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raasclaat en · ADJ

1950s. From Jamaican Creole raasclaat, from English arse + cloth. Compare English arsewipe, asswipe.

(Jamaica, vulgar) An intensifier.
- 'Me an' Patrick drive to Nottingham fe go check one a we bredren an' when we return I man see nufa a dem raasclaat poster all over the place.' 2011, Bali Rai, The Whisper, →ISBN, page 143:
- Bere lies, bere raasclaat hype 2016, “One Life”, in New Level Unlocked, performed by Alkaline:
- Everybody raasclaat sorry, but is not everybody have to clean up people mess. 2005, Marlon James, John Crow's Devil, →ISBN, page 58:

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
rassclart		alternative	lexicographic
raasclat		alternative	lexicographic
more raasclaat	Degree=Cmp		lexicographic
raasclot		alternative	lexicographic
rasclot		alternative	lexicographic
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most raasclaat	Degree=Sup		lexicographic
rasscloth		alternative	lexicographic
rasclat		alternative	lexicographic
rassclot		alternative	lexicographic

1950s. From Jamaican Creole raasclaat, from English arse + cloth. Compare English arsewipe, asswipe.

(Jamaica, vulgar) Used to express anger, annoyance or surprise.
- Alice: The phrase 'O kinsmen!' makes that call specific: the poem's would-be warriors are men. What about women? He only talks about the race by imagining the aspirations of men. Brother Kiyi: Rasclaat! Alice: No, not rasclaat or however you pronounce it—the contest for humanity in the poem is fought exclusively by men. 2004 December 16, Kwame Kewi-Armah, Fix Up, scene 2; republished as Plays: 1, London: Methuen Drama, 2009, →ISBN, page 126:

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raasclat	alternative	lexicographic
rasclot	alternative	lexicographic
rassclart	alternative	lexicographic
rassclot	alternative	lexicographic
rassclaat	alternative	lexicographic
rasclat	alternative	lexicographic
raasclot	alternative	lexicographic
rasscloth	alternative	lexicographic

1950s. From Jamaican Creole raasclaat, from English arse + cloth. Compare English arsewipe, asswipe.

(Jamaica, vulgar) A contemptible person.
- Luke: You got five seconds to tell me why your boss invaded Harlem and what he wants with Raymond Jones. Sheldon: Five, four, three, two, one. Raasclaat! 2018, Aïda Mashaka Croal, 0:02:39 from the start, in The Basement (Marvel's Luke Cage), season 2, episode 6, spoken by Luke Cage and Sheldon Shaw (Mike Colter and Kevin Mambo), ABC Studios; Netflix:
- Set fire to my enemies / Fuck a rasclaat, those our enemies 2017, “Gunfiyah”, performed by Dr. Dre:

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raasclat		alternative	lexicographic
raasclot		alternative	lexicographic
rasscloth		alternative	lexicographic
rassclart		alternative	lexicographic
rasclot		alternative	lexicographic
rassclot		alternative	lexicographic
rasclat		alternative	lexicographic
rassclaat		alternative	lexicographic