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A : prep. to as in "go a shop," from
Spanish (7)
A GO : aux w/v. going to do, as in "Me a
go tell him" (7)
A DOOR : outdoors. (5)
ACCOMPONG : n. name of Maroon warrior, Capt.
Accompong, brother of
Cudjo; also name of town. From the
Twi name for the
supreme deity (7)
ACKEE : n. African food tree introduced
about 1778. From Twi
ankye or Kru akee (7)
AGONY : the sensations felt during sex (6)
AKS : ask (2
ALIAS : adj. (urban slang) dangerous,
violent (7)
AMSHOUSE : poorhouse (29)
AN : than (5)
ARMAGEDDON : the biblical final battle between
the forces of good
and evil (1)
ASHAM : n. Parched, sweetened, and ground
corn. From twi
osiam (7)
BABYLON : 1. the corrupt establishment,
the "system,
" Church and State 2. the police, a
policeman (1)
BAD : good, great (2)
BAD BWAI : (bad boy) 1. refering to a bold
man; a compliment 2.
: One who has committed a crime.
: (rude bwai, ruddy, baddy) (31)
BADNESS : hooligan behavior, violence for its
own sake (1)
BAFAN : clumsy; awkward (5)
BAFANG : a child who did not learn to walk
the 1st 2-7 years. (5)
BAG-O-WIRE : a betrayer (1)
BAGGY : underpants for a woman or child. (5)
BALMYARD : n. place where pocpmania rites are
held, healing is
done, spells cast or lifted (7)
BAKRA : white slavemaster, or member of the
ruling class in
colonial days. Popular etymology:
"back raw" (which he bestowed with
a whip.) (5)
BALD-HEAD : a straight person; one without
dreadlocks;
one who works for babylon (2)
BAMBA YAY : by and by (7)
BAMBU : rolling paper (1)
BAMMY : a pancake made out of cassava,
after it has been grated
and squeezed to remove the bitter
juice. (5)
BANDULU : bandit, criminal, one living by
guile (1)
a BANDULU BIZNESS is a racket, a
swindle. (5)
BANGARANG : hubbub, uproar, disorder,
disturbance. (5)
BANKRA : a big basket, including the type
which hangs over the
sides of a donkey. (5)
BANS : from bands; a whole lot, a great
deal, nuff,
whole heap. (5)
BANTON : a storyteller (50)
BASHMENT : party, dance, session (3)
BAT : butterfly or moth. English bat, the
flying rodent,
is a rat-bat. (5)
BATTY : bottom; backside; anus. (5)
BATTYBWOY : a gay person (6)
BEAST : a policeman (1)
BEENIE : little (36)
BEX : vex (verb), or vexed (adjective).
(5)
BHUTTU (BUHTUH) : an uncouth, out of fashion,
uncultured person
Use: Wey yu a go inna dem deh
cloze? Yu fayva buttu (12)
BIG BOUT YAH : Large and in charge. Superlative
indicating status
(power, fame, money, talent, etc)
within some social
group (12)
BISCUIT : a particularly attractive woman (46)
BISSY : cola nut. (5)
BOOPS/BOOPSIE : Boops is a man, often older, who
supports a young woman;
boopsie refers to a
kept woman (46)
BLACK UP : To smoke weed. Like somene would
ask "You Black up
: today?" Meaning did you smoke
today? (14)
BLACKHEART MAN : a rascal, a hooligan (3
BLOUSE AND SKIRT : common exclamation of surprise. (29)
BLY : chance, "must get a bly", "must get
a chance". (4)
BOASIE : adj. proud, conceited,
ostentatious. Combination of
English boastful and Yoruba bosi-
proud and ostentatious (7)
BOASIN TONE : Swollen penis or testicles (13)
BOBO : fool. (5)
BOBO DREAD : a rastafarian sect based on the teachings of
Prince Emanuel Edwards
distinguished by turbin-like
headdresses, flowing white robes and
communal living
(50)
BODERATION : Boderation comes from the word
bother and that's
basically what it means. If
something is a boderation
then it's a bother. (29)
BONG BELLY PICKNEY : a greedy child who ate too much.
