Below is our own version of the many slangs or Jamaican Creole Dialect used in everyday conversations in Jamaican communities.

If you have a particular word that you desire the meaning for feel free to email me at kc4rums@netscape.net and I will post it here.

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AKS:(ax)- Ask.
Aks her fi guh outside. (Aks her to go outside)

A LIE: - You are lying; that is a lie.

ALL FRUITS RIPE:- All is good. All is well. Everything is just great at this time.

ALL DI WHILE: - All the time; more than just sometimes; the time during.
Di sun hot All di while inna Jamaica. (The sun is hot all the time in Jamaica.)

An / ahn- An or And. (Conjunction)
Yuh an mi (You and me or You and I.)

A NUH MI - Denial or doing something that you are not responsible for. That's not me. I am not one who...
A nuh mi do it! (I am not the one who did it!).

A TRUE- It is true; I am not lying.

Awright (ah-rite)- All right, sure, yes, okay, okay then.

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Baan / Bawn - Born. A weh yuh baan? (Where were you born?)

Baby madda- Mother of a child who is not your wife.

Babylon- A Rasta word for the police and the corrupt system or government.

Backside- Refers to someone rump or used to express towards another person as an insult.
Move yuh backside! (Move your self).

Badda (bad-da)- Bother.
Nuh Badda mi. (Don?t bother me.)

Bad like yawz- Expression for saying something is really cool.

Bad man/bwoy- Criminal type guy. A really bad individual.
Bad man no flee. (Gangsters don?t run away.)
Dat a bad bwoy. (That is a gangster.)

Bait- Person who can't be trusted, a scoundrel, punk, scum, and these types of people. Ooman nuh like bait. (Women don?t like punks.)

Bald head- A Rasta label for one who is too caught up with the evil system (Babylon). Also is anyone who is not a dreadlocks or rasta. Usually used to describe government officials.

Bandu- A hair band worn by women.

Bandulu / bandooloo- criminal or crooked activity, scams, fake. Things of such nature.

Bare (beer)- Only.
Is bare pickney yahso. (There?s only children here.)

Bashy- means cool, awesome, nice stuff, ECT.

Bashment / Bashy- dancehall or great party. Also means something or
someone that looks good or is good.
Yuh car look bashy. (Your car looks great.)

Batty- Primarily means butt; also signals to homosexuals.
'Im a batty-bwoy. (He is gay).

BAWL: to cry.

Big up- a gesture of tribute or greetings.

Bills- A basic Jamaican $100 bill.

Blessed - A Rasta word used as a salutation; blessing(s).

Bling - Flashy and expensive; necklace or chain.
Look pon mi bling. (Look at my chain).

Bloodclaat - Strong curse word.

Bloodfire / blud-fiah - Hell, also politically correct word for bloodclaat.

Blouse an skirt - Politcally correct version for bumboclaat.

Bly - Favor or chance.
Mi mus get a bly. (I must get a chance.)

Bobo dread - A certain sect of Rastas that wear turbans and carry brooms to signify cleansiness. They are of the Bobo Shanti Order and are true followers of Prince Emmanuel.

Boddaration - Trouble and misery also a comical version of ?Bother.?

Bokkle - Bottle.

Boots - Condoms; also shoes.

Bout - About.
Nuh worry bout it. (Don?t worry about it).

Bow - to perform oral sex; mostly on a woman.

BowCat - Person who performs oral sex.

Box - To fight and punch.
She box 'im inna `im face. (She punched him in his face.)

Bredda - Brother.

Bredren - Fellow friends and collegues; brothers in unity.

Browning - Complementing a black person of light skin, and good complexion.

Bruk - Broke, broken, break.
Nuh bruk it. (Don?t break it).

Brukout - A climax of pure energy and excitement; to act unruly. Usually at a party. Without the usual restrictions.

Buck up- To accidentally bump into; to meet by chance.

Bud - Bird.

