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Jamaican Creole
Etymology
From bumbo (“vagina”) + claat (“cloth”).
Pronunciation
Noun
bomboclaat (plural bomboclaat dem, quantified bomboclaat)
- sanitary towel
Adjective
bomboclaat
- (idiomatic, vulgar, slang) damn, damned, fucking, goddamn, goddamned
- Money mi a pree fi da bomboclaat year yah. ― I'm focused on the motherfucking dough this year.
1983, Clyde Knight, We Shall Not Die (in English), →ISBN, page 133:“ […] me see di las' motherfuckin' one of dem in di grave. Every bomboclaat one a dem, mi tellin' unoo!' […] ”- I see the last motherfuckin' one of them in the grave. Every fucking one of them. You heard that?
Interjection
bomboclaat
- (idiomatic, vulgar, slang) holy shit, fuck, damn
- Bomboclaat, mi jus buck mi toe 'gainst di table. ― Damn it. I just stubbed my toe on the table.
2012, Ezekel Alan, Disposable People: A Novel Inspired by True Events (in English), →ISBN, page 14:“"Bomboclaat!"
"Yes! Yes! Fuck it! Fuck it!"
"Raasclaat! Raasclaat! Spread it! Spread it!" […] ”- "Holy shit!" "Yes! Yes! Fuck me! Fuck me!" "Fuck! Fuck! Spread it! Spread it!
References
- Richard Allsopp, editor (1996), Dictionary of Caribbean English Usage, Kingston, Jamaica: University of the West Indies Press, published 2003, →ISBN, page 110
- “bumbo-claat n.”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang, Jonathon Green, 2016–present
- bumboclaat at JamaicanPatwah.com