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    Patwa headword

    Boops

    /BOOPS/

    Noun
    Gloss
    "Sugar daddy"
    Definition
    An older, usually wealthy man who financially supports a younger woman in exchange for companionship or sex.
    Example
    "She find a rich boops fi buy her car."
    Origin
    Origin uncertain; highly popularized in 1980s dancehall.

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