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The act of being filipant in a serious situation
At miss heath's funeral mr Powell made a facetious joke about her death
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Jamaican slang for someone being cheeky, rude or out of order. Commonly used by black people in urban areas of UK, in early 1960's onwards. Now adopted by the various cultures (youth) of those areas, as much of Jamaican slang has now been.
Jamaican: "Bwoy yu sa facety!"
English: "Na man, you're facety!"
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to use 'Humour' as an excuse for being a prick
Mr. Smith: So Mr. Jones, I heard your Girlfriend had enough of you
Mr. Jones: Shut up you, you know she died, Don't be facetious
Mr. Smith: For goodness sake, don't be so sensitive
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London slang. also means rude, or leary. usually describes a girl, usually of black origin (reputation for attitude).
dude 1) see that crackead getin facety to me? thinkin hes a rudeboy or sutin.
dude 2) yeh man, lets jump him.
dude 1) me n ma girl split yesteday.
dude 2) good for you man, she was a right facety bitch
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Pronounced “fah-see-shuss”, this word describes when someone doesn’t take a situation seriously, which ironically is very serious indeed. Not sure if there’s a word for that.
Trying to talk to Jim about serious financial issues is difficult because of his facetious personality.
Tom thinks he's being funny, but he's only being facetious and rude.
I tried to let Jessica talk to me about what she's dealing with, but other people kept making facetious comments that made her uncomfortable.
Giving a sarcastic answer,to show how obvious something is.
My mates and I saw a film on Saturday night.
You mean at the cinema?
No,in the garden shed,of course at the cinema!
That's being facetious.
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