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
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
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Anyone who gossips a lot, or always has some fabricated stories to tell.
Origin:
Corrupted version of mouth of a massive size.
Anyone who gossips a lot, or always has some fabricated stories to tell.
Origin:
Corrupted version of mouth of a massive size.
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Possibly Origin from the culture of scamming in Jamaica.
Scammers are know as choppas and scamming as chopping.
Overlaps with the expression chop chop as in get busy, get the ball moving.
Possibly Origin from the culture of scamming in Jamaica.
Scammers are know as choppas and scamming as chopping.
Overlaps with the expression chop chop as in get busy, get the ball moving.
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Separating of a fleshy part of the body usually the legs, lips of the vagina etc when exertion of force is applied; opening up of something
Also skin - to smile, bearing your teeth
Separating of a fleshy part of the body usually the legs, lips of the vagina etc when exertion of force is applied; opening up of something
Also skin - to smile, bearing your teeth
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A used like this is usually a reduction from a longer sentence.
The use in non-standard.
A used like this is usually a reduction from a longer sentence.
The use in non-standard.
A tree.
A one car that? Reduction inversion
Is that (one) a car?
A in most cases is used as a susbtitute for the third person singular- it is, she/he is.
Eg. A tree- Reduction from it is a tree.
A my girl, that. Reduction inversion from she is my girl (that one)
A Shensea. (Introduction)
My name is Shensea. I'm a woman, Shensea.
The I and a woman are removed and one is left with a + the name.
A one car that? Reduction inversion
Is that (one) a car?
A in most cases is used as a susbtitute for the third person singular- it is, she/he is.
Eg. A tree- Reduction from it is a tree.
A my girl, that. Reduction inversion from she is my girl (that one)
A Shensea. (Introduction)
My name is Shensea. I'm a woman, Shensea.
The I and a woman are removed and one is left with a + the name.
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The initial ac is usually dropped in fast spoken speech reducing it to coutrements (couchements)
COUNTABLE NOUN usually plural
Accoutrements are all the things you have with you when you travel or when you take part in a particular activity.
humorous, or old-fashioned
Commonwealth spelling of accouterments
An article of clothing or equipment, in particular when used as an accessory.
Synonyms: equipment, gear, trappings, accessory
The initial ac is usually dropped in fast spoken speech reducing it to coutrements (couchements)
COUNTABLE NOUN usually plural
Accoutrements are all the things you have with you when you travel or when you take part in a particular activity.
humorous, or old-fashioned
Commonwealth spelling of accouterments
An article of clothing or equipment, in particular when used as an accessory.
Synonyms: equipment, gear, trappings, accessory
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