brown man

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Jamaican Creole

Etymology

brown (fair) +‎ man

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɹɔʊ̯n ˈman/
  • Hyphenation: brown‧man

Noun

brown man (plural brown man dem, quantified brown man)

  1. a lightskin male (of colour).
    Shi seh a brown man shi want. Mi tell her seh di darka di berry, di sweeta di juice.
    She told me she wanted a light-skinned guy. I told her the darker the berry, the sweeter the juice.
    • 2018, Carolyn Cooper, “Black man + brown woman = perfect match?”, in The Jamaica Gleaner (in English):
      “There was one striking exception of a brown man breaking out of stereotype. He was either loading or unloading a washing machine or dryer with his right hand; and holding a baby quite precariously in his left hand.