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Patois

Jamaican Patois English-based Creole English or broken English used throughout different strata of the Caribbean islands ranging from Standard English to a non-standard version with different speech vocalization and no fixed orthography.

Origin From French patois 'rough speech'.

A regional dialect of a language (especially French); usually considered substandard.
Jamaican Patois, Trinidad Patois, Swiss Patois.
When me home with me friends dem me chat patois but when I am work or at school we talk the Queen's English.
by Tropical Rythms March 5, 2022
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Kin pupalick

Jamaican

Non-standard rural dialect

Evolved from the sense of being smacked by one's dad to the point where one falls over.

To somersault or fall over

Origin from keel over, kin over in Jamaican Patois + from papa's lick or smack
The lil gal kin pupalick off of the wall and hurt her knee.
by Tropical Rythms March 5, 2022
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