bloodclaat
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Jamaican Creole bloodclaat (“blood cloth”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Interjection
[edit]bloodclaat
Jamaican Creole
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Literally, "blood cloth" -- traditionally, a sanitary napkin.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]bloodclaat
- (idiomatic, vulgar, slang) damn, damned, fucking, goddamn, goddamned
- Dis bloodclaat joke nuh mek sense. ― This goddamn joke doesn't make any sense.
- 2013, Calvin Riley, Victor of Circumstances: Highlight the Day-to-Day Struggle that the Underprivileged Undergo to Find Love and Security (in Jamaican Creole), →ISBN, page 160:
- “"Onoo too bloodclaat teef. Onoo fi guh luk wok duh." […] ”
- "Y'all love to steal too fucking much. Go and get a job." […]
Interjection
[edit]bloodclaat
- (idiomatic, vulgar, slang) holy shit, fuck, damn
- Bloodclaat! Dem tief mi car! ― Fuck! They stole my car.
- A weh di bloodclaat a gwaan roun' ya? ― What the hell is going on around here?
- 1996, Daniel J. Wideman, Rohan B. Preston, Soulfires: Young Black Men on Love and Violence (in Jamaican Creole), →ISBN, page 347:
- “Bloodclaat! Dis dread ya is a artistic dread! […] ”
- What the fuck! This Rastaman is an artist. […]
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- Richard Allsopp, editor (1996), Dictionary of Caribbean English Usage, Kingston, Jamaica: University of the West Indies Press, published 2003, →ISBN, page 107
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