Jafaicann.adj.

Brit.

/dʒəˈfeɪk(ə)n/, U.S.

/dʒəˈfeɪk(ə)n/

Forms: 1900s– Jafaican, 2000s– Jafaikan. Also with lower-case initial.

Origin: Formed within English, by blending. Etymons: Jamaican n., fake adj.

Etymology: Blend of Jamaican n. and fake adj. In sense A. 2 (and hence in related uses of the adjective), perhaps also influenced by African n.

colloquial.

A. n.

1. A non-Jamaican person who adopts or identifies with aspects of Jamaican culture, esp. in a way regarded as contrived or inauthentic. Usually depreciative.

ΚΠ

1995 Re: Notorious BIG is Jamaican in rec.music.hip-hop (Usenet newsgroup) 4 Sept. Ain't nothing worse than a jafaican.

1997 Transition No. 73. 108/2 Were they identifying with the Jafaicans—scraggly white guys with dreadlocks, reeking of patchouli—who populate Vancouver?

2009 D. M. Nelson Reckoning i. 29 Charges of being a wannabe, a waspafarian, a jafaikan, a wigger, and so forth are both jokes and carry a stinging accusation of fakery.

2. An informal name for: a variety of English originally and chiefly associated with young people in the multicultural neighbourhoods of inner-city London, partially influenced by Jamaican Creole.Sometimes used to imply affectation, though features commonly identified as Jafaican are often regarded by linguists as belonging to a broader Multicultural London English (see Multicultural London English n. at multicultural adj. Compounds).

ΘΚΠ

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Multicultural London English2006

2006 Evening Standard 10 Apr. 21/2 The playgrounds and housing estates of London are alive with the sound of an accent that sounds Jamaican as much as anything, with added flavours from West Africa and India... Teachers have dubbed the phenomenon Jafaican.

2008 Beat 27 ii. 63/2 The whole style of London language has moved on... The young grimesters..shout Jafaikan at each other.

2013 Daily Mail (Nexis) 11 Oct. I..thank heavens she isn't speaking that particular version of MYE [sc. Multicultural Youth English] favoured by teenage boys through Middle England: the hideous dialect known as Jafaican, which seems to be spreading rapidly.

B. adj.

That imitates or is influenced by Jamaican culture (cf. sense A. 1). Also: of or relating to a variety of English originally and chiefly associated with young people in the multicultural neighbourhoods of inner-city London, partially influenced by Jamaican Creole (cf. sense A. 2).

ΚΠ

2001 Re: Why did Sista Lauryn Hill cut her Locks in rec.music.reggae (Usenet newsgroup) 10 July She..was musically heading in a gospel direction as opposed to the jafaican path she was on.

2006 Sun (Nexis) 11 Apr. Jafaican words include creps (shoes) and blud (mate).

2017 @wheresX 10 Sept. in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) This era and trend of Jafaican music is getting annoying.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	jafaican
释义	Jafaicann.adj. Brit. /dʒəˈfeɪk(ə)n/, U.S. /dʒəˈfeɪk(ə)n/ Forms: 1900s– Jafaican, 2000s– Jafaikan. Also with lower-case initial. Origin: Formed within English, by blending. Etymons: Jamaican n., fake adj. Etymology: Blend of Jamaican n. and fake adj. In sense A. 2 (and hence in related uses of the adjective), perhaps also influenced by African n. colloquial. A. n. 1. A non-Jamaican person who adopts or identifies with aspects of Jamaican culture, esp. in a way regarded as contrived or inauthentic. Usually depreciative. ΚΠ 1995 Re: Notorious BIG is Jamaican in rec.music.hip-hop (Usenet newsgroup) 4 Sept. Ain't nothing worse than a jafaican. 1997 Transition No. 73. 108/2 Were they identifying with the Jafaicans—scraggly white guys with dreadlocks, reeking of patchouli—who populate Vancouver? 2009 D. M. Nelson Reckoning i. 29 Charges of being a wannabe, a waspafarian, a jafaikan, a wigger, and so forth are both jokes and carry a stinging accusation of fakery. 2. An informal name for: a variety of English originally and chiefly associated with young people in the multicultural neighbourhoods of inner-city London, partially influenced by Jamaican Creole.Sometimes used to imply affectation, though features commonly identified as Jafaican are often regarded by linguists as belonging to a broader Multicultural London English (see Multicultural London English n. at multicultural adj. Compounds). ΘΚΠ the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [noun] > Indo-European > Germanic > English > British English > English English north country1698 west country1711 Yorkshire1717 Kenticism1735 English English1783 cockney1812 Cockneyese1823 East Angliana1825 Somersetian1825 Northumbrian1845 Norfolk1863 Kentish1866 Doric1870 Kensingtonian1911 Mummerset1915 Geordie1928 Hoxtoniana1935 scouse1963 mockney1967 Kensington1968 Liverpudlian1985 Jafaican2006 MLE2006 Multicultural London English2006 2006 Evening Standard 10 Apr. 21/2 The playgrounds and housing estates of London are alive with the sound of an accent that sounds Jamaican as much as anything, with added flavours from West Africa and India... Teachers have dubbed the phenomenon Jafaican. 2008 Beat 27 ii. 63/2 The whole style of London language has moved on... The young grimesters..shout Jafaikan at each other. 2013 Daily Mail (Nexis) 11 Oct. I..thank heavens she isn't speaking that particular version of MYE [sc. Multicultural Youth English] favoured by teenage boys through Middle England: the hideous dialect known as Jafaican, which seems to be spreading rapidly. B. adj. That imitates or is influenced by Jamaican culture (cf. sense A. 1). Also: of or relating to a variety of English originally and chiefly associated with young people in the multicultural neighbourhoods of inner-city London, partially influenced by Jamaican Creole (cf. sense A. 2). ΚΠ 2001 Re: Why did Sista Lauryn Hill cut her Locks in rec.music.reggae (Usenet newsgroup) 10 July She..was musically heading in a gospel direction as opposed to the jafaican path she was on. 2006 Sun (Nexis) 11 Apr. Jafaican words include creps (shoes) and blud (mate). 2017 @wheresX 10 Sept. in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) This era and trend of Jafaican music is getting annoying. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1995
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