Buddy - Male genital.

Bulla - A sweet cheap semi-hard round cake made from flour, spices and sugar. Nice

Bumboclaat- Strong curse word.

Bun- To get cheated on; also burn, kill, and to smoke.

• She deh gi `im bun. (She is cheating on him.)
  Mi aguh bun a skliff. (I am going to smoke some weed or ganja)
  Bun dung chi chi man!? (The Rastas say, ?Burn down (kill) homosexuals!?)

Bupps- A male who is sought to provide financially for a woman that he wants relationship from. She bupps `im out. (She played him for money).

Bush weed- A term for rendering poor quality herb or poor lawn grass or wild bushes

Buss- To bust; like to bust a move; become unruly. To rant on someone. To make a big break or become popular.
Sean Paul buss out. (Sean Paul became very popular.)

Bwoy- Boy. This is a common insultive term for anybody male.

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Ca / cah - Because or can.
Mi ca hab that? (Can I have that?)

Card - To play a joke or trick.
Dem play a card pon mi. (They tricked me).

Cargo - A big and heavy gold or expensive chain one wears to show wealth.

Casco - Imitation, cheap stuff or fake designer clothes.

Cass-cass - Shouting fight with bad words.

Cat - Female genitals. Girl or woman.

Chaka-chaka - Messy and untidy.

Cho - Expression of surprise. Expression made when upset.

Champion - A person who is extraordinary on the dancefloor and in the bed.

Chalice - A Rasta's pipe that is made from a hollowed coconut.

Chatty-Chatty - Overly talkative to the point of irritation.

Chewsday - Tuesday.

Chi chi - Gay, homosexual, queer.
Chi-chi man. (Gay man.)

Chuck - Full-size truck or to push a person in the chest with both hands.

Clean - Sexual expression for giving a blowjob.
Gal cum clean off mi rifle. (Girl come and give me a blowjob.)

**** it up - Aggressive sex.

Coil - Term for alot of money when dollars are wrapped in a roll.

Coppa / Silva - a term for a coin valued less than a dollar.

Coo-yah! / Cuh-yah - Look here!

Coolie - Jamaican with Indian parents. From Indian descent.

Coolie hair - Straight hair.

Craven - Greedy.

Criss - Slang for cool and instyle.
Dat criss. (That is cool.)

Crosses - Problems and misfortunes. Mi always inna crosses. (I always have bad luck.)

Culcha / kul-cha - Reflecting or pertaining to the roots, values and
traditions of Rastas.

Cutchie - A clay-fired earth piece that fits into a chalice needed to hold ganja; a cup.

Cutlass - A cutting instrument; a very large knife. Machete

Cutta - Cutter; can opener; cutting instrument.

Cut-yeye - Cutting your eyes at someone by turning the eyes the other way sharply.

Cyar / key-ar - Car.

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Dan - Than

Dandimite - Word used

to describe something very exciting. Dynamite.

Dah-kahs - Sunglasses, shades.

Dat - That



Dawta - Daughter; woman, good woman friend.

Ded - Dead, die, killed, to kill.
?Im a dead. (He is

dead).

Dear - Expensive.
Dat cost dear. (That is very expensive.)

Deesant - Decent.

[

b]Dege-dege[/b] - Measly or skimpy.

Deh - There ? as in place. Also asks where something is.
Weh ih deh? (

Where is it?)
Nuh milk nuh dey. (There is no milk there).
Dey say. (They say.)

Deh ?bout - Nearby, close

to. here.

Deh-pan / deh-pon - On; on top of; upon.

Deh-yah - Here or there.

Dem-

Them. Use dem after plural objects.
Di bwoy dem. (The boys.)

Des - Desperate.
`Im sey im des fi a food.

(He said he?s desperate for food).

Di - The; did, was.
?Im did dun di ting? (Did he complete the thing?)



Dideh - Was there or right over there.
?Im dideh. (He is/was there). Member where wi dideh? (Do you

remember where we were?)

