单词 | labrish |
释义 | labrishn.adj. Jamaican. A. n. Gossip; rumour; idle talk. ΘΚΠ society > communication > information > rumour > [noun] speechc1000 wordOE hearinga1300 opinion1340 talesa1375 famea1387 inklinga1400 slandera1400 noising1422 rumour?a1425 bruit1477 nickinga1500 commoninga1513 roarc1520 murmura1522 hearsay?1533 cry1569 scandal1596 vogue1626 discourse1677 sough1716 circulation1775 gossip1811 myth1849 breeze1879 sound1899 potin1922 dirt1926 rumble1929 skinny1938 labrish1942 lie and story1950 scam1964 he-say-she-say1972 factoid1973 ripple1977 goss1985 1942 L. Bennett Jamaica Dial. Verses 2 Me 'ave lot a labrish fe tell yuh. 1981 Westindian 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. 2015 G. Royes Rhythm August Rain 43 ‘You better brush up on your wedding labrish,’ he said, shaking his head, ‘because is that Beth going to talk the whole time’. B. adj. Garrulous, talkative; given to gossiping. rare. ΘΚΠ society > communication > information > rumour > [adjective] > gossiping labrish1961 1961 F. G. Cassidy Jamaica Talk viii. 185 As an adjective labrish would..mean wordy,..gossiping. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). labrishv. Jamaican. intransitive. To gossip idly; to chat; to chatter. ΘΚΠ society > communication > information > rumour > [verb (intransitive)] > bear tales or rumours talea1225 tittlec1400 twittle1551 tattle1581 clavera1605 gossip1627 twita1643 clasha1689 fetch-and-carry1770 clype1843 clatfart1913 tattle-tale1918 labrish1935 1935 Daily Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 13 Mar. 17/6 Gerardo Leon..sang a Jamaica Mento composed by himself entitled ‘Ooman wa mek yu labrish so’. 1943 in F. G. Cassidy & R. B. Le Page Dict. Jamaican Eng. (1967) 269/1 Labbrish, Labris, to chat plenty a story; to give plenty news; to talk much. 1958 Sunday Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 31 Aug. 6/4 When they are not busy selling, they labrish with eloquent gestures and abandoned laughter. 1976 J. Berry Bluefoot Traveller (1977) 26 Things harness me here. I long For we labrish bad. 2015 G. Royes Rhythm August Rain 43 We'll have to labrish—isn't that the word for ‘chat’? I've almost forgotten my patois. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1942v.1935 |
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