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 09, 2021

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

Eat-and-left(overs)

Informal- Eat-and-left(overs) in the Jamaican dialect refers to food remaining after a meal.

The over is often omitted in speech.

Standard form - leftovers used in writing.

Eat-and-left(overs) you really a-give me?
Move yah rass!

by Tropical Rythms December 10, 2021

Rihannals Jamaican

Rihannals Jamaican
Rihanna fans from Jamaica who support her music and her Jamaica and Bajan heritage.

Rihannals Jamaican say Rihanna is more Jamaican than patty and jerked chicken.

by Tropical Rythms October 17, 2019

Run a boat

We go run a boat later in Caribbean slang refers to cooking.

Yo!Brethen me hungry, yah know.

No worry yahself man! We go run a boat soon. Zeen?

by Tropical Rythms December 06, 2021

Baggy

A type of loose fitting underwear just as the word suggests.

Shortening of a baggy underwear or a granny panty; any underwear.

Usage rural Jamaica

She, she! She have the gun inna baggy. Mind she shoots you with it.

by Tropical Rythms December 11, 2021

Yeah, man!

Affirmation/agreement to something.

No, it's not mon but man. Yeah, man!
Yeah, man! You can link me later.

by Tropical Rythms December 09, 2021