bammaとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

Clipping of Alabama; compare Bama (“Alabama”).

発音

• IPA: /ˈbæmə/

名詞

bamma (plural bammas)

1. (African-American Vernacular, derogatory) An unstylish rural person; a hick.
   • 2008, "A Blessing in Disguise", A Real Black Woman is the Closest Thing to God, page 44:

     A lot of dudes that I knew at that time use to think that guys from Maryland was bammas but I didn't sleep on nobody because even a bamma can pull a trigger. I always knew that even if a guy was from cotton ball land, he could still do damage.

   • 2011, Stan Long, Black Bird Medley: The Transformation of a Gangster, page 16:

     Black didn't like them much. He said to me one day, “Stan, why do you hang around them bammas?” Bamma meant “country” or “slow” or something of that nature.

   • 2012, Larry Moon Jr, Drama City, page 151:

     “Man, there's a bamma that just came home from jail trying to intimidate and extort my youngins.”

Further reading

• “Bama n.”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang, Jonathon Green, 2016–present.

アナグラム

• Mamba, mamba