"follow fashion" meaning in Jamaican Creole

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈfalaˌfaʃɪn/
Etymology: Literally, "copy a style." Head templates: {{head|jam|adjective|head=follow fashion}} follow fashion, {{jam-adj}} follow fashion
  1. Exhibiting copycat behaviour. Synonyms: follow-fashion Derived forms: follow fashion monkey
    Sense id: en-follow_fashion-jam-adj-xN8Q8~Fa Categories (other): Jamaican Creole entries with incorrect language header

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  "etymology_text": "Literally, \"copy a style.\"",
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  "hyphenation": [
    "fo‧llow‧fa‧shion"
  ],
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  "pos": "adj",
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          "word": "follow fashion monkey"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "The neighbours are such copycats. Whenever I buy something for my home, they buy the same thing too.",
          "text": "Di neighbour dem suh follow fashion. Everyting mi buy put inna mi yard, dem haffi buy too.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "A. adj. Imitative; tending to copy what is done by others. […]”",
          "ref": "2002, Frederic Gomes Cassidy, Robert Brock Le Page, Dictionary of Jamaican English (in English), page 184",
          "text": "“FOLLOW-FASHION adj and sb; cf OED follow v. 8. G",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
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        "Exhibiting copycat behaviour."
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          "copycat"
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        {
          "word": "follow-fashion"
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfalaˌfaʃɪn/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "follow fashion"
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  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "follow fashion monkey"
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  ],
  "etymology_text": "Literally, \"copy a style.\"",
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        "Jamaican Creole terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Jamaican Creole terms with quotations",
        "Jamaican Creole terms with usage examples"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "The neighbours are such copycats. Whenever I buy something for my home, they buy the same thing too.",
          "text": "Di neighbour dem suh follow fashion. Everyting mi buy put inna mi yard, dem haffi buy too.",
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        },
        {
          "english": "A. adj. Imitative; tending to copy what is done by others. […]”",
          "ref": "2002, Frederic Gomes Cassidy, Robert Brock Le Page, Dictionary of Jamaican English (in English), page 184",
          "text": "“FOLLOW-FASHION adj and sb; cf OED follow v. 8. G",
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        "Exhibiting copycat behaviour."
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfalaˌfaʃɪn/"
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      "word": "follow-fashion"
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