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bamma en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈbæmə/

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. (derogatory, qualifier:African-American Vernacular) An unstylish rural person; a hick.
   • 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. 2011, Stan Long, Black Bird Medley: The Transformation of a Gangster, page 16:
   • “Man, there's a bamma that just came home from jail trying to intimidate and extort my youngins.” 2012, Larry Moon Jr, Drama City, page 151:
   • 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. 2008, "A Blessing in Disguise", A Real Black Woman is the Closest Thing to God, page 44:

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