outta road

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Jamaican Creole

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Etymology

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Compound of outta (beyond/by/in/on/out of) +‎ road (road/street).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈɔʊ̯ta ɹʷoːd/
  • Hyphenation: ou‧tta‧road

Prepositional phrase

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outta road

  1. (literal) in the street, on the street, into the street, onto the street
    Dem a keep dance outta road. Y'a guh?
    There's a street party going on. Are you going?
    (literally, “party in the street”)
  2. in public
    Pickney, a time yuh 'tap do dem ting outta road. Y'a big man now.
    Child, it's high time you stopped doing that kind of thing in public. You aren't a little kid any more.
    • [2019, Ragashanti, “Daring balcony ride”, in The Jamaica Star[1]:
      ““Aren’t you going to shower?” She ask him if him would really want har fi shower now wid him wife out deh a beat dung di door. Di man say she nuh fi worry bout dat and dat she mus go shower cause she can’t go outta road so nasty. []
      "Aren't you going to shower?" She asked him if he really wanted her to go shower right now with his wife knocking incessantly at the door. The man told her not worry and that she should go take a shower because she shouldn't be in public without having washed herself [] ]