Slang: origin of 'bare'

k-punk

Spectres of Mark
I know there was some discussion a while back of slang - but does anyone know where 'bare' comes from? US? Caribbean? Or UK?
 

mms

sometimes
k-punk said:
I know there was some discussion a while back of slang - but does anyone know where 'bare' comes from? US? Caribbean? Or UK?

i think its caribbean - heard it in dqancehall for a long time, same as on road.
 

gabriel

The Heatwave
k-punk said:
I know there was some discussion a while back of slang - but does anyone know where 'bare' comes from? US? Caribbean? Or UK?

my understanding:

- jamaican
- corruption of 'pure' as in 'i went to a dance last night and it was/there was pure girls'

pure in patois can sound like pere/peer which easily became bere/bare etc
 
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