pappyshow

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English[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Early 20th-century alteration of Scottish dialect puppy show, meaning "puppet show".[1]

Adjective[edit]

pappyshow (comparative more pappyshow, superlative most pappyshow)

  1. (Caribbean) ridiculous, ludicrous

Noun[edit]

pappyshow (countable and uncountable, plural pappyshows)

  1. (Caribbean, Jamaica, countable) A fool, a buffoon
  2. (Caribbean, Jamaica, uncountable) mockery, ridicule

Verb[edit]

pappyshow (third-person singular simple present pappyshows, present participle pappyshowing, simple past and past participle pappyshowed)

  1. (Caribbean) to mock, to make fun of

References[edit]

  1. ^ “Archived copy”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)[1], 2011 June 11 (last accessed), archived from the original on 31 August 2009