(29)
BOONOONOONOUS : Meaning wonderful. (13)
BOX : To smack or to hit in the face. (13)
BRAA : from BREDDA; brother. (5)
BRAATA : a little extra; like the 13th
cookie in a baker's dozen;
or an extra helping of food. In
musical shows it has
come to be the encore. (5)
BREDREN : one's fellow male Rastas (1)
BRINDLE : to be angry (6)
BRINKS : title given to a man who is
supplying a woman with money
(6)
BUBU : fool. (5)
BUCKY : home-made gun (2) slave (29)
BUCKY MASSA : master over the slaves (29)
BUD : bird. (14)
BUFU-BUFU : fat, swollen, blubbery; too big;
clumsy or lumbering.(5)
BUGUYAGA : a sloppy, dirty person, like a bum
or tramp. (5)
BULL BUCKA : a bully (1)
BULLA : a comon sugar and flour cookie or
small round cake,
sold everywhere in Jamaica. (5)
BUMBA CLOT,
(TO GET) BUN : to have one's spouse or girl/boy-
friend cheat on
oneself, to be cheated out of
something (6)
RAS CLOT,
BLOOD CLOT : curse words (1)
BUCK UP : meet (2
BUMBO : bottom; backside. A common curse
word, especially in
combination with CLOT (cloth),
a reference to the days before
toilet paper. (5)
BUN : burn (29)
BUNGO : n. racially pejorative. Crude,
black, ignorant,
boorish person. From Hausa bunga-
bumpkin, nincompoop (7)
BUNKS : to knock or bump against, from "to
bounce",
BUNKS MI RES, catch my rest, take a
nap. (5)
BWOY : Boy (13)
(THE) CAT : a woman's genitals (6)
CALLALOU : A spinach stew. (1
CARD : to fool someone (6)
CEASE & SEKKLE! : stop everything and relax! (6)
CEPES : (n.) - beard (35)
CERACE : a ubiquitous vine used for boiling
medicinal tea,
and for bathing. It is proverbial
for its bitterness.(5)
CHA! or CHO! : a disdainful expletive (1) pshaw!
(2) very common, mild
explanation expressing impatience,
vexation or
disappointment. (5)
CHAKA-CHAKA : messy, disorderly, untidy. (5)
CHALICE or CHILLUM : a pipe for smoking herb, usually
made from coconut shell
or CHALEWA : and tubing, used ritually by Rastas
(1)
CHANT : (v.) - to sing, especially cultural
or spiritual songs (35)
CHEAP : just as cheap, just as well. (5)
CHI CHI MAN : a gay man (6)
CHIMMY : chamber pot. (5)
CHO : very common, mild explanation
expressing impatience,
vexation or disappointment. (5)
CLAP : hit, break, stride (1)
CLOT : 1. cloth, an essential part of most
Jamaican bad words,
such as bumbo clot, rass clot,
blood clot, etc.
The essence of Jamaican cursing
seems to be nastiness
, rather than the blashemy or
sexuality which is
characteristic of the
metropolitan countries.
2. to hit or strike - from the
verb "to clout". (5)
3. literally means a used tampon
(31)
COCO : a potato-like edible root, known
elsewhere as the taro
or the eddo.
It was brought to Jamaica from the
South Pacific.
This is completely distinct from
cocoa, usually called
chocolate. (5)
COIL : money (6)
COLD I UP : humiliate or be-little (29)
COME DUNG : come down, get ready (as to prepare
to play a tune) (6)
COME EEN LIKE : to seem as if; to resemble. (5)
CONTROL : to be in charge of, responsible
for, to own; to take (1)
COO 'PON : v. (origin unclear) Look upon! (7)
COO YAH : v. (origin unclear) Look here! (7)
pay attention (17)
COOL RUNNINGS : usually used at a time of departure
on a long journey
meaning have a safe trip (31)
COOLIE : the traditional Jamaican epithet
for East Indians.
It is never used It is never used
for Chinese Jamaicans.
Usually in the form coolie-man or
coolie-oman.
It is not considered polite today
anymore than the term
nega, but it is still used widely
in rural areas. (5)
COLLIE : n. (urban slang) ganja (7)
COME YAH (cumyu) : come here. (17)
CORK UP : jammed, filled, crowded (2)
CORN : 1. marijuana 2. money 3. a bullet
(1)
COTCH : verb (cotch up), to support
something else, as with a
forked stick; to balance something
or place it
temporarily; to beg someone a
cotch, can be a place on
a crowded bus seat or bench; or it
may mean to cotch a
while, to stay somewhere
temporarily. (5)
COTTA : a roll of cloth or vegetation
placed on top of the head
to cushion the skull from the
weight of a head load. (5)
CRAB : aside from it's usual meaning, it
is a verb meaning to
scratch or claw. (5)
CRAVEN : greedy (5)
CRAVEN CHOKE PUPPY : someone who wants everything but
when
they get it , they can't manage it.
CREATION STEPPER : means you step it in and throughout
Babylon without
fear - cuttin' edge, livin' on the
edge, fear no foe.
Lookin justice in the eye and
saying, What are you doin ?"!! (29)
CRIS : crisp; popularly used for anything
brand-new,
slick-looking. (5)
CRISSARS : crisp, brand-new (2)
CROMANTY : adj. from Corromantee, Blacks from
the Gold Coast
believed to be rebellious (7)
CROCUS BAG : a very large sack made of coarse
cloth, like burlap (10)
CROSSES : problems, vexations, trials; bad
luck, misfortunes. (5)
CRUCIAL : serious, great, "hard,", "dread"
(1)
CU : verb, look! (5)
CU DEH! : look there! (5)
CU PAN : look at. (5)
CU YA! : look here! (5)
CU YU : To say "Look at you." To the person
you are refering to. (14)
CUBBITCH : covetous. (5)
CUDJO : n. name of famous Maroon warrior;
mn born on Monday,
from Fante, Twi kudwo (7)
CULTURE : reflecting or pertaining to the
roots values and
traditions highly respected by the
Rastas (1)
CUSS-CUSS : a quarrel or fracas, with lots of
cursing. (5)
CUT YAI : to cut your eye at somebody is a
very common means of
expressing scorn or contempt, for
example; one catches
the other person's eye, then
deliberatly turns one's
own eyes as an insult. (5)
You can also cut your eye at
somebody in a friendly way. (29)
CUTCHIE : pipe for communal smoking. (5)
CYA : 1. to care; "donkya", don't care,
careless; "no kya"
means no matter, as in "no kya
weh im tun",
no matter where he turns.
