Tropical Rythms's definitions

Yah

Yah - vocalization of the word here in Jamaican dialect (Patois). Seen as vulgar by some.

The softer version is here/'ere.

Come yah - come here
Hear yah- hear this

Look yah - look here

See yah- see here

Watch yah - watch here

More from yah -move from here

Yah so - right here (like that)

There so - right there (like that)

by Tropical Rythms December 11, 2021

Thicaz

A Jamaican way of calling a chick who isn't too fat or too slim.

Origin : from thick +er (girls)

Hey, thicaz you need a man inna your life?

by Tropical Rythms December 12, 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

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

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 6, 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

Strong-back drink

(Jamaican)
Usually refers to a concoction or drink that is believed to help males achieve the ultimate symbol of stereotypical masculinity: virility and sexual prowess.

Every weekend, my boo and I make a strong-back drink. We need our alone time to have fun after a long week of work.

by Tropical Rythms August 23, 2020