pappyshow

English

Alternative forms

poppy show

Etymology

Early 20th-century alteration of Scottish dialect puppy show, meaning "puppet show".^[1]

Adjective

pappyshow (comparative more pappyshow, superlative most pappyshow)

(Caribbean) ridiculous, ludicrous

Noun

pappyshow (countable and uncountable, plural pappyshows)

(Caribbean, Jamaica, countable) A fool, a buffoon
(Caribbean, Jamaica, uncountable) mockery, ridicule

Verb

pappyshow (third-person singular simple present pappyshows, present participle pappyshowing, simple past and past participle pappyshowed)

(Caribbean) to mock, to make fun of

References

^ “Archived copy”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎^[1], 2011 June 11 (last accessed), archived from the original on 31 August 2009

[1] “Archived copy”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎^[1], 2011 June 11 (last accessed), archived from the original on 31 August 2009

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