2. to carry. (5)
CYAAN : can't. (5)
CYAI : to carry. (5)
CYAN : can. (5)
D.J. : a person who sings or scats along
with dub music,
sometimes called "toasting" (2)
DAAL : split peas, usually a thick soup,
from Indian cuisine,
from Hindi. (5)
DADA : father (6)
DALLY : executive zig-zag movements on
wheels (2) or on foot (6)
to ride a bicycle or motorbike with
a weaving motion,
as when ones weaves around
potholes. (5)
DAN DADA : the highest of DON'S (6)
DAN : than (5)
DARKERS : sunglasses (6)
DASHEEN : a big soft yam-like root, often
slightly greyish when
cooked. It is related to the coco,
but one eats the
"head" instead of the tubers. (5)
DAWTA : a girl, woman, "sister," girlfriend
(1)
DEAD HOOD : (the H is silent) = A man that
can't perform sexually. Impotent.
(14)(29)
DEADERS : meat, meat by-products (1)
DEESTANT : decent. (5)
DEGE or DEGE-DEGE : adjective, little, skimpy, measly,
only, as in a two
dege-dege banana. (5)
DEH : there (place) (6)
DEY : v. to be, exist, as in "No yam no
dey". From Ewe de or
Twi de - to be (7)
DEY 'PON : (aux. v.) - to be engaged in action
or continuing
activity (35) literally "there
upon" As in "it dey pon de table". (29)
DI : the (6)
DILDO MACCA : dangerous macca or thorn that will
bore you up (29)
DINKI : a kind of traditional dance at
funerals or "nine nights"
("set-ups"); now popular among
school children. (5)
DIS or DIS YA : this (6)
DJEW : as a verb, rain a djew; as a noun,
djew rain.
It means a light rain or drizzle.
(5)
DOGHEART : a person who is especially cold and
cruel (6)
DOLLY : executive zig-zag movements on
wheels (2)
DON : one who is respected, master of a
situation (6)
DONKYA : from "don't care"; careless,
sloppy, lacking ambition,
etc. (5)
DOONDOOS : an albino. (5)
DOWNPRESSOR : preferred term for oppressor (1)
DOTI : "Dutty" means dirty, dirt or earth
(19)(29)
(TO) DRAW CARD : the act of fooling someone (6)
DREAD : 1. a person with dreadlocks
2. a serious idea or thing
3. a dangerous situation or person
4. the "dreadful power of the holy"
5. experientially, "awesome,
fearful confrontation of
a people with a primordial but
historically denied
racial selfhood" (1)
DREADLOCKS : 1. hair that is neither combed nor
cut 2. a person with
dreadlocks (1)
DREADY : a friendly term for a fellow dread
(1)
DUB : a roots electronic music, created
by skillful,
artistic re-engineering of recorded
tracks (2)
DUB PLATE : A pre-release copy of a record,
often produced
exclusively for a specific sound
system (see "sound system"). (46)
DUCK-ANTS : white ants, or termites. (5)
DUKUNU : sweet corn-meal dumplings boiled in
wrapped leaves. (5)
DUNDUS : an albino. (5)
DUNGLE : n. legendary West Kingston slum
surrounding a garbage
dump, now cleared. (7)
: From English dunghill
DUNS,DUNSA : money (1)
DUPPY : a ghost (1)
DUTCHY : dutch cooking pot, low round-
bottomed heavy pot. (5)
DUTTY : dirty (17)
EASE-UP : to forgive, to lighten up (6)
EVERYTING COOK
& CURRY : all is well, all is taken care of
(6)
FALLA FASHIN : Copycat (13)
FAS' : to be fast with, meaning to be
rude, impertinent,
to meddle with sombody's business,
to be forward, etc.
(5)
FASSY : eczema-like scratchy sores on the
skin;
also a verb meaning to cause
oneself to be covered with
fassy by scratching. (5)
FAASTI (FIESTY) : impertinent, rude, impudent (35)
FAYVA : to favour, resemble, or look
like; "fayva like"
also means "it seems as if". (5)
FE (FI) : the infinitive "to" as in "Have fe
go" (7)
: "a fe" Have to (2 "fe dem" their
(2
FEEL NO WAY : don't take offense, don't be sorry,
don't worry (1)
FENKY-FENKY : (from finicky) choosy, proud, stuck-
up. (5)
FENNEH : v. to feel physical distress, pain.
From Twi
fene-to vomit; Fante fena-to be
troubled; Lumba
feno-to faint (7)
FI (FE) : possessive. "fi me"-"mine" (7) Can
also mean
: "for" or "to", as in "I ha' fi", I
have to.
