Beefa

English

Etymology

Humourous pronunciation spelling of the British English approximation of the Spanish Ibiza in dialects with th-fronting.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈbiːfə/

Proper noun

Beefa

  1. (UK, slang) Nickname for Ibiza: an island of the Balearic Islands, Spain.
    • 2015 August 4, David Renshaw, “Pete Doherty ‘spray paints’ Nirvana lyrics in Ibiza dressing room following Libertines gig”, in NME‎[1]:
      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”.
    • 2017 November 14, Austin Gebbia, “What Your Pronunciation Of ‘Ibiza’ Says About You”, in Vice‎[2]:
      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!!!”

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