jungalist

English

Noun

jungalist (plural jungalists)

1. Alternative form of junglist (“fan of jungle music”)
   • 1996, Sanjay Sharma, John Hutnyk, Ashwani Sharma, Dis-orienting rhythms: the politics of the new Asian dance music, →ISBN:

     More recently this has been superseded by what Cynthia Rose has called 'bhangle' (World Wide Web Bhangra page): 'Asian music has a whole new focus: marrying the jungalist theme (cutting percussive beats and break-beats so fast they trip each other) to Hindi, Punjabi and ragga rhythms' (McRobbie 1994: 183).

   • 1999, Alon Shulman, The style bible: an A-Z of global youth culture:

     Leading jungalist DJs like Grooverider, LTJ Bukem and Jumping Jack Frost can fill huge venuees with thousands of danccing fans.

   • 2007, Urb - Volume 17, Issues 143-147, page 52:

     The upcoming year promises to reveal several tracks of grimey jungalist haze and aggressively smelt percussion.

   • 1995 October 31, Jon Rosenberg, “Doug E Fresh”, in rec.music.hip-hop (Usenet):

     Doug E. Fresh, may be wack but he's not a jungalist, i think he can have a little bit more than drum and bass

   • 1999 June 16, David Mackenzie, “via request: you know you're a candy raver when..”, in alt.rave (Usenet):

     Went to a party on Saturday night, and I had a great time early in the night just bouncing around, only doing a little dancing because the DJ's were real house boys and I'm a (developing) jungalist.

   • 1999 June 17, TeeJay, “Music to listen to while high”, in rec.drugs.cannabis (Usenet):

     fuckin hell! a jungalist, you must be the first one i have found on all these bloody news groups!

2. (Bahamas, slang) A loud, abrasive, slutty woman.
   • 2007, J.D. Carpenter, 74 Miles Away: A Campbell Young Mystery, →ISBN, page 92:

     Young said, “What's a jungalist? Pandora said Eula was a jungalist.” “Yes, I wasn't too happy about that.” “Why?” “It's a local word. It basically means 'slut.'

   • 2017 January 16, Ava Turnquest, “Bethel Slams Comments By Archdeacon Palacious”, in Bahamas Tribune:

     Pastors closed their eyes to the wutless no good husbands with economic power sweetheartin den lil girls and all jungalists and going home and wanting the wife to agree to sex.