bomboclaat
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Jamaican Creole
Alternative forms
Etymology
Literally, “butt cloth”. Likely a corruption of "bum cloth" or "bomb cloth", an archaic British English phrase used to describe a menstrual pad (see bloodclaat).
Pronunciation
Adjective
bomboclaat
- (idiomatic, vulgar, slang) damn, damned, fucking, goddamn, goddamned
- Money mi a pree fi da bomboclaat year yah. ― I'm focused on the motherfucking dough this year.
- 1983, Clyde Knight, We Shall Not Die (in English), →ISBN, page 133:
- “ […] me see di las' motherfuckin' one of dem in di grave. Every bomboclaat one a dem, mi tellin' unoo!' […] ”
- […] I see the last motherfuckin' one of them in the grave. Every fucking one of them. You heard that? […]
Interjection
bomboclaat
- (idiomatic, vulgar, slang) holy shit, fuck, damn
- Bomboclaat, mi jus buck mi toe 'gainst di table. ― Damn it. I just stubbed my toe on the table.
- 2012, Ezekel Alan, Disposable People: A Novel Inspired by True Events (in English), →ISBN, page 14:
- “"Bomboclaat!"
"Yes! Yes! Fuck it! Fuck it!"
"Raasclaat! Raasclaat! Spread it! Spread it!" […] ”- "Holy shit!" "Yes! Yes! Fuck me! Fuck me!" "Fuck! Fuck! Spread it! Spread it! […]
Related terms
References
- Richard Allsopp, editor (1996), Dictionary of Caribbean English Usage, Kingston, Jamaica: University of the West Indies Press, published 2003, →ISBN, page 110
- Jonathon Green (2024) “bumbo-claat n.”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang
- bumboclaat at JamaicanPatwah.com