A fork of Rural Dictionary
Some afro- americans from the South who talk slow, get drunk and probably end up sleeping with their cousins or who grew up poor who hate people who go to college.
A bama is short for meaning...somebody who is probably from a Southern state like Alabama She's a bama or black trash, she likes her own uncle.
"Bama"
Originated from Black youth in Washington DC.
1. Original meaning was "cant dress well" or "fashion misfit"
2. Now the word has a more general use meaning "person", as how Whites use "Dude"
1. That bama wearing a coat in the summer
2. Tell bama to meet me at the store.
A slang, typically used in the D.C. metropolitan area, meaning uncool. It can also descrbe a person who is uncool.
"That girl looks like a straight-up bama in those shoes."
Originally, a Bama was a southerner (from Alabama, for instance) trying to blend in up north, but was so obviously country that it didn't work.
Now it's more general and just means something funny-looking, unsophisticated or country as hell.
"Why is dude still wearing BUM Equipment? That's some Bama shit!"
word originally from DC used to refer to a hot mess, someone funny looking who can't dress, or is wearing every color on the rainbow.
guy 1 - damn young! look at that bama across the street
guy 2- ayo you lookin like a bama today son