Today, we will look at some words that are unique to Jamaican English.
arbor shark = greedy
attaclapse = disaster
Watta attaclapse Hurrican Gilbert cause!
What a disaster Hurricane Gilbert caused!
jim screechy = sneak
Jim screechy inna di 'ouse.
Sneak into the house.
battyman = homosexual = gayan
He a battyman.
He's gay.
cool runnings = No fuss/hassles
donna = cute girl
dundus = albino
gwine = gonna = going to
Me gwine eat now.
I'm gonna eat now.
jook = pierce/stick
Im jook me wid di pin.
He stuck me with a pin.
mek = let's
Mek we deet.
Let's do it.
mout = tease
Me a mout im.
I am teasing him.
poppy show = silly person
seh-seh = gossip
She like seh-seh.
She likes to gossip.
unnu = everyone
Unnu ready?
Everyone ready?
yush! = greetings!
Ok, that's it for now. Not much to explain here but I find the way things have changed in Jamaican English pretty interesting. I hope you liked it as much as I did~!
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