labrish
Talkative, gossipy.
Adjective
- Talkative, gossipy.
Origin
From Jamaican Creole labrish.
Forms
Noun
- Gossip, rumor, chatty speaking.
- Jeanne Powell will tell stories using labrish a traditional Jamaican form of chitchat. - 2008 January 27, Beth Feinstein-Bartl, “A Tribute to 'Miss Lou' at Library”, in Miami Herald, retrieved 24 Jul 2011:
Verb
- To gossip or talk excessively.
- Out there are legions of women who don't own computers or want one. . . . What they do is labrish endlessly on their cellphones and vote. - 2011 July 8, Errol W.A. Townshend, “Letters: Callous sacking of 'Aunty Dor'”,...