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adj
Nosy; gossiping; interfering in the affairs of others.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Trinidad-and-Tobago
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History
From Caribbean English maco (“overly inquisitive person; to pry into the affairs of others”) from Antillean Creole makomè (“one's child's godmother / one's godchild's mother; gossip; effeminate man”) from French ma commère.
