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Mumma Lashy

Mumma Lashy (Mamma beater)

A Jamaican children's game where one child plays the role of an angry mother or granny trying to catch and spank the other children whose role is to escape and avoid getting lashed.

(Offensive) refers to a woman/effeminate man that complains a lot, like a typical angry granny would.

Possible Origin- A women's name Lashy: A female that complains/argues a lot

Also Lash: A wip used to spank a person
Mumma Lashy a-coming and we're not running fast enough.

Babes, Lately, you've become a mumma Lashy. I swear yo!
by Tropical Rythms August 2, 2020
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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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Wash belly

Jamaican term for the youngest sibling in a family ; the last born.
You see him deh. That's my wash belly. He's 20 years old now. But, I still treat him like my baby.
by Tropical Rythms December 13, 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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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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Broughtupsy

Broughtupsy- (Jamaican) refers to upbringing or grooming of a child. The state of having good manners.

Origin - from upbringing or brought up + sy.
A child without broughtupsy is a child whose parents/guardians have failed them.

You need lil' broughtupsy man! Cho! You just stepped past me without saying good morning.
by Tropical Rythms December 9, 2021
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Dwl (dead with laugh)

Dead with laugh is an equivalent of lol used in Jamaica. Both are equally used to represent laughing in an exaggerated manner.

Abbreviation in text dwl
Not used in speech.

Origin: dying from laughter
Could you tell me a joke from your country?

Sure!
Jamaican teacher to student:

Peter, use the word dandelion in a sentence

Peter: Miss the cheetah is faster dan de lion. Dwl (dead with laugh)
by Tropical Rythms December 12, 2021
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