never knew that Mary was a dyke until she tried to kiss me last night
Related WordsBow , Buddy , Bun , c**k it up ,
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English TranslationHomosexual
Related WordsBow , Buddy , Bun , c**k it up ,
posted by anonymous on December 26, 2023
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English TranslationGay
DefinitionSomeone who acts like they are male lover or actually is gay
Example SentencesPatois: Look how di guy a move like batty dude, bredda
English: Look how the male acts like he is male lover, bro
Related WordsHot Steppa , Bait , Chi chi , f**kery ,
posted by jordan.barrett.7758 on May 24, 2014
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English TranslationF**got
DefinitionDerogatory term used to refer to a homosexual male. The patois term “batty” means buttocks in Standard English; hence the term “batty man” gets its meaning from the reality that homosexual males engage in anal sex. When referring to a homosexual w
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The Jamaican Creole phrase often spelled batty man, pronounced ['bati'man] (also botty boy ['bati'bwai]), would be more easily interpreted by other English speakers if it were spelled botty man, since the first element is botty, a familiar British hypocorism for bottom. (My point about the spelling is not a prescriptive one; I'm merely pointing out that the first syllable sounds like Usual English bot, not bat.) The literal meaning of the phrase into American English would be "butt man" or "ass man", and the free translation is "homosexual" (trading, of course, on the juvenile assumption that all gays are ever interested in is bottoms). The statement appeared in a record near the naked corpse of John Terry, initiate at his home in Montego Bay last week. It saddened me to see, in a week when one country atoned just a little for its homophobic past with a genuine apology from its government, another state continuing to forge a place for itself in the annals of intolerance and moral backwardness.
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