mouth a massy

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Jamaican Creole[edit]

FWOTD – 22 December 2021

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Etymology[edit]

Compound of mouth (“mouth”) +‎ a (“have”) +‎ massy (“mercy”).[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɔʊ̯tamasɪ/
  • Hyphenation: mou‧tha‧ma‧ssy

Noun[edit]

mouth a massy (plural mouth a massy dem, quantified mouth a massy)

  1. 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”‎[1]:
      Me nuh chittie, me nuh do chatty
      Me nuh likkle mouth a massy […]
      I'm not a talker
      I'm not a chatterbox […]
  2. 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”‎[2]:
      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[edit]

  1. ^ F. G. Cassidy, R. B. Le Page (2002) Dictionary of Jamaican English, 2nd edition, The University of the West Indies Press, →ISBN, page 309
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