cunumunu


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noun Idiot or simpleton; A stupid person

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noun An individual whose partner commits infidelity and does not hide the signs. The individual, however, does not leave the relationship but instead tries to please their partner, who in turn ridicules him/her.

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noun A man who has become foolish because of excessive love for a woman.

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18 years ago

A cunumunu is no ordinary idiot, simpleton, or stupid person, but an individual who is getting "butt","horned", and is aware of it, because his or her partner does not  conceal obvious signs of infidelity. The cunumunu does not react like most and break with the partner, but takes increasing amounts of ridicule from the mate, often going out of the way to please that person, and seems powerless to extract him/herself from the relationship.

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18 years ago

Interesting defintion, I haven't heard it used that way before. What countries uses it in that context?

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18 years ago

The meanings of words seem to evolve and change with the passage of time, but this was the accepted definition in Trinidad up to the late 1960's. The Mighty Sparrow sang about a cunumunu in, I think the name of the song was 'Take yuh bundle and leave and go', early 60's.

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18 years ago

Meanings do change, so both can be correct at the same time.

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JSS1
10 years ago

Isn't it cunnamunu?

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Bobzyoy
10 years ago

"A man who has become foolish because of excessive love for a woman" (bazodee)

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Eloi
10 years ago

Crazy in love

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Chaz
10 years ago

I see you

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8 years ago

we use it a lot in the St.Thomas V.I however, we used it to reference a stupid person, an ediot, someone who's not using good sense.

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Gt gal
7 years ago

Cunumunu means yuh stupid/pagali/idiot in Guyana

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Tricia
5 years ago

A straight up idiot. Fool fool

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Kesha
5 years ago

Eediat. Allow people to use them and treat them as fools.

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🇻🇮 Daphne
4 years ago

Someone who not just stupid, but beyond naive within their stupidity.

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Chunumunu
3 years ago

Nanajajjs

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3 years ago

In vincentinian creole it is "chupit" i think

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3 years ago

Anitgua & Barbuda also use eediat/chupid

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liz
2 years ago

It means stupid or a fool. I is also found in Nigeria as mumu.

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Empressstxvi Ya EL
2 years ago

🇻🇮🇰🇳 Stupid, foolish, foolie, we also shorten the word and say mumu. The word derives from West Africa and came to the west Indians via slaves.

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2 years ago

When you no use to nothing good but frighten fi carbon copy..feeling seh you get the best thing ever

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2 months ago

In Obeah Wedding, The Mighty Sparrow sings to Melda: “Some cunumunu bound to say ‘I do’” In this context, it refers to a hopeless, foolish simpleton who is so unaware and lacking sense.