paigon

English

Alternative forms

• paigan, pagon, pagan

Etymology

Borrowed from Jamaican Creole pagan, from English pagan.

Pronunciation

• (MLE) IPA^(key): [pejɡən], [peːɡən]
• Rhymes: -eɪɡən
• Homophone: pagan

Noun

paigon (plural paigons)

1. (MLE) An untrustworthy person; a person who deliberately acts against one's interests.
   • 2013, Polly Courtney, Feral Youth, page 279:

     They ain't none of them things. They're paigons. They're wastemen and they ain't got loyalty to no one — JJ included.

   • 2016 April 20, Russell Smith, “Russell Smith: The future of English is in these teens' YouTube videos”, in The Globe and Mail:

     They are hosted by one teenager with a microphone (there are a series of these hosts: My favourite channels are Koomz and Ash and 2Man TV.) The host asks passing teenagers to bait out the biggest paigon they know, or the biggest bowcat or sket or sidechick or stunter or catfish.

   • 2017 September 6, Ben Beaumont-Thomas, “Stormzy: 'Theresa May is a paigon'”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     Grime MC Stormzy has expressed his dismay at Theresa May, calling her a “paigon” at the GQ men of the year awards.

   • 2021, Norf Face (lyrics and music), “Baitest Sound”:

     you know I got something for a paigon yute (skang)
     Hmm, I'm very important
     So I never beg endorsement