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Come here to learn Jamaican Patwa and Jamaican Culture as i share some experiences growing up there.
2019-03-16 04:00
2018-10-22 04:00
ZUNGU PAN: zinc pan Read More
2018-10-21 04:00
ZION: Ethiopia, Africa, the Rastafarian holy land Read More
2018-10-20 04:00
2018-10-18 04:00
YOUTH: a child, a young man, an immature man Read More
2018-10-16 04:00
YAI: eye Read More
2018-10-15 04:00
YAHSO: here (place) Read More
2018-10-14 04:00
YAGA YAGA: Dancehall slang. a way to big up a brethren; to express a greeting or attract attention, i.e. yo! or yush! true friend; bonafide; brethren Read More
2018-10-13 04:00
YABBA: a big clay pot Read More
2018-10-12 04:00
YA: hear, or here Read More
2018-10-11 04:00
YA NO SEE IT?: you know? Read More
2018-10-10 04:00
2018-10-09 04:00
WOOD: penis Read More
2018-10-08 04:00
WOLF: a non-rasta deadlocks Read More
2018-10-07 04:00
WIS: vine, liana, from withe Read More
2018-10-06 04:00
WINJY: thin and sickly looking Read More
2018-10-04 04:00
WHOLE HEAP: a lot Read More
2018-10-03 04:00
WHEELS: vehicle Read More
2018-09-28 04:00
WANGA-GUT: hungry-belly Read More
2018-09-27 04:00
WAKL: wattle, a kind of woven bamboo work used to make house walls Read More
2018-09-25 04:00
WA MEK?: why? Read More
2018-09-24 04:00
WA DAY: adverbial phrase, the other day Read More
2018-09-23 04:00
2018-09-22 04:00
VEX: to get angry Read More
2018-09-20 04:00
2018-09-19 04:00
UPTOWN: the upper classes Read More
2018-09-18 04:00
UPHILL: positive, righteous Read More
2018-09-17 04:00
UPFUL: postitive, encouraging Read More
2018-09-15 04:00
2018-09-14 04:00
TUNTI: female organ Read More
2018-09-12 04:00
TRANSPORT: vehicle Read More
2018-09-11 04:00
TRACE: to curse or speak abusively to someone Read More
2018-09-10 04:00
TOPANORIS: uptown snobby person Read More
2018-09-09 04:00
TOTO: coconut cake Read More
2018-09-06 04:00
THE I : (pron.) -you, yourself, yours Read More
2018-09-05 04:00
TEIF: a theif, to steal Read More
2018-09-04 04:00
TEETH: bullets Read More
2018-09-03 04:00
TATU: a little thatched hut, often made of bamboo Read More
2018-09-01 04:00
TARRA-WARRA: a polite way of expressing omitted bad words, a verbal asterisk Read More
2018-08-29 04:00
TAMBRAN SWITCH: n. a flail made from the wiry branches of the Tamarind tree, braided and oiled. Effective and much feared in the hands of Babylon Read More
2018-08-28 04:00
TAM: deep woolen hat, used by Dreads to cover their locks Read More
2018-08-27 04:00
TALLOWAH: adj. sturdy, strong, fearless, physically capable. From Ewe talala Read More
2018-08-26 04:00
TALL: long Read More
2018-08-25 04:00
TAKARI/TANKARI: stewed spicy pumpkin Read More
2018-08-23 04:00
TACK: bullet Read More
2018-08-22 04:00
2018-08-21 04:00
SUPM, SINTING: something Read More
2018-08-20 04:00
SUFFERER: a poor person stuggling to survive Read More
2018-08-19 04:00
SU-SU: gossip, the sound of wispering Read More
2018-08-18 04:00
STRUCTURE: body, health Read More
2018-08-17 04:00
STRING UP: a muscial rehearsal Read More
2018-08-15 04:00
STEP: to leave, to depart briskly, quickly Read More
2018-08-14 04:00
STAR: common term of affection, camaraderie Read More
2018-08-13 04:00
SPRING: to sprout, as of yams or cocos, making them inedible Read More
2018-08-12 04:00
SPLIFF: large, cone-shaped marijuana cigarette Read More
2018-08-11 04:00
