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Beefa
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English
Etymology
Humorous pronunciation spelling of the British English approximation of the Spanish es Ibiza in dialects with th-fronting.
Pronunciation
en /ˈbiːfə/ UK
en iːfə 2
Proper noun
en UK slang en @nickname for:Ibiza island of the autonomous community/Balearic Islands country/Spain.
en Pete Doherty sprayed Nirvana lyrics on the wall of a dressing room at the Ibiza Rocks Hotel when The Libertines played the venue last month (July 22). It’s said Doherty also tagged a separate wall with the words “Aye Aye Beefa”. NME https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-libertines-47-1225455 Pete Doherty ‘spray paints’ Nirvana lyrics in Ibiza dressing room following Libertines gig David Renshaw 2015-08-04 https://web.archive.org/web/20221215195934/https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-libertines-47-1225455 15 December 2022
en When he’s not dozing in and out of consciousness while also vomiting in one of the club’s dark corners, he’s likely dipping his knackered pinky finger into his burlap sack-sized bag of steamy, humidified cocaine, forcefully jamming it up an unwary stranger’s nostril. “THAT’S BEEFA FOR YA, YA CUNT!!!” Vice https://www.vice.com/en/article/what-your-pronunciation-of-ibiza-says-about-you/ What Your Pronunciation Of ‘Ibiza’ Says About You Austin Gebbia 2017-11-14
Derived terms
Beefs