mampy

mampy

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Jamaican Creole mampy.[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmæmˌpi/
• Hyphenation: mam‧py

Adjective

mampy (not comparable)

1. (Caribbean, Jamaica) buxom; curvaceous
   • 2006, Dalzell Victor Eds Staff, ‎Eric Partridge, ‎Tom Dalzell, The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English: J-Z‎, →ISBN, page 1261:

     “(of a woman) buxom, generously proportioned, Rubenesque […] ”

References

1. Dalzell Victor Eds Staff, ‎Eric Partridge, ‎Tom Dalzell (2006) The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English: J-Z‎, →ISBN, page 1261

Anagrams

• Pammy

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Jamaican Creole

Alternative forms

• mampi, mampie

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmamˌpɪ/
• Hyphenation: mam‧pi

Adjective

mampy

1. big, fat, huge, obese
   • 2015, Oxy Moron, “Whaa gwaan Obaama?”, in The Jamaica Gleaner‎:

     “Di crab peeple dem wheh dem neva waa yuh fi si, dem come bak wid di crab dem wid dem big mampy claw. […] ”

     The crab vendors, who they didn't want you to see, came back with those crabs with the huge claw. […]

   Synonyms: swarthy, wagga-wagga

   Mampy gyal a di lick now.

   Big women are the craze now.

Noun

mampy (plural: mampy dem or mampys dem, quantified: mampy)

1. BBW; an obese woman
   • 2014, Joan Williams, ‎Shawn Grant, Original Dancehall Dictionary: Learning to speak like a Jamaican (in English), →ISBN:

     “MAMPY: An extremely obese woman. Sexist Dancehall has not coined a special word for fat men so we still call them big belly man and believe it or not, they are in demand. […] ”

   Mawga gyal cyaan satisfy me. A one real mampy mi waan.

   A skinny girl can't satisfy me. I need a Big Woman.