Origin Jamaican
Bob Marley died from cancer.
Zeen?
Used to confirm that the listener understands what is being said.
Origin from seen
Bob Marley died from cancer. You see'it?
(Do you understand)
French equivalent - quoi filler.
Bob Marley died from cancer.
Zeen?
Used to confirm that the listener understands what is being said.
Origin from seen
Bob Marley died from cancer. You see'it?
(Do you understand)
French equivalent - quoi filler.
by Tropical Rythms March 05, 2022
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
Shortening of a baggy underwear or a granny panty; any underwear.
Usage rural Jamaica
by Tropical Rythms December 11, 2021
From the colour green which is usually associated with putrid stuff, bad breath or rotten food in the Caribbean.
Sobaco in Latin America
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!
You arm's green like lime bredda. Go buy q roll-on (deoderant) man!
by Tropical Rythms December 08, 2021
by Tropical Rythms March 05, 2022
Slang term similar to what's up, what's good ,whagwan? What have you been up to? What's keeping you busy?
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.
by Tropical Rythms December 07, 2021
In Jamaica a lot of word reduction takes place.
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.
by Tropical Rythms December 07, 2021
Meagre in Jamaican dialect means having little flesh, thin, slim.
In use since
1597, William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet, Act 5, Scene 1, 1843, William Shakespeare, Samuel Weller Singer (notes), Charles Symmons (life), The Dramatic Works and Poems, Volume 2, page 462,
… meagre were his looks; / Sharp misery had worn him to the bones:
Also used in British and Candadian dialects but rare.
Pronounced mahga in the Caribbean.
In use since
1597, William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet, Act 5, Scene 1, 1843, William Shakespeare, Samuel Weller Singer (notes), Charles Symmons (life), The Dramatic Works and Poems, Volume 2, page 462,
… meagre were his looks; / Sharp misery had worn him to the bones:
Also used in British and Candadian dialects but rare.
Pronounced mahga in the Caribbean.
by Tropical Rythms December 07, 2021