: Yu num fi du dat = You are not to
do that. (12)
Fe is Fi as in fi ar means hers
fi im - his
fi dem - theirs
fi you - yours
fi me - mine (29)
FIESTY (FAASTI) : impudent, rude, out of order,
cheeky. (5)
FIRST LIGHT : tomorrow (1)
(HIM A) FISH : a gay person (6)
FIT : when used of fruits and vegetables,
it means ready to pick, full grown,
though not necessarily fully ripe.
(5)
also means in good shape. ("You
haffe fit!") (31)
FORWARD : 1. to go, move on, set out 2. in
the future (1)
FRONTA : tobacco leaf used to roll herb (1)
FUCKERY : wrong, unfair (6)
FULLNESS,
TO THE FULLNESS : completely, absolutely, totally (1)
FUNDS : Money (6)
GAAN A BED : an adverbial phrase; following a
verb of liking or
loving, it has a superlative
meaning;
Can be used in any context,
such as "I love hafu yam gaan to
bed!". (5)
means very much as in liking very
much (29)
GALANG : go along. (23)
GANJA : herb, marijuana (1)
GANSEY : t-shirt, any knit shirt (2)
(TO) GET SALT : to be thwarted, to encounter
misfortune (6)
GATES : home, yard (1)
GENERAL : cool operator (1)
GI : give (2
GIG : spinning top. (5)
GILL : unit of measure like pint. (42)
GINNAL : n. trickster, con-man, an Amnancy
figure as in "Sunday
Ginnal"-a preacher or clergyman (7)
GLAMITY : a woman's genitals (6)
GORGON : outstanding dreadlocks (1) a dragon
(29)
(DON) GORGON : outstanding dreadlocks, a person
who is respected (2,6)
GRAVALICIOUS : greedy, avaricious. (5)
GRINDSMAN : one who displays great prowess in
bed(6)
GROUNATION : large, island-wide meeting and
celebration of Rastas (1)
GROUND : home, yard (4)
HACKLE : to hassle, bother, worry, trouble.
As a noun, hackling.
(5)
HAFFI : to have to... (6)
HAIL : a greeting (1)
HARBOUR SHARK : "Mr. Want-All" glutton, greedy,
someone who wants it all. (29)
HARD : excellent, proficient, skillful,
uncompromising (1) tough (29)
HARD EARS : stubborn, doesn't listen (37)
HEETCH : itch. Many such words could be
listed under H,
as initial H is added to scores of
words at will. (5)
HEAD MAN JANCRO : n. albino buzzard (7)
HERB : marijuana (1)
HIEZ-HAAD : ears-hard, thick skulled, stubborn,
unwilling or unable
to hear. (5)
HIEZ : ears. (5)
HIGGLERS : higglers, who are primarly woman
who buy and sell goods
that they have imported into the
country. Some higglers,
however, do not make trips out of
the country to buy
goods, but sell the goods that
others import. The
connection between higglers and
dancehall culture is
crucial as they form one of the
strongest international
links between JA, North America,
and the Caribbean. (16)
HITEY-TITEY : upper class, high tone, "stoosh".
(5) someone who pretends to be better
than they are (29)
HOMELY : to be relaxed, comfortable,
enjoying your home surrounding. (14)
HOOD : penis. (5)
HORTICAL (DON) : respected, acclaimed (6)
HOT-STEPPER : fugitive from jail or gun court (1)
I-DREN : (n.)- male Rastafarian (35)
I-MAN : I, me, mine (1)
I-NEY : a greeting (2)
I-REY : 1. a greeting 2. excellent, cool,
highest (1)
I-SHENCE : herb (1)
I-TAL : vital, organic, natural, wholesome;
refers to way of
cooking and way of life (1)
in colors, red, green and gold (2)
I : replaces "me", "you", "my";
replaces the first syllable
of seleted words (1) I and I, I&I:
I, me, you and me,
we (1)
Rastafari speech eliminates you, me
we, they, etc.,
as divisive and replaces same with
communal I and I.
I and I embraces the congregation
in unity with the
Most I (high) in an endless circle
of inity (unity). (3)
IEZ-HAAD : ears-hard, thick skulled, stubborn,
unwilling or
unable to hear. (5)
IEZ : ears. (5)
ILIE : adj. literally, "highly", valuable,
exalted, even
sacred (7)
IGNORANT : short-tempered, easy to vex, irate.
