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Natty vs Batty - What's the difference?

natty | batty |

As adjectives the difference between natty and batty

is that natty is smart and fashionable while batty is mad, crazy, silly.

As a noun batty is

the buttocks or anus.

natty

English

Adjective

(er)
  • (informal) Smart and fashionable.
  • (Jamaican slang) knotty (e. g. natty dreadlocks)

    • batty

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • (slang) Mad, crazy, silly.
  • (obsolete) Belonging to, or resembling, a bat (mammal).
    • Batty wings. — Shakespeare.

    Derived terms

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    See also

    * squirrelly

    Noun

    (batties)
  • (West Indian slang) The buttocks or anus.
  • (Jamaica, UK, derogatory) A homosexual man.
  • * 1996 , Rudi Bleys, The geography of perversion
    • For example, recent Jamaican 'raga' lyrics by Buju Banton and Brand Nubian attach the affirmation of black identity to crude animosity towards homosexuality and contain offensive language against the 'batties' as icons of non-blackness.

    Derived terms

    * batty boy * batty man * batty rider

    References