SOUNDBWOY: usually a derogatory way to refer to the selecter or other personality in another sound system. This term is most often employed in clashes, on dub plates built for clashes, and s… Read More
2018-08-10 04:00
SOFT: not well done, amateurish; unable to cope broke, no money Read More
2018-08-09 04:00
SO-SO: only, solely, unaccompanied. weak, pallid Read More
2018-08-08 04:00
SMADI: somebody Read More
2018-08-07 04:00
SLACKNESS: lewd, vulgar lyrics popular in DJ singing Read More
2018-08-06 04:00
SLABBA-SLABBA: big and fat, slobby, droopy Read More
2018-08-05 04:00
SKIN YOUR TEETH: smile Read More
2018-08-04 04:00
SKIN: rolling paper Read More
2018-08-02 04:00
SKANK: to dance to reggae music to move with cunning, ulterior motives Read More
2018-07-31 04:00
SISTER, SISTREN: a woman, a friend, woman Rastafarians Read More
2018-07-30 04:00
SIPPLE: slippery; slimy Read More
2018-07-29 04:00
SINTING: something Read More
2018-07-28 04:00
SINSEMILLA, SENSIE: popular, potent, seedless, unpollinated female strain of marijuana Read More
2018-07-27 04:00
SINKL-BIBLE: the aloevera plant Read More
2018-07-26 04:00
SIGHT?: do you understand? Read More
2018-07-25 04:00
SIDUNG: sit down Read More
2018-07-24 04:00
SHOOB: to shove Read More
2018-07-23 04:00
SHEPHERD: n. leader of revivalist cult; also proprietor of balmyard, healer and prophet Read More
2018-07-22 04:00
SHEG-UP: to be messed up, ruined Read More
2018-07-20 04:00
SHAKE OUT: leave without haste, casually Read More
2018-07-19 04:00
SHAG: home-cured tobacco, straight from the field Read More
2018-07-18 04:00
SEEN?: Do you understand? Read More
2018-07-17 04:00
SEEN: I understand, I agree Read More
2018-07-16 04:00
SCREW: to scowl, to be angry Read More
2018-07-15 04:00
SCREECHIE: to sneak by Read More
2018-07-14 04:00
SCOUT: denoting inferior status Read More
2018-07-13 04:00
SCIENTIST: occult practitioner Read More
2018-07-12 04:00
SCIENCE: obeah, witchcraft Read More
2018-07-10 04:00
SATTA: sit, rest, meditate relax Read More
2018-07-09 04:00
SATA: to rejoice, to meditate, to give thanks and praise Read More
2018-07-08 04:00
SANKEY: n. religious song of a paticularly lugubrious tone, sung in the long or common meter. From Ira David Sankey, evangelist and hymnalist Read More
2018-07-06 04:00
SHAMPATA: n. sandal of wood or tire rubber. Span. zapato Read More
2018-07-05 04:00
SAMFAI MAN: trickster, conman Read More
2018-07-04 04:00
SAMBO: the colour between brown and black; someone who is a cross between a mullatto (brown) and a black Read More
2018-06-30 04:00
2018-06-29 04:00
RYAL: royal Read More
2018-06-27 04:00
RUN-DUNG: food cooked in coconut juice, obtained after grating the dry coconut meat and squeezing it in water, thus extracting the coconut cream Read More
2018-06-26 04:00
RUDE BOY: a criminal, a hard hearted person, a tough guy Read More
2018-06-24 04:00
ROTI: flat Indian pan breads Read More
2018-06-23 04:00
ROOTS: 1. derived from the experience of the common people, natural indigenous; 2. a greeting; 3. name for a fellow Rasta Read More
2018-06-22 04:00
ROCKERS: reggae music reggae music as it is played today, the latest sound Read More
2018-06-21 04:00
RIZZLA: brand of rolling paper Read More
2018-06-20 04:00
RHYGIN: adj. spirited, vigorous, lively, passionate with great vitality and force; also sexually provocative and aggressive. Probably a form of English raging Read More
2018-06-15 04:00
RED: 1. very high on herb 2. mulatto color Read More
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