(5)
INNA DI MORROWS : tomorrow (6)
INNA : In the (4)
IRIE : A Greeting. excellent, cool,
highest (1)
: adj. powerful and pleasing (7)
ISES/IZES/ISIS : praises (11) Praises to the
almighty given by Rasta
: when calling on the name of Jah for
strength and
: assistance for achieving progress
in life. (30)
ISMS and SKISMS : negative term denoting Babylon's
classificatory systems
(1)
ITES : 1. the heights
2. a greeting
3. the color red (1) great (2)
4. another word for irie. Or you
use it to mean "OK"
as in when someone asks you to
do something
for you, you would
reply, "Ites." (29)
IWA : certain time or hour (43)
JA, JAM-DOWN : Jamaica (1)
JACKASS ROPE : homegrown tobacco, twisted into a
rope. (5)
JAH KNOW : Lord knows (1)
JAH : God; possibly derived as a
shortened form of Jahweh or
Jehovah (1)
Jah Ras Tafari, Haille Selassie,
King of Kings, Lord of
Lords, conquering Lion of Judah;
rastas revere Haile
Selassie as the personification of
the Almighty (2)
JAMDUNG : Jamaica, "Jam" to press down "dung"
down. Ironic
reference to social and economic
conditions of the
masses (7)
JAMMIN : to be having a good time, to be
dancing calypso/soca (6)
JANCRO : n. literally John Crow, buzzard (7)
JANGA : shrimp, crayfish. (5)
JELLY : a young coconut, full of jelly. (5)
JON CONNU : n. (John Canoe). Bands of
elaborately masked dancers
appearing around Christmas. They
ressemble the
ancestral dancers of West Africa,
but the ety. of the
word is unclear. (7)
JOOK : to pierce or stick, as with a thorn
or a long pointed
stick. (5) also used in a sexual
context (29)
JOOKS : hangout, relax (29)
JUDGIN' : adjective, everyday or ordinary
clothes or shoes worn
in the yard or in the bush, as
in "judgin' boot".
Also as a verb, to judge, with a
similar meaning. (5)
JUU : as a verb, rain a juu; as a noun,
juu rain.
It means a light rain or drizzle.
(5)
KALI; COOLY : marijuana (1)
KALLALOO : a dark, green leafy vegetable, very
nutritious and
cheap. (5)
KASS KASS : n. quarrel or contention. From
combination of English
curse or cuss, and Twi kasa kasa-to
dispute verbally (7)
KATA : a roll of cloth or vegetation
placed on top of the head
to cushion the skull from the
weight of a head load. (5)
KAYA : see ganja (4)
KETCH UP : grapple (2 get in a fight (29)
KETCHY-CHUBY : It can be a sexual term meaning the
man throw
it and the woman catch it! It can
also mean a game
- life's game, how to see through
today to meet tomorrow
and all the games of life as
in "life is just a ketchy-chuby game." (29)
KEMPS : a little bit, a tiny piece, from
skimps. (5)
KIN TEET : "skin teeth" to laugh at someone
or give them a
plastic smile, sometimes used
derogatorily as in
"A little kin-teet bwoy." (29)
KISS ME NECK! : common exclamation of surprise. (5)
KISS TEET : to kiss one's teeth or to suck
one's teeth is to make
the very common hissing noise of
disappoval, dislike,
vexation or disappointment. (5)
KOUCHIE : bowl of a chalice or chillum pipe
(1)
KRENG-KRENG : an old-fashioned meat rack, hung up
high over the fire
to catch the smoke. (5)
KUMINA : n. Ecstatic dance for the purpose
of communicating with
ancestors. From Twi akom-to be
possessed and ana-by an
ancestor (7)
LABA-LABA : to chat, gab; gossip. (5)
LABRISH : gossip, chit-chat. (5)
LAGGA HEAD : Dumb acts as if you have no common
sense. Stupid.
: "yu dam Lagga head bud" (14)
LAMBSBREAD : a form of high-quality marijuana (1)
LARGE : respected (6)
LET OFF : pay out (2
LEGGO BEAS' : wild, disorderly, like a let-go
beast. (5)
LICK : To hit (13)
LICKY-LICKY : fawning, flattering, obsequious. (5)
LIKKLE : little (29)
LILLY BIT : little bit, tiny. (5)
LION : a righteous Dread (1) a great soul
(2)
LIKKLE MORE : see you later (2)
(TOO) LIKKY-LIKKY : title given to those who like to
eat any food they
encounter , without discretion (6)
MAAMA MAN : a gay person, an effeminate man, a
weakling (6)
MAAS : n. from master or massa. Now freed
from its class
origin; a respectful form of
address to an older man.
