English
Noun
en-noun|sg=blood clot
- a mass of coagulated red blood cells, white blood cells and platelets in a network of fibrin; a thrombus
Jamaican Creole English
Etymology
Derived from blood clotha reference to cloth used to catch menstrual blood prior to the invention of tampons and similar devices.
Alternative spellings
Sometimes spelled with an "a" or double-"a" in the second word, or with a 'k' in place of the 'c' e.g., blood clat, blood klot, blood klaat.
Interjection
blood clot
- vulgar: General expression of annoyance, disgust, or dismay; offensive when directed at another person.
#:Roland Littlewood, Pathology and Identity: The Work of Mother Earth in Trinidad (1993), p. 107.
#:*The popular term of abuse, blood clot, has been taken as demonstrating Rasta concern about pollution with menstrual blood, and some groups are said to confine women in menstrual huts while in others men do the cooking at all times lest their queens be menstruating.
See also
bumbaclot
ru:blood clot
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