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Hot patty/soup

Jamaican

Hot patty or hot soup

Usually shouted out so that people can make way for you to past through a congested space or crowd.

A very hot patty or a cup of soup will leave a terrible scorch if it is spilt on someone.
Hot patty/soup! Hot patty! Free up the walk way!

Hot soup! Hot soup! Coming through.
by Tropical Rythms December 13, 2021
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Teach

Colloquial way of referring to a female teacher in Jamaica.
Hey teach'. Can I drop the work off later?

Whagwan teach, you looking hot today, man!
by Tropical Rythms December 9, 2021
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Whole heap of

Whole heap of/a - a lot of something, a ton of something

Term :Jamaican
Whole heap of people think aliens are living among us.
by Tropical Rythms December 6, 2021
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Shot

Jamaican

Slang non-variable

Refers to something awesome, great, phenomenal.

Mostly used to describe food, music, parties.
The party shot!

The food, it shot man!
by Tropical Rythms December 11, 2021
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Yah

Yah - vocalization of the word here in Jamaican dialect (Patois). Seen as vulgar by some.

The softer version is here/'ere.
Come yah - come here
Hear yah- hear this

Look yah - look here

See yah- see here

Watch yah - watch here

More from yah -move from here

Yah so - right here (like that)

There so - right there (like that)
by Tropical Rythms December 11, 2021
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Why fi that?

Why fi that is an expression in Jamaica that questions why a person is doing something, usually seen as inappropriate weird or not accepted by the circle of people he/she's in surrounded by. This is sometimes the response to a situation that has a double-entendre.
Why fi that?

Last night I went out and met this catty (a girl). She made me sniff her...

The dog come 'pon me back and me couldn't take it off. (Double entendre come and cum)
Why fi that?
by Tropical Rythms December 10, 2021
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Thicaz

A Jamaican way of calling a chick who isn't too fat or too slim.

Origin : from thick +er (girls)
Hey, thicaz you need a man inna your life?
by Tropical Rythms December 12, 2021
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