(7)
chill out, be by ones self for a
while (24)
MACCA : thorn, prickle. dangerous. (29)
MACCA BACK : boney fish used to make fish soup
(29)
MADDA : mother (6)
MAFIA : big-time criminals (1)
MAGA DOG : mongrel (4)
MAGA : thin (2) (from meagre) (5)
MAMPI : Fat or overweight (13)
MANACLES : chains (11)
MANNERS : under heavy discipline or
punishment. for example
when Kingston is under "heavy
manners", they have a
curfew or call out the army. (10)
MARINA : a man's undershirt, guernsey; a
tank-top style. (5)
MAROON : n. free black warrior-communities
which successfully
resisted British hegemony during
eighteenth century
and early nineteenth century. From
Spanish cimmaron-
untamed, wild (7)
MASCOT : denoting inferior status (2)
MASH IT UP : a huge success (1)
MASH UP, MASH DOWN : destroy (1)
MASSIVE : respected (6), used with LARGE to
add emphasis
MATEY : mistress (12)
MEK WE : Let Us. (4)
MENELIK, RAS : n. Ethiopian nobleman who rallied
his troops to resist
Italian aggression. Defeated
Italians at Adowa 1896 (7)
MONKS : amongst. (5)
MORE TIME : see you later (1)
MR. MENTION : Talk of the town, originally talk
of the females
signifying someone with many female
conquests
MR. T : the boss (2)
MUS MUS : a rat (4)
MY BABY MOTHER
/FATHER : the mother/father of my child (1,6)
MYAL : n. a form of benign magic oposed to
Obeah, hence
myalman. From Hursa maye-wizard,
person of mystic
power. (7)
NAGAH : n. pejorative for a black person (7)
NAGO : n. Yoruba person, practice or
language. From Ewe
anago-Yoruba person (7)
NAH : adv. will not. Emphatic as in "Me
nah do that" (7)
NANA : midwife; nanny or nurse. (5)
NANNY GOAT : "What sweet nanny goat a go run him
belly" is a
cautionary Jamaican proverb which
translated means:
What tastes good to a goat will
ruin his belly. In
other words - the things that seem
good to you now,
can hurt you later... (10)
NASH : female genatalia (6)
NATTY, NATTY DREAD,
NATTY CONGO : 1. dreadlocks 2. a person with
dreadlocks (1)
NAZARITE : Ancient Hebrew meaning
to "separate", consecrated,
set apart by choice and devotion (1)
NICE UP: to promote and foster a positive feeling.
to "nice up the dance"
means to get the party going (50)
NIYABINGHI : 1. "death to all black and white
oppressors"
2. East African warriors who
resisted colonial
domination
3. large Rastafarian meeting and
spiritual gathering
4. referring to orthodox,
traditional Rastas
5. a variety of drumming (1)
NIYAMEN : name for Rastas referring to
Niyabinghi warriors of
East Africa (1)
NO CYA : no matter, as in "no kya weh im
tun", no matter where
he turns. (5)
NOTCH : Don or top ranking badman (33)
NUH : interrogative at end of sentence;
literally, "Is it
not so?" (7)
NUH TRUE? : isn't it so? (1)
NYAM : to eat. (5)
(TOO) NYAMI-NYAMI : title given to those who like to
eat any food
they encounter, without discretion
(6)
NYING'I-NYING'I : nagging, whining. (5)
O-DOKONO : boiled maize bread. (5)
OBEAH : traditional African "science",
relating to matters of
the spirit and spirits, spells,
divinations, omens,
extra-sensory knowledge, etc. (5)
OHT FI : about to, on the vergeof, as in "it
hoht fi rain",
it is about to rain, it looks like
rain. (5)
ONE DROP : A popular type of rhythm pattern
used on countless reggae records (46)
ONE LOVE : a parting phrase, expression of
unity (1)
ONE-ONE : adjective, one by one, thus any
small amount. (5)
ONGLE : only. (5)
PAKI : calabash, gourd. (5)
PAPAA : pawpaw, or papaya melon. (5)
PATTAN : pattern, style and fashion (39)
PATU : owl. (5)
PAYAKA : heathen (11) craven, want it all
(29)
PYAKA : tricky or dishonest. (10)
PEEL-HEAD : bald-headed, usually certain
chickens or vultures. (5)
PEENYWALLY : a kind of large fire fly, actually
a type of flying
beetle. (5)
PEER : avocado pear. (5)
PHENSIC : JA equivalent to Tylenol, Excedrin,
etc. (26)
PICKY, PICKY HEAD : brush haircut (3)
PICKY-PICKY : 1. finicky or choosy
2. Used of uncombed hair just
starting to turn into
dreadlocks. (5)
PIKNY : pickaninny, child. (5)
PINDA : peanut. (5)
PIRA : a low wooden stool. (5)
PITY-ME-LIKL : a type of very tiny red ant whose
bite is so hot and
long-lasting it resembles a sting.
(5)
POCOMANIA, POCO : christian revival, distinct drum
rhythm (2)
POLYTRICKS : politics (by Peter Tosh) (6)
POLYTRICKSTERS : politicians (by Peter Tosh) (6)
POPPY-SHOW : from puppet show, it is used in the
idiom,
tek smadi mek poppy-show, which
means to make fun of
someone or shame them, making them
look ridiculous. (5)
PUM-PUM : a woman's genitals (6)
PUNAANI or PUNNI : a woman's genitals (6)
PUPPALICK : somersalt. (5)
PUSSY CLOT : A curse word ref. to a woman's
sanitary napkin. (14)
PUTTIN' AWAY : a preposition, meaning "except
for", or "except". (5)
PYAA-PYAA : sickly, weak; feeble, of no
account. (5)
PYU : from spew; verb used of running
sores or anything
similarly dripping or oozing. (5)
QUASHIE : n. peasant, country bumpkin, coarse
and stupid person;
racial pejorative generic term for
blacks; originally
Twi name of a boy born on a Sunday
(7)
QUIPS : 1. nouns (from squips) a tiny piece
or amount.
2. verb, the Jamaican art of
washing clothes making a
"squips-squips" sound. (5)
RAATID! : a common mild expletive of surprise
or vexation, as in
"to raatid!". It is likely a
polite permutation of
"ras", a la "gosh" or "heck". (5)
RAGGA : A style of reggae that uses digital
rhythms exclusively.
