gwa'an

jamaican slang for "going" or "going on"

Hey boy! Where you gwa'an?

What gwa'an here?

by tenaciousdrock October 4, 2009

Wah Gwaan

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

Wah Gwaan man?

by funholidayman September 15, 2009

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"

by Cladhouse December 24, 2019

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.)

by adriott June 9, 2009

Gwaan

Gwaan is a way of speech used by true Jamaican which really mean go on it is also used in St. Vincent and the Grenadines

Kerry said to wayne gwaan a yuh yard before mi mada come catch yuh inna har house and start a fuss

In Jamaica they would say children gwaan a skool and learn the golden rule

Andrea said to her best friend wah gwaan yuh did deh a di dance last nite

by Hardrock May 8, 2009

wa gwaan

just another term for "whats going on?"

meeting someone in the street...hey wa gwaan ?

by fo shizzle.....Zee June 20, 2003

wha gwaan

Patois for "what's goin on"

Wha gwaan fi hype tonight?

What's goin on tonight?

by S January 26, 2005