Dis - This.

Disya - This right here.

Don - A term and name

for one who is well respected.

Doon-doos - Referring to an albino.

Downpress - Rasta word for ?

Oppress?.

Dread - Person who has dreadlocks, greeting to friend, expression of a good idea.

Dreadnut

- Rasta word for ?Coconut.?

Drop legs - To dance.

Dub / Dub plate - Mixed music of reggae.

Remixed reggae music.

Dun - Done, finished, over with; kill.
Mi dun dweet. (I have finished doing it).



Dun know - Don?t know. You know already.
Yuh dun know.

Dung - Down.
Come dung. Sidung (

Come down. Sit down.)

Duppy - Ghost.

Dutty - Dirty;

Dutty gal - Tin mackerel. This

is common food for the poor or insult to way to describe a bad lady.

Dween - Doing.

Dweet - Do

it.

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Ease-up - To relax. or if sitting on a chair it

may be used to say scoot over a bit or get up.
Ease up off a di chair. (Get up off the chair.)

Eat unda sheet[/

b] - Expression of performing oral sex.

Eaz haad - Ears hard. Means stubbornness or thickskulled; one who

doesn?t listen.
Yu rass claat eaz haad. (You are damn stubborn.)

Eff- variation for the word "If"

[

b]Ends - A place or your home/house.
Mi a go pon one ends still. (I am going to one place).

Eveling -

Evening

Everything cook and curry - Everything is just fine.

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Fa - For. Wa mek yu dweet fa? (Why did you do

it for?)

Faas - Fast. Nosey or inquisitive.
Tap drive faas. (Stop driving fast).

Facety - Bad

mannered and nasty; acting fresh.

Fambly - Family.

Fava - Looks like; resembles.
?Im a fava

monkey. (He resembles a monkey.)
She fava har madda. (She looks like her mother.)

Feel no way - Not taken

in offense; not to worry or care.

Fi - To. This is the main Jamaican prepostion.
Mi naa waan fi do it. (I

don?t want to do it).
Fi mi, fi she, fi yu, fi ?Im- Mine, hers, yours, his. Shows possession. A fi mi cyar. (My car). Fi

dem. (Theirs.)

Fiah - Fire; also used to designate the smoking of ganja. More fiah! (More weed!)

Fit

- when used of fruits and vegetables, it means that fruit is ready to pick and is fully grown, though not necessarily



fully ripe to eat.

Flim - Film; mostly camera film.
Mi need fi buy flim. (I need to buy film .)



Flex - To chill and hang out having a time; to plan an activity.

Follow / Falla - To travel

close to, to follow or seek.
Falla back a mi. (Follow me.) Di fly a follow yu head. (The fly is seeking your head.)



Foot - Any part of the entire leg.
?Im foot a bruk means that his leg is broken.

Forward -

Future; to go or to move or to return.
Mi soon forward. (You'll see me there shortly.)

Fren? - Friend.



Frock - A ladie's dress.

Fram - From; since.
Mi dehya fram 6:00. (I have been here since

6:00). Fram when mi a pickney mi a dweet. (I have been doing it since I was a kid).

Fresh - Not ready; still

bitter or sour. Rude behaviour or ill-mannered.
Di milk still fresh. (The milk is still good.) Di pickney fresh 'een. (

The child is rude or ill mannered.)

Fu*ckery - A maljustice, something wrong and unfair; also considered a bad

word.
A fu*ckery dat. (That was a messed up thing).

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No Bashment...uno keep fi uno thread to uno self. It might need to be moved anyhow to this section.

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while I was in the United States, last year i compiled the entire glossary, however due to my move back here, I just brought with me my 'immediates', therefore my computer is still there with all of my ETJ reference material on the hard drive or back up CDs. However I have made arrangement for them to be shipped to me so hang in there everybody, the glossary will be finished soon.

Thanks PB for the heads up.

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