A term sometimes used
interchangably with dancehall,
since the latter music has become
heavily digitized as well. (46)
RAGGAMUFFIN : jamaican ghetto dweller (46)
RAM : full up (2
RAM GOAT : slang for someone who deals with
nuff ladies (17)
RANKING : highly respected (1)
RAS or RASS : backside, rump; a common curse is
to rass! or rass clot!
a title used by Rastafarians
meaning "lord" or "head" .
(5)
(TO) RAAS : "really?", "damn!"(6)
RASTA, RASTAFARIAN : a follower of Marcus Garvey who
worships the Almighty
in the person of haile Selassie
RAT-BAT : bat, the night-flying rodent. (5)
RATCHET : a switchblade knife popular in
Jamaica (1)
RED : 1. very high on herb 2. mulatto
color (1)
RED EYE : to want another persons belonging,
envious. "You too red eye",
: meaning, you're too envious. (14)
RAHTID : expression of surprise, or to be
enraged. From
biblical"wrothed" (7)
RENK : 1. foul-smelling, raw-smelling.
2. out of order, impudent, as in a
rank-imposter.
"Yu too renk!". (5)
fiesty (29)
RHAATID : a curse-exclamation, similar
to "what the hell" (6)
: To rahtid ---> Exclamination!!, i.e
Wow! a milder form
: to Rass...excitement!! (40)
RHYGIN : adj. spirited, vigorous, lively,
passionate with great
vitality and force; also sexually
provocative and
aggressive. Probably a form of
English raging. (7)
RIZZLA : brand of rolling paper. (3)
ROCKERS : reggae music (1) reggae music as it
is played today,
the latest sound (2)
ROOTS : 1. derived from the experience of
the common people,
natural indigenous
2. a greeting
3. name for a fellow Rasta (1)
ROTI : flat Indian pan breads. (5)
ROYAL, (RIAL) : n. offspring of some other race and
black, ass in
"Chiney-Rial," "coolie-rial";
humorous as in
"monkey-rial" (7)
RUDE BOY : a criminal, a hard hearted person,
a tough guy (6)
RUN-DUNG : food cooked in coconut juice,
obtained after grating
the dry coconut meat and squeezing
it in water,
thus extracting the coconut cream.
(5)
RUNNING BELLY : diarrhea (12)
RYAL : royal. (5)
SAL'TING : 1. dishes cooked with saltfish or
meat.
2. that part of the meal which is
served with the "food"
(starchy food, ground food).
3. by some strange extension, the
female organ, often
simply called "sal". (5)
the food that goes with the rice,
potatoes or starchy food; like calalloo,
fish and sauce, sauces or gravy (29)
SALT : adjective, broke, empty-handed, low
on funds or food,
as in "tings salt" or "i' salt". (5)
SAMBO : the colour between brown and black;
someone who is a
cross between a mullatto (brown)
and a black. (5)
SAMFAI MAN : trickster, conman. (5)
SHAMPATA : n. sandal of wood or tire rubber.
Span. zapato (7)
SANFI : A manipulator - dishonest person. A
person that will sweet talk you
: out of love and money. "Dam Sanfi
Bitch". (14)
SANKEY : n. religious song of a paticularly
lugubrious tone,
sung in the long or common meter.
From Ira David
Sankey, evangelist and hymnalist (7)
SATA : to rejoice, to meditate, to give
thanks and praise. (5)
SATTA : sit, rest, meditate (1) relax (6)
(GO) SATTA : claim how spiritual you are (11)
SCIENCE : obeah, witchcraft (1)
SCIENTIST : occult practitioner (2)
SCOUT : denoting inferior status (6)
SCREECHIE : to sneak by (6)
SCREW : to scowl, to be angry (1)
SEEN : I understand, I agree (1)
SEEN? : Do you understand? (6)
SHAG : home-cured tobacco, straight from
the field. (5)
SHAKE OUT : leave without haste, casually (2)
SHEG (UP) : verb, to bother, as in "all sheg
up",
all hot and bothered, or or spoiled
up (as of work). (5)
SHEG-UP : to be messed up, ruined (6)
SHEPHERD : n. leader of revivalist cult; also
proprietor of
balmyard, healer and prophet (7)
SHOOB : to shove. (5)
SIDUNG : sit down (6)
SIGHT? : do you understand? (1)
SINKL-BIBLE : the aloevera plant. (5)
SINSEMILLA, SENSIE : popular, potent, seedless,
unpollinated female strain
of marijuana (1)
SINTING : something. (5)
SIPPLE : slippery; slimy. (5)
SISTER, SISTREN : a woman, a friend, woman
Rastafarians (1)
SITTIN' : something. (5)
SKANK : to dance to reggae music (1) to
move with cunning,
ulterior motives (2)
SKIL : kiln, as in "limeskil".
