In AAVE, a scary-ass is someone who freezes up when things get real — a chronic chickener-out, a person who won't step up. It goes beyond just being nervous; a scary-ass has made cowardice their whole identity. The term carries a sharp edge of social disapproval: calling someone a scary-ass is basically writing them off as someone you can't count on when it matters. Often deployed as a pointed insult or in exasperated frustration.
Don't bring that scary-ass around if we're going to handle business — he'll fold the second things get tense.
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(AAVE) A cowardly person.
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