fassy
Jamaican Creole
[edit]Etymology
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Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]fassy
- Full of sores.
- 'Im woulda look good ef 'im skin neva suh fassy-fassy.
- He would look good if his skin weren't so full of sores.
- 2014, Joan Williams, Shawn Grant, Original Dancehall Dictionary: Learning to speak like a Jamaican[1] (in English), →ISBN:
- “FASSY: In the olden days, fassy was an adjective used to describe parts of the body covered with sores. […] In modern language however, fassy has become a noun. Sometimes it means a male homosexual and at other times it means a traitor or one who deliberately lets down or huts his friends. […] ”
Noun
[edit]fassy (plural fassy dem, quantified fassy)
- asshole (unpleasant person)
- Nuh deal wid da guy deh. Di man a real fassy.
- Don't have any dealings with that guy. He's a real asshole.
- 2014, Joan Williams, Shawn Grant, Original Dancehall Dictionary: Learning to speak like a Jamaican[2] (in English), →ISBN:
- “FASSY: In the olden days, fassy was an adjective used to describe parts of the body covered with sores. […] In modern language however, fassy has become a noun. Sometimes it means a male homosexual and at other times it means a traitor or one who deliberately lets down or huts his friends. […] ”