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.
by Pofolks December 14, 2014

"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"
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"
by Shortie Tim July 02, 2003

A slang, typically used in the D.C. metropolitan area, meaning uncool. It can also descrbe a person who is uncool.
by spaz92 July 02, 2006

That bama got on high waters
by Anonymous May 23, 2003

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.
Now it's more general and just means something funny-looking, unsophisticated or country as hell.
by GullibleZine December 28, 2005

a bama is a wack ass person is a busta every one in DC knows what this word means but its hard to put a definiton on it
by becky February 23, 2004

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.
by ighetjaysz13 April 27, 2008
