follow fashion

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Jamaican Creole[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Literally, "copy a style."

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈfalaˌfaʃɪn/
  • Hyphenation: fo‧llow‧fa‧shion

Adjective[edit]

follow fashion

  1. Exhibiting copycat behaviour.
    Di neighbour dem suh follow fashion. Everyting mi buy put inna mi yard, dem haffi buy too.
    The neighbours are such copycats. Whenever I buy something for my home, they buy the same thing too.
    • 2002, Frederic Gomes Cassidy, Robert Brock Le Page, Dictionary of Jamaican English‎[1] (in English), →ISBN, page 184:
      “FOLLOW-FASHION adj and sb; cf OED follow v. 8. G
      A. adj. Imitative; tending to copy what is done by others. […] ”

Derived terms[edit]

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