Terms vs Shotta - What's the difference?
terms | shotta |
(Jamaica, slang) An armed gangster.
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As nouns the difference between terms and shotta
is that terms is while shotta is (jamaica|slang) an armed gangster.shotta
English
Noun
(en noun)- For example, a shotta from one street in the community had "cut up" another youth from their own avenue.
- They go on an ID parade [a police lineup], and nobody identified them as being a shotta , so everything's clear. But we still baffi be careful.
- Shottas may act as independent gunmen or may be under the rule of particular dons.