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English
Noun
battyman (plural battymen)
- Alternative form of batty man
Jamaican Creole
Etymology
Compound of batty + man.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbatɪ ˈman/
- Hyphenation: ba‧tty‧man
Noun
battyman (plural battyman dem, quantified battyman)
- (vulgar, slang, derogatory) homosexual, fag (homosexual)
1986, Honor Ford Smith, Sistren (Organization), Lionheart Gal: Life Stories of Jamaican Women, →ISBN, page 45:“Den yuh hear him, 'Lawd!' Him cyaan fight. Di ongle ting him have a him mouth . Him trace like a any batty man […] ”- Do you hear him? 'My God!' He can't fight. All he has his talk. He runs his mouth off like a fag
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