ram puss
Jamaican Creole
Alternative forms
- ram-puss
Etymology
Compound of ram (“male [of an animal]”) + puss (“cat”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈram ˈpʊs/
- Hyphenation: ram‧puss
Noun
ram puss (plural: ram puss dem, quantified: ram puss)
- tomcat[1][2]
- Synonym: man puss
- Da ram puss yah waan dash weh. Afta 'im naw ketch nuh mice-rat.
- This tomcat is no good. He doesn't catch any mice.
See also
- ram goat (“billy goat”)
References
- 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 374
- Richard Allsopp (main editor), Dictionary of Caribbean English Usage, 2003 (reprint by The University of the West Indies Press, originally 1996 by Oxford University Press), ISBN 9789766401450 (originally ISBN-10: 976-640-145-4), page 465