"mouth a massy" meaning in Jamaican Creole

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Noun

IPA: /ˈmɔʊ̯tamasɪ/ Forms: mouth a massy dem [plural], mouth a massy [quantified]
Etymology: Compound of mouth (“mouth”) + a (“have”) + massy (“mercy”). Etymology templates: {{compound|jam|mouth|a|massy|t1=mouth|t2=have|t3=mercy}} mouth (“mouth”) + a (“have”) + massy (“mercy”) Head templates: {{head|jam|nouns|10=|head=mouth a massy}} mouth a massy, {{jam-noun}} mouth a massy (plural mouth a massy dem, quantified mouth a massy)
  1. chatterbox
    Sense id: en-mouth_a_massy-jam-noun-jW~m1eAz Categories (other): Jamaican Creole entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of Jamaican Creole entries with incorrect language header: 96 4 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 89 11
  2. hypocrite
    Sense id: en-mouth_a_massy-jam-noun-hXu1klNY
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: bag a chat, mout-a-massy, mouth-a-massy Related terms: labba-labba
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  "lang_code": "jam",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "_dis1": "100 0",
      "word": "labba-labba"
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          "english": "Lord, please make this chatterbox stop talking.",
          "text": "Lawd, da mouth a massy cyaan 'tap talk now, man?",
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        {
          "english": "I'm not a talker\nI'm not a chatterbox […]",
          "ref": "2020, Shenseea (lyrics and music), “Bad habit”",
          "text": "Me nuh chittie, me nuh do chatty\nMe nuh likkle mouth a massy […]",
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          "english": "This hypocrite always spoke about how he'd never leave Jamaica but once he got that visa, he was gone.",
          "text": "Every day dis mouth a massy talk bout 'ow 'im woulda neva lef yard, an see it deh, from 'im get visa, we nuh see 'im again.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "They're weak hypocrites\nMany of them talk too much\nThey're like little river fish\nThey make me sick […]",
          "ref": "2013, Supa Squad (lyrics and music), “System Ovaload”",
          "text": "Say dem a fenky fenky, mouth-a-massy\nNuff of dem a chatty chatty\nGwaan like dem a Tikki tikki\nDem a make I sicky sicky […]",
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      "ipa": "/ˈmɔʊ̯tamasɪ/"
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    {
      "word": "labba-labba"
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        {
          "english": "Lord, please make this chatterbox stop talking.",
          "text": "Lawd, da mouth a massy cyaan 'tap talk now, man?",
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        },
        {
          "english": "I'm not a talker\nI'm not a chatterbox […]",
          "ref": "2020, Shenseea (lyrics and music), “Bad habit”",
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          "text": "Every day dis mouth a massy talk bout 'ow 'im woulda neva lef yard, an see it deh, from 'im get visa, we nuh see 'im again.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "They're weak hypocrites\nMany of them talk too much\nThey're like little river fish\nThey make me sick […]",
          "ref": "2013, Supa Squad (lyrics and music), “System Ovaload”",
          "text": "Say dem a fenky fenky, mouth-a-massy\nNuff of dem a chatty chatty\nGwaan like dem a Tikki tikki\nDem a make I sicky sicky […]",
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      "ipa": "/ˈmɔʊ̯tamasɪ/"
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    {
      "word": "bag a chat"
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    {
      "word": "mout-a-massy"
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    {
      "word": "mouth-a-massy"
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