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Wah Gwaan

A slang term from Jamaica used as a greeting; Equivalent of, "what's up?"
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Wah Gwaan

Quite literally and phonetically means "What's going on" - "Wah - gw - aan" - pronounced identically to its spelling
The word, however, is more recognized as "What's up"

A slang/word in Jamaican Creole, commonly used among friends and acquaintances as a form of greeting one another.

Frequently used in places such as South London, primarily among black individuals with Jamaican derivation and non-Jamaican derivation alike .
"Wah Gwaan, bro"

"Yo, Sully!"

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"Wah Gwaan"
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gwapa

Gwapa means a beautiful female in Cebuano Filipino, and also in Tagalog. From the Spanish word 'guapa'.
Gwapa kaayo akong uyab. (My girlfriend is very beautiful.)
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waa-gwaan

Jamaican slang for greeting someone: English- "Whats going on?".

Increasingly popular in London, New York, Florida and Canada.
John: yow man! waa-gwaan?
Ezra: nuttin much, tell mi nuh.

(John: hey man! whats going on?

Ezra: Nothing much, you tell me.)
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