fassy

Jamaican Creole

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fassy

Full of sores.
- 2014, Joan Williams, Shawn Grant, Original Dancehall Dictionary: Learning to speak like a Jamaican‎ (in English), →ISBN:
  “FASSY: In the olden days, fassy was an adjective used to describe parts of the body covered with sores. […] In modern language however, fassy has become a noun. Sometimes it means a male homosexual and at other times it means a traitor or one who deliberately lets down or huts his friends. […] ”
'Im woulda look good ef 'im skin neva suh fassy-fassy.
He would look good if his skin weren't so full of sores.

fassy (plural: fassy dem or fassys dem, quantified: fassy)

asshole (unpleasant person)
- 2014, Joan Williams, Shawn Grant, Original Dancehall Dictionary: Learning to speak like a Jamaican‎ (in English), →ISBN:
  “FASSY: In the olden days, fassy was an adjective used to describe parts of the body covered with sores. […] In modern language however, fassy has become a noun. Sometimes it means a male homosexual and at other times it means a traitor or one who deliberately lets down or huts his friends. […] ”
Nuh deal wid da guy deh. Di man a real fassy.
Don't have any dealings with that guy. He's a real asshole.

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