buguyaga
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Jamaican Creole[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Caribbean English bugo-bugo (“rough/crusty”) + Ewe yakayaka (“slovenly?”) + Hausa buguzunzum (“fat slob”)
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
buguyaga (plural buguyaga dem, quantified buguyaga)
- (derogatory) sloppy, low-class, worthless person
- 1973, 02:44 from the start, in The Heart of Man[1]:
- Bwai a de-so piipl a-go sofa. Choch memba ar no choch memba. Big shot ar buguyaga.
- Boy, there [hell] people are going to suffer. Church members or not. Big shot or poor worthless person.
Further reading[edit]
- booguyaga at JamaicanPatwah.com
- Green’s Dictionary of Slang