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labrish, n. and a. Jamaica.|ˈlæbrɪʃ|
[Perh. f. laba or labber ‘to blab, let out secrets’ (Cassidy & Le Page Dict. Jamaican Eng.: cf. lab v. and Eng. Dial. Dict. s.v. lab) + -ish1.]
The different parts of speech are not always distinguishable in context, and several of the examples below are open to alternative analysis.
A. n. Gossip; rumour, idle talk.
1942L. Bennett Jamaica Dial. Verses 2 Me 'ave lot a labrish fe tell yuh. Ibid. 4 Gimme Dela, all De labrish from yuh yard. 1959A. Salkey Quality of Violence vi. 89 You really believe that idle labrish, eh? Well..there's no truth in it. 1981Westindian World 11 Sept. 5/1 Contrary to me little labrish de adda day bout him was a sell up fe go to America tings have never looked so good in town.
B. adj. Garrulous, given to gossiping.
c1948in Cassidy & Le Page Dict. Jamaican Eng. (1967) 269/1 Woman wa mek you labrish so Shut up you mouth an' gwan. 1961F. G. Cassidy Jamaica Talk viii. 185 As an adjective labrish would..mean wordy,..gossiping.
Hence ˈlabrish v. intr., to gossip idly; to chatter.
1943in Cassidy & Le Page Dict. Jamaican Eng. (1967) 269/1 Labbrish, Labris, to chat plenty a story; to give plenty news; to talk much. 1976J. Berry Bluefoot Traveller (1977) 26 Things harness me here. I long For we labrish bad. |