(5)
SKIN : rolling paper (1)
SKIN YOUR TEETH : smile (1) plastic smile (29)
SLABBA-SLABBA : big and fat, slobby, droopy. (5)
SLACKNESS : lewd, vulgar lyrics popular in DJ
singing (4)
SLACKY TIDY : unkept or messy (29)
SMADI : somebody. (5)
SO-SO : only, solely, unaccompanied. (5)
weak, pallid (6)
SOFT : not well done, amateurish; unable
to cope (1)
broke, no money (2)
SOUNDBWOY : usually a derogatory way to refer
to the selecter or
: other personality in another sound
system. This term is
: most often employed in clashes, on
dub plates built for
: clashes, and so on. Sometimes it is
not used in such a
: negative manner, but most of the
time one refers to the
: someone in the crew as a soundman,
not a boy. (17)
SOUND SYSTEM : Huge mobile stereo setups manned by
DJs, who became
celebrities as they traveled
Jamaica to host open-air dances (46)
SPLIFF : large, cone-shaped marijuana
cigarette (1)
SPRING : to sprout, as of yams or cocos,
making them inedible.
(5)
STAR : common term of affection,
camaraderie (1)
STEP : to leave, to depart (1) briskly,
quickly (2)
STOOSH/STOSHUS : upper class, high tone, "hitey-
titey". (5)
STRING UP : a muscial rehearsal (2)
STRUCTURE : body, health (1)
SU-SU : gossip, the sound of wispering. (5)
SUFFERER : a poor person stuggling to survive
(2)
SUPM, SINTING : something (6)
TACK : bullet (2)
TACUMAH : n. character in Anancy tales. Said
to be the son of
Anancy. Twin'ticuma (7)
TAKARI/TANKARI : stewed spicy pumpkin. (5)
TALL : long (1)
TALLOWAH : adj. sturdy, strong, fearless,
physically capable.
From Ewe talala (7)
TAM : deep woolen hat, used by Dreads to
cover their locks
(1,6)
TAMBRAN SWITCH : n. a flail made from the wiry
branches of the Tamarind
tree, braided and oiled. Effective
and much feared in
the hands of Babylon. (7)
TAN' : to stand; usually used in the sense
of "to be".
"A so im tan", "that is what he is
like";
"tan deh!" or "yu tan deh!"
means "just you wait!".
"Tan tedy", stand steady,
means "hold still". (5)
TARRA-WARRA : a polite way of expressing omitted
bad words, a verbal
asterisk. (5)
TATA : n. father. Affectionate and
respectful title for an old
man. Fram many african languages.
Ewe, Ge, N'gombe (7)
TATU : a little thatched hut, often made
of bamboo. (5)
TEETH : bullets (2)
TEIF : a theif, to steal (6)
THE I : (pron.) -you, yourself, yours (35)
THRU' : because (2
TOAST : (v.) - to rap or sing spontaneously
over a dub track (35)
TOTO : coconut cake. (5)
TOPANORIS : uptown snobby person. (10) wealthy
but mean behind it (29)
TRACE : to curse or speak abusively to
someone. (5)
TRANSPORT : vehicle (1)
TUMPA : from stump, as in "tumpa-foot man",
a one-foot man. (5)
TUNTI : female organ. (5)
UNO/UNU : you-all. (5) pron. you, plural. In
usage close to
Afro-American y'awl. From Ibo unu,
same meaning (7)
UPFUL : postitive, encouraging (2)
UPHILL : positive, righteous (1)
UPTOWN : the upper classes (1)
VANK : (v.) - to vanquish, conquer (35)
VEX : to get angry (1)
WA DAY : adverbial phrase, the other day. (5)
WA MEK? : why?
WHAFEDOO : we'll have to (make) do or we'll
have to deal with it (37)
WAKL : wattle, a kind of woven bamboo work
used to make house
walls. (5)
WANGA-GUT : hungry-belly. (5)
WARRA-WARRA : politely omitted bad words, same
as "tarra-warra". (5)
WENCHMAN : a kind of fish, "hail brother john,
have you any
: wenchman?" (from "Row Fisherman
Row"). (10)
WH'APPEN? : what's happening? (4)
WHATLEF : What's left over (7)
WHEELS : vehicle (6)
WHOLE HEAP : a lot (1)
WINE : "wine" appears in every West Indian
dialect, and is
literally a corruption of "wind."
It means to dance,
sometimes seductively. (17)
WINJY : thin and sickly looking. (5)
WIS : vine, liana, from withe. (5)
WOLF : a non-rasta deadlocks (2)
WOOD : penis. (5)
YA NUH SEE? : you know? (1)
YA : hear, or here. (5)
YABBA : a big clay pot. (5)
YAGA YAGA : Dancehall slang. a way to big up a
brethren; to express
a greeting or attract attention,
i.e. yo! or yush!
true friend; bonafide; brethren. (9)
YAHSO : here (place) (6)
YAI : eye. (5)
YARD : home, one's gates (1) tenement (2)
YOUTH : a child, a young man, an immature
man (1)
YUSH : Yush talk is bad boy talk. Or it
can be a way of saying
: "YO". In other words it is a way
for rude boys to hail
: each other up. (27)
ZION : Ethiopia, Africa, the Rastafarian
holy land (1)
ZUNGU PAN : zinc pan. (5)
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