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Green

From the colour green which is usually associated with putrid stuff, bad breath or rotten food in the Caribbean.

Sobaco in Latin America
Why yah smell so green? Go bathe yourself man!

You arm's green like lime bredda. Go buy q roll-on (deoderant) man!
by Tropical Rythms December 7, 2021
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Suck yah mother

Vulgar - very strong curse term in Caribbean cultures.
Go suck yah mother!

Ah fool you take badman for?
by Tropical Rythms December 6, 2021
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Inna

Colloquial way of saying in/into in Jamaica.

Possibly Origin in + a

It fell in a bag. It fell inna bag.
The teacher (is) inna the classroom.

How much money you want inna US dollars?
Invest inna you woman.

(I) Me live inna the Bronx.
by Tropical Rythms December 7, 2021
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Box

Box - verb

Short form of the expression to box someone's ears etc.

Box - noun

In Jamaica a box can be given anywhere on the face. It's not just limited to the ears.
Might haffi box out your teeth yah know my girl.

He gave me a ratid box on my jaw.
by Tropical Rythms December 6, 2021
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Neven

Neven contraction of not even, doesn't even or don't even in the Jamaican dialect.
If you neven have a dollar, how come you want fi buy the man car?
by Tropical Rythms December 10, 2021
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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
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Bombo, push the grass cart!

Jamaican
A mild child's way of swearing to avoid the more vulgar bombopussyrasscloth. Usually sung like a song and is often misheard for the vulgar version due to it's tricky rhyming words.
Student: Miss, Eey don't want him 'pon my team. Cho! Bombo, push the grass cart!

Teacher: What did you say?

Student: nothing, miss.
by Tropical Rythms October 12, 2019
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