brown man
Jamaican Creole
Etymology
brown (“fair”) + man
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbɹɔʊ̯n ˈman/
- Hyphenation: brown‧man
Noun
brown man (plural: brown man dem, quantified: brown man)
- a lightskin male (of colour).
- 2018, Carolyn Cooper, “Black man + brown woman = perfect match?”, in The Jamaica Gleaner (in English):
- “There was one striking exception of a brown man breaking out of stereotype. He was either loading or unloading a washing machine or dryer with his right hand; and holding a baby quite precariously in his left hand. […] ”
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- Shi seh a brown man shi want. Mi tell her seh di darka di berry, di sweeta di juice.
- She told me she wanted a light-skinned guy. I told her the darker the berry, the sweeter the juice.
Related terms
- brown (“lightskin”)
- brown gyal, browning (“lightskin female (of colour)”)