Meaning
Snobbish, uppity, and high-society — stuck-up and putting on grand, upper-class airs. A 'topanoris' person acts too fine and important to mix with ordinary people, looking down on the humble and the common. Close in meaning to 'hitey-titey' and 'stoosh', it is used to mock and cut down those who carry themselves above their station, and it belongs to the sharp Jamaican vocabulary for calling out pretension and false grandeur.
Examples
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She turn topanoris since she move uptown.
She's turned snobbish since she moved uptown.
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Dem topanoris people nuh shop dung a market.
Those high-society people don't shop at the market.
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Nuh get topanoris pon wi.
Don't get all uppity with us.
Origin
Thought to come from 'top' plus 'notorious' (or 'top honours') — those at the notable top of society.
How it’s used
Mocking and disapproving, close to 'stoosh' and 'hitey-titey', for people who think themselves above others.