English
labrish
Labrish comes from Jamaican Creole labrish ‘gossip, gossiping, idle talk’.
- Jamaican Creolemodernlabrish‘gossip, gossiping, idle talk’
- Englishearliest quotation 2008same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
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- Jamaican Creolemodernlabrish‘gossip, gossiping, idle talk’
- Englishearliest quotation 2008same form
Earliest quotation: 2008, Beth Feinstein-Bartl, A Tribute to 'Miss Lou' at Library: “Jeanne Powell will tell stories using labrish a traditional…”
Every English word from Jamaican Creole labrish
Today it means
adj Talkative, gossipy.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Jamaican Creole labrish / labrish