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rudeboy

noun

Etymology

Borrowed from Jamaican Creole rude bwoy, equivalent to rude + boy.

  1. borrowed from rude bwoy

Definitions

  1. A male juvenile delinquent, originally in Jamaica in the 1960s.

    • Leppo had been a rudeboy since his teens, earning his first three-month jail rap for vagrancy in 1971.

  2. A male enthusiast of ska music.

    • "I swear I've watched as much MTV Base an Juggy D videos as they have, but I still can't attain the right level a rudeboy finesse," bemoans Jas.
    • The rudeboy might have evolved since his ska-fuelled early days on the streets of 1960s Jamaica, but the staples are the same: nicely buffed footwear, pork-pie hats, cropped trousers and sharp suits.

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Derived

rudie

Vish — recursive loop

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA