mouth a massy

mouth a massy

Jamaican Creole

Alternative forms

• mout-a-massy, mouth-a-massy

Etymology

Compound of mouth (“mouth”) +‎ a (“have”) +‎ massy (“mercy”).[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɔʊ̯tamasɪ/
• Hyphenation: mou‧tha‧ma‧ssy

Noun

mouth a massy (plural: mouth a massy dem, quantified: mouth a massy)

1. chatterbox
   • 2020, Shenseea (lyrics and music), “Bad habit”‎:

     Me nuh chittie, me nuh do chatty
     Me nuh likkle mouth a massy […]

     I'm not a talker
     I'm not a chatterbox […]

   Lawd, da mouth a massy cyaan 'tap talk now, man?

   Lord, please make this chatterbox stop talking.

2. hypocrite
   • 2013, Supa Squad (lyrics and music), “System Ovaload”‎:

     Say dem a fenky fenky, mouth-a-massy
     Nuff of dem a chatty chatty
     Gwaan like dem a Tikki tikki
     Dem a make I sicky sicky […]

     They're weak hypocrites
     Many of them talk too much
     They're like little river fish
     They make me sick […]

   Every day dis mouth a massy talk bout 'ow 'im woulda neva lef yard, an see it deh, from 'im get visa, we nuh see 'im again.

   This hypocrite always spoke about how he'd never leave Jamaica but once he got that visa, he was gone.

Synonyms

• bag a chat

See also

• labba-labba

References

1. F.G. Cassidy and R.B. Le Page, Dictionary of Jamaican English (2nd Edition), 2002 (reprint by The University of the West Indies Press, originally 1967 by Cambridge University Press), ISBN 9789766401276, page 309