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Jamaican Creole
Etymology
Compound of mouth (“mouth”) + a (“have”) + massy (“mercy”).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmɔʊ̯tamasɪ/
- Hyphenation: mou‧tha‧ma‧ssy
Noun
mouth a massy (plural mouth a massy dem, quantified mouth a massy)
- chatterbox
Lawd, da mouth a massy cyaan 'tap talk now, man?- Lord, please make this chatterbox stop talking.
2020, Shenseea (lyrics and music), “Bad habit”:Me nuh chittie, me nuh do chatty
Me nuh likkle mouth a massy […]- I'm not a talker
I'm not a chatterbox
- hypocrite
Every day dis mouth a massy talk bout 'ow 'im woulda neva lef yard, an see it deh, from 'im get visa, we nuh see 'im again.- This hypocrite always spoke about how he'd never leave Jamaica but once he got that visa, he was gone.
2013, Supa Squad (lyrics and music), “System Ovaload”:Say dem a fenky fenky, mouth-a-massy
Nuff of dem a chatty chatty
Gwaan like dem a Tikki tikki
Dem a make I sicky sicky […]- They're weak hypocrites
Many of them talk too much
They're like little river fish
They make me sick
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References
- ^ F. G. Cassidy, R. B. Le Page (2002) Dictionary of Jamaican English, 2nd edition, The University of the West Indies Press, →ISBN, page 309