rude boy


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rude boy

n
1. (Pop Music) (in Britain)a member of a group of often delinquent teenagers in the late 1970s and early 1980s, noted for listening to ska music and wearing suits with trilby or similar soft felt hats
2. (Pop Music) (in Jamaica)a member of a group of lower- or working-class teenagers in the 1960s, noted for listening to ska music and for juvenile delinquency: they inspired the later rude-boy fashion in Britain
Also called: rudie, rudy or rudi
[C20: originally Jamaican slang, from rude in the sense of coarse, vulgar, or uncouth]
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"My schoolfellows were boys, most rude boys, and obeyed the impulse of rude nature which bids the deer herd fall upon any stricken hart, the duck flock put to death any broken-winged brother or sister, and on all hands the strong tyrannise over the weak."
"Last summer, when I was staying on the river, there were two rude boys, the miller's sons, who were always throwing stones at me.
THE original Rude Boy, Neville Staple, has now become Dr Rude Boy, after receiving an honorary doctorate.
Folk legends Steeleye Span, superstar Andy Irvine, the insanely talented Teddy Thompson, Mark Kermode's Dodge Brothers and Don Letts' Rude Boy show and the Mull Historical Society featuring Bernard Butler are just some of the musical highlights.
MUSIC King Hammond and the Rude Boy Mafia Grammy award winning musician and former Nick Welsh is bringing his band, King Hammond and the Rude Boy Mafia, to the Longlands Club, Middlesbrough, on Friday.
RUDE BOY: Kyrgios cuts up rough with ref in his Dustin Brown match
Ri-Ri opened with Stay, then belted out X-rated Sex With Me and atmospheric Rude Boy. "Hello, Glasgow, this is awesome.
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From his 1970s hits to his larger-than-life appearance as a flamboyant rude boy in the movie Rockers, Leroy Smart is the real Don of Jamaican dancehall.
Her "rude boy" collection was also picked to feature in the prestigious finale show and delighted Abigail said: "I am overwhelmed!" Her menswear creations were chosen from more than 400 collections to feature alongside just 24 others in "best in show" and "gala" viewings to representatives of the fashion industry and press.
Yeah, neither had I, but listening to Rude Boy George play these songs is a ridiculous amount of fun.