Lapse

Jamaican term for unintentionally saying something gay, especially around around a group straight male friends.
The term refers to a brief lapse in judgement that makes an individual say something he or she did not mean in the way it was perceived.

Friend1: Ok so we need one more player for our football team.
Guy: OH, Dick ME! I mean pick!
Friend1: Bredda you lapse just now
Guy: Sorry idk how dick came out of my mouth
Friend1: You lapse again

Lapse by KyngButler April 15, 2021

lapse

Iz like when yuz pass up on a chance to holla at a biatch

"Yo son how yuz gone lapse on shorty like dat??? She was feelin you dawg!!!!!!!!"

lapse by rxsteven & nastyness October 15, 2003

lapse

It's a way of boys to say "I like cock"

Girl: Want to have sex with me?
Boy: Oh, sorry I'm lapse.

lapse by lfdc November 19, 2016

Lapse

A suffix, used at the end of adjectives to emphasize their meaning

"That video was so epiclapse"

Lapse by AngeloCredo48 July 21, 2025

Lapse

A Jamaican term used when speaking about someone makes the wrong choice or missed an opportunity

Friend 1 "Mi did see har but mi neva chat to har cause mi fraid"
"I saw her but I didn't approach her because I was afraid"

Friend 2 "Yo yah lapse bredda, wah yuh mean yuh neva talk to har"
"Yo you're tripping bro, what do you mean you didnt talk to her"

Lapse by zazita August 22, 2026

lapse of judgment 

When one has made an error that they would not have ordinarily made, they have had a lapse in judgment.

"I got very intoxicated and ate an entire cake. I had a momentary lapse of judgment."

lapse of judgment by Peaches86 October 4, 2018

lapse in fudgement 

when you're taking a shit and after the first log has dropped you experience a moment of paused defecation before the second log drops

Sorry I'm late but I couldn't hastily defecate due to a momentary lapse in fudgement

lapse in fudgement by Skawt Ef January 5, 2008