ram puss
Jamaican Creole edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Compound of ram (“male [of an animal]”) + puss (“cat”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
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 edit
- ram goat (“billy goat”)
References edit
- ^ F. G. Cassidy, R. B. Le Page (2002) Dictionary of Jamaican English, 2nd edition, The University of the West Indies Press, →ISBN, page 374
- ^ Richard Allsopp, editor (1996), Dictionary of Caribbean English Usage, Kingston, Jamaica: University of the West Indies Press, published 2003, →ISBN, page 465