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    Patwa headword

    Boasty

    /BOAS-tee/

    Adjective
    Gloss
    "Boastful / Show-off"
    Definition
    Describing someone who is arrogant, boastful, or overly proud.
    Example
    "Him too boasty since him get di car." — "He's too boastful since he got the car."
    Origin
    Derived from English 'boast'.

    Boasty is a Jamaican Patois (Patwa) expression. For a full sentence, run it through the Jamaican Patois translator, or return to the lexicon index.