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Tropical Rythms's definitions

From me eyes deh at me knees means since someone was a kid. Literally since their eyes were at their knees.
I've been hearing about that old man from my eyes deh at me knees. This expression paints the picture of how you have grown a lot, comparing the height you were as a kid to how you are now.
by Tropical Rythms December 6, 2021
mugGet the From my eyes deh at me kneesmug.

Style

To style a person -
Jamaican slang - to disrespect a person/ thing or treat them in an unfair way.
Yo! Dawg! If you style the thing, yah know you in big trouble.

Bob: Eats his slice of cake and goes back to eat his friend's slice.

Peter: Don't try style me, my yute. You already had yours.
by Tropical Rythms October 11, 2019
mugGet the Stylemug.

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
mugGet the Blouse and skirtmug.

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
mugGet the Eat-and-left(overs)mug.

Deven

Deven contraction of does not even or don't even in the Jamaican dialect.
She deven like the girl from over Miss Janey's yard.
by Tropical Rythms December 10, 2021
mugGet the Devenmug.

Backing your fist

(Vulgar) Jamaican slang
Refers to the act of pulling the penis back and forth with the hand in the shape of a fist, usually till ejaculation occurs.

To masturbate or jerk off
Everyday, a big man like you just stays at your yard, backing your fist. Waste man style that, dawg!
by Tropical Rythms August 2, 2020
mugGet the Backing your fistmug.

Irish Potato

Irish potato in the Jamaican dialect refers to the solanum tuberosum, a cultivated potato known for its starchy tubers.

Although Irish potatoes are not Irish – they are white potatoes from South America which are forever associated with an infamous potato-disease famine in Ireland.
Yes, girl. Irish potatoes taste wicked in your gravy!

The price of Irish potatoes has skyrocketed. down town.
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by Tropical Rythms December 11, 2021
mugGet the Irish Potatomug.

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