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Jamaican Creole
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfasɪ/
- Hyphenation: fa‧ssy
Adjective
fassy
- Full of sores.
'Im woulda look good ef 'im skin neva suh fassy-fassy.- He would look good if his skin weren't so full of sores.
2014, Joan Williams, Shawn Grant, Original Dancehall Dictionary: Learning to speak like a Jamaican (in English), →ISBN:“FASSY: In the olden days, fassy was an adjective used to describe parts of the body covered with sores. […] In modern language however, fassy has become a noun. Sometimes it means a male homosexual and at other times it means a traitor or one who deliberately lets down or huts his friends. […] ”
Noun
fassy (plural fassy dem, quantified fassy)
- asshole (unpleasant person)
Nuh deal wid da guy deh. Di man a real fassy.- Don't have any dealings with that guy. He's a real asshole.
2014, Joan Williams, Shawn Grant, Original Dancehall Dictionary: Learning to speak like a Jamaican (in English), →ISBN:“FASSY: In the olden days, fassy was an adjective used to describe parts of the body covered with sores. […] In modern language however, fassy has become a noun. Sometimes it means a male homosexual and at other times it means a traitor or one who deliberately lets down or huts his friends. […] ”
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