OK we had a little mix-up yesterday concerning words that other cultures may not know about. So I thought we could start a list to educate those just looking in.
I go start:
Chic peas - Chana
Soda - Swee' drink
Popcicle - Penacool
Hang out - Lime
Escort lady - Skettle
Trouble maker - Movalang
Spying on your neighbour - Macoing
Bar/Pub/Lounge - Rum shop
Avocado - Zaboca
Alright I start let meh hear all yuh... All yuh see how Allnatural' trying to start thing. Red man struggling hard to get ah 'oman. I take anything from the Avon wearing chic to the White Diamonds girl. Anybody watch meh cut eye they deading!!! Ah hope ah ain't over do it!!!
Bacchanal - Big Party, noise do, confusion, heavy quarreling, good party
Back Back - Reverse in a car, to change one's mind
Back Chat - Argumentative, insolent response
Badjohn- A Bully
Bath Suit - Swim Suit
Bawlin' - To be broke, without financial means
Biscuit - Cookie
Bobolee- A person who is always taken advatage of
Butty - Sandwich
Chips - French Fries
College - Secondary School
Commesse- Confusion, Controversy
Cunumunu- A stupid, foolish person
Cutters - Finger food, snack, hors d'ouveres
Deputy - Mistress, other woman
Dingolay- To dance with joyful indifference
Down the Islands - Excursion to West End Islands and area
Drop - A lift offered by motorists
Fresh-water Yankee- A person who spends a short time in U.S. and returns with a heavy American accent
Fete - Party
Grog - Rum
Horn- To cheat on a boyfriend of girlfriend
Jamet- a prostitute
Jus' Now - Wait a minute, in a little while
Lagniappe- a little extra, a bonus
Lime or Limin' - hanging out, loafing, having fun i.e. let's go down to the corner and lime
Maco- someone who minds other people's business
Makin style - Showing off
Mamaguy - To put someone on, to make fun of
Mamapoule- a derogatory term for a husband who is controlled by his wife
Mas - Masquerade
Mincemeat - Hamburger
Now Fuh Now - Instantly, while you wait
Obzokee- awkward, out of place, misshapen
Ol Talk - Chit-Chat, idle chatter, nonsense
One Time - Right now, immediately
Parang- someone who serenades from on place to another
Peong- Someone who is addicted or obsessed with something
Patois - Local dialect
Picong - Ridicule
Pik'Ant - Thorn, Sharp point
Pot Hound - Mongrel, mixed breed of dog
Saga Boy- a male who is boastful of his physical attributes
Sampat- an unfair attack, ambush
Screw Pan- an angry look on a persons face; usually makes them look humorously ugly
Small Room - Rest room
Soucouyant- Usually used in ghost stories, an old woman who turns herslf into a ball of fire and suck's people's blood
Sweet too Bad - real fine
Sweeties - Candies
Tabanca- The feeling of hurt when a close relationship ends
Toutoulbay- a gullible person
Trini Terrier - Mongrel, mixed breed of dog
Vex - angry, cross or upset
Yampee- mucus found in the corner of the eye after a long night's sleep
Wee - Ours
Wine - to rotate hips in a suggestive manner Great question TS! And job well done Curious!
I'm sure I'll have some more later but off the top of my head
Bubalups - Sloppy overweight person, also known as Obzuckee (oh spelling sah!!)
Cutex - Any nail polish
Gazette Paper - Newspaper Cyar cyar! I eh see some of these in donkey years! I can only think of one right now......
Breeze- any powdered detergent loool. Dont forget that:
Pampers - any and all disposable diaper.
Squeezy - dishwashing liquid
Broughtupsy - being well discliplined Lmao!!!
Doh forget we does call all tooth paste colgate lol Lol. So much good ones here , but lemme try ah ting.
Dotish = Stupid
Begger= Vagrant
Poor house = Home for the age
Cyar think of anymore right now, but if ah remember ah coming back. ha hai....
( ...boy i real crack up with da one.) "crack up" - to laugh
( she is ah mampee.) "mampee" - an overweight woman
( stop teeteeveying yuh backside outside) "teeteevey" or "galavant" - to model yourself by walking up and down.
NB its mostly done for carnival time to model a custume.
"My father told my sister to stop teeteeveying her backside outside because he saw her flirting with some guys on the pavement."
"grease" - any form of hair food
(he real ming po ling boy.) "ming po ling" - Stingy, unwilling to spend money.
(i see he tracking she last night.) - "tracking" - to flirt
( "Crapaud smoke yuh pipe") - you are in trouble
( i know da shi.t hong) " shi.t hong" - a person with a bad attitude.
(stueps) " kiss my a.s.s" - a sound made by sucking the teeth in disapproval.
(i get on real wassy fuh canival) " Wassy" - to enjoy yourself with dancing.
(look he tootoo down heself) "tootoo" - feces, waste from the body
(wha is all dis lakaray ah hearing) " lakaray" - to be loud, noisey.
(ah lambase she a.s.s d other day.) " lambase" - to insult someone with bad words loudly not leaving time for them to answer back.
(She blaggard yuh business all over d place)"Blaggard" - to say bad things about someone to everyone.
these are some i thought of, if i think of more i will add. i cyah think of any right now nah, i go come back an edit if i remember later, is not my fault everybody take meh answers!!!!!!
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Bawl Dong De Place - To cry excessively. To be in a state of grief
Aye-Yah-Yaye - An expression of anticipation or pain.(ouch!)
Bol' face - A pushy person
Brokes - To have no money
Call that George! - Finito. Kaput. Call it finished. End of the matter jus put that on it and call that george
Chupidee - A foolish person
Ent? - Is that not so? That's true, isn't it?
Eh? - What did you say? or Can you repeat that?
Goat Mouth - to put goat mout on someone or something, to jinx something and make it happen by saying something bad will happen
Jook - To stab at anything. "He jook meh in meh eye!"
Ketch A Vaps - To behave in a suddenly unexplicable or unexpected manner
Kick and Stab - Shoes with very pointed toes
Mama Yo! - Expression denoting shock and surprise
Ole Talk - Idle chatter, social chit-chat
Planasse- To hit someone continuously with the flat part of a cutlass car park - parking lot
junction - where a road deadends into a nex road - almost like intersection cuz it will be busiest part of town (village)
take a fresh - take a shower or bathe....but...
bathe means swim in beach or waterfalls
mudda **** -- well...we ansa dis already
piper - cracksmoker
bull - dis one i doh get cuz it can either be you "pullin bull" (runnin taxi) or yah waan "give TS a bull" meanin ummm......
curious how to word dat gur? you got d best list | 