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jafakin' 

a black guy who acts like a Jamaican but isn't one!
Check out this guy.......that's some serious Jafakin' goin on!!
jafakin' by Jay June 5, 2003
Related Words
1. Fake Jamaican.
2. White person trying to be black.
3. wigger
"We roughed up a bunch of Jafakens"
Jafaken by Jay See February 23, 2004
Fake Jamaican, usually a Wigga. People who feel the need to act like a Jamaican because they smoke weed. People whose parents are born in Jamaica but they themselves were born in England and speak shit Patois when they get angry.
Piss off you Jafakan!

ME NAH JAFAKAN FOOL BOMBA CLART THE TA RAHS... Oh Mummy didn't see you there!
Jafakan by DalstonDuchess86 October 6, 2016

Jamaking 

(Verb) Causing others to feel annoyed or otherwise inconveniencing them as a direct result of your own incompetence
"dude, you're jamaking sooo hard right now. Search that shit up on google and leave me alone"
Jamaking by MRfriendly September 21, 2017

Ja-fakin' 

A fake Jamaican.
A person who speaks with a fake Jamaican accent, although they are not Jamaican.
Non-Jamaican reggae artists like Snow and Matisyahu sing with Ja-fakin' accents.
Ja-fakin' by Stony Hill November 16, 2009
Someone who decides they are suddenly Jamaican but born in suburbia
For ou Canadian viewers:

The rapper 'Snow' is a friggin Jafaken!!
jafaken by Jeremy November 26, 2003
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Precedes or follows either a gratuitously disrespectful or honest remark, originated in New York City. Used in similar fashion to "no offense" or "to be honest," interchangeably.
Ya mans is wild buns, respectfully. Respectfully he's washed.

After school, The Modells on Jamaica Ave was active. Respectfully.
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You met me at a very Chinese time in my life

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Also used to describe establishments where alternative foods and products are sold, i.e. natural food stores.

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