labrish
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈlæ.bɹɪʃ/
labrish
Nounlabrish (uncountable)
- (Jamaica, dialect) Gossip, rumor, chatty speaking.
- 2008 Jan. 27, Beth Feinstein-Bartl, "A Tribute to 'Miss Lou' at Library," Miami Herald (retrieved 24 July 2011):
- Jeanne Powell will tell stories using labrish a traditional Jamaican form of chitchat.
- 2008 Jan. 27, Beth Feinstein-Bartl, "A Tribute to 'Miss Lou' at Library," Miami Herald (retrieved 24 July 2011):
labrish (labrishes, present participle labrishing; past and past participle labrished)
- (Jamaica, dialect) To gossip or talk excessively.
- 2011 July 8, Errol W.A. Townshend, "Letters: Callous sacking of 'Aunty Dor' ↗," Jamaica Gleaner (retrieved 24 July 2011):
- Out there are legions of women who don't own computers or want one. . . . What they do is labrish endlessly on their cellphones and vote.
- 2011 July 8, Errol W.A. Townshend, "Letters: Callous sacking of 'Aunty Dor' ↗," Jamaica Gleaner (retrieved 24 July 2011):
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