bassa-bassan.
/ˈbasəbasə/, U.S. /ˈbæsəˌbæsə/, Caribbean English /ˈbasaˌbasa/ Caribbean.
Trouble, commotion; a noisy altercation; a fight.Later evidence (e.g. quot. 1962) points to early use of the word in a campaign song used by Captain Arthur Andrew Cipriani, president of the Trinidad Workingmen's Association, when he was standing for the new Legislative Council in 1925, although contemporary confirmation for the lyrics at that date is lacking.
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society > society and the community > dissent > quarrel or quarrelling > [noun] > noisy or angry quarrel
flitingc1200
chidec1325
bicker1330
janglingc1330
chiding1340
wrangling1377
brawling1393
altercationc1405
words1410
brabblementa1563
wording1564
brabblery1567
bickering1573
jarring1574
bickerment1586
frapling1600
brangling1611
jangle1641
campling1660
frabble1685
collieshangie1737
flickering1776
wranglea1797
brabbling1858
bassa-bassa1956
society > society and the community > dissent > fighting > [noun] > a fight
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fightc1300
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ragea1393
stradec1400
intermell1489
cockfighta1513
skirm1534
bustle1579
pell-mellc1586
brabble1587
jostle1607
scufflea1616
counterbuff1632
mêléea1648
roil1690
tussle1749
scrimmage1780
turn-up1810
scrape1812
pounding match1815
mellay1819
struggle1840
mix-up1841
scrap1846
rough-up1891
turn-to1893
push and shove1895
bagarre1897
stoush1908
dogfight1910
bundle1936
sort-out1937
yike1940
bassa-bassa1956
punch-up1958
thump-up1967
the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > commotion, disturbance, or disorder > [noun]
winOE
torpelness?c1225
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farec1330
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sturblance1435
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rumblingc1450
sturbancec1450
unquietness?c1450
conturbationc1470
ruption1483
stir1487
wanrufe?a1505
rangat?a1513
business1514
turmoil1526
blommera1529
blunderinga1529
disturbation1529
bruyllie1535
garboil1543
bruslery1546
agitation1547
frayment1549
turmoiling1550
whirl1552
confusion1555
troublesomeness1561
rule1567
rummage1575
rabble1579
tumult1580
hurlement1585
rabblement1590
disturb1595
welter1596
coil1599
hurly1600
hurry1600
commotion1616
remotion1622
obturbation1623
stirrance1623
tumultuation1631
commoving1647
roiling1647
spudder1650
suffle1650
dissettlement1654
perturbancy1654
fermentationa1661
dissettledness1664
ferment1672
roil1690
hurry-scurry1753
vortex1761
rumpus1768
widdle1789
gilravagea1796
potheration1797
moil1824
festerment1833
burly1835
fidge1886
static1923
comess1944
frammis1946
bassa-bassa1956
the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > commotion, disturbance, or disorder > [noun] > (a) noisy
rippit?1507
hubbleshowa1525
burlinga1533
hubble-shubblec1550
burle1563
coil1567
hirdy-girdy1568
riff-raff1582
rut1607
hubbuba1625
clutter1656
sputter1673
splutter1677
rattle1688
rumpus1745
ree-raw1797
bobbery1816
trevally1819
stramash1821
nitty1822
hell's delight1823
pandemonium1827
oration1828
Bob's-a-dying1829
hubbaboo1830
reerie1832
circus1869
tow-row1877
ruaille buaille1885
brouhaha1890
foofaraw1933
bangarang1943
bassa-bassa1956
1956 Caribbean Q. 4 201 The popular Carnival phrase, ‘Last lap we go make bassa bassa.’
1962 Hist. & Devel. Carnival, Calypso, Steelband (Trinidad & Tobago Independence Celebration Comm.) (exhibition pamphlet) 11 ‘Ding ding why why’ was adopted as the campaign song for a famous Trinidad war-veteran turned Labour leader. It ran as follows:..We don't want Major Rust To make bassa-bassa here.
1975 T. Callender It so Happen 9 Man, you missing a big bassa-bassa. Jasper and Saga-boy going have a stick-fight.
2020 @Gary09360 10 Feb. in twitter.com (accessed 15 July 2020) I love you vincy twitter. Y'all really make me feel like I'm at home with all this bassa bassa.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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