72 definitions by Tropical Rythms

Banger phone

Jamaican slang
A cheap phone that cannot access the internet. Or use apps like whatsapp etc.

Some say, it's still good to have a banger phone, even if you have a smartphone.

Digicel just released some new bangers 'pon the market.

by Tropical Rythms October 11, 2019

Redz

A lightskin male in Jamaica.

Female equivalent browning.

Yo, link redz 'bout the bike, bredda.

by Tropical Rythms December 10, 2021

Idiboo

A Jamaican child's word to refer to a friend or anyone who acts silly without offending him/her.

A softer term for an idiot.

Origin idiot + boo

You idiboo! Miss Andrews asked for the formula for the area of a square not the perimeter.

by Tropical Rythms December 15, 2021

Mr. Take-it-back

A man that takes back the stuff he gives to a woman after a break-up or when she becomes an enemy of his.

You sound like a Mr. Take-it-back.

by Tropical Rythms October 12, 2019

Yam head

Yamhead - a girl who settles for less in a relationship. Sleeps with a guy who has no interest in her and claims she's madly in love.

All the one Beverly, she a real yam head yah know.

Yeah man, you can see that from afar.

by Tropical Rythms December 7, 2021

Ano

Jamaican way of saying ain't. (Non-standard)

Contraction Contraction of -Am not, are not, is not.

Ano Mary's phone. I(t)s mine.

(It ain't Mary's phone. It's mine).

Ano what you believe inna. A what you stand up for!

(It ain't what you believe in. It's what you stand up for).

by Tropical Rythms December 10, 2021

Blouse and skirt

Swearing with terms that refer to clothes are quite common in the Jamaican dialect.

Blouse and skirt is a swear word used by elders!

Equivalent:Damn, Frigging!

Other swear words that mention the use of clothes are bloodcloth, pussycloth, rasscloth, bombocloth (all pronounced clart or claat in Patois).

Yo blouse and skirt!leave people pickeney alone

by Tropical Rythms December 12, 2021