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Jamaica
accompong
A maroon chieftain after whom the town of Accompong in St. Elizabeth, Jamaica is named. He is thought to be from an Ashanti family and related to a number of other Maroon leaders (Quao, Cuffy, Cudjoe, and Nanny)
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Jamaica
alexander bustamante
Sir William Alexander Clarke Bustamante GBE, National Hero of Jamaica (24 February 1884 - 6 August 1977). A Jamaican politician, labour leader, and founder of the Jamaica Labour Party.
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national symbol
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Jamaica
allibutton
One who does the perceived difficult or boring part of a game or sport (eg. swinging a jump rope), but never gets a turn at the fun or entertaining part (eg. skipping)
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Barbados
Belize
Dominica
Guyana
Jamaica
Suriname
Trinidad & Tobago
St. Vincent
US Virgin Islands
ananci
A lead character in folk tales. He is depicted as a trickster and cultural hero. He is based largely on the spider gods of African lore, particularly that of the Ashanti tribe.
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folklore
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Barbados
Jamaica
Montserrat
Trinidad & Tobago
backra
A white plantation owner.
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Grenada
Jamaica
St. Lucia
bald head
One who does not follow or practice Rastafari. A heathen or unbeliever.
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rastafarian
Jamaica
bandulu
One who participates in, orchestrates, or profits from illegal or crooked activity
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Jamaica
barrel pickny
A child whose primary means of support are money and items shipped from parents working overseas.
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Antigua & Barbuda
Barbados
Belize
Guyana
Jamaica
St. Kitts & Nevis
batty bwoy
A homosexual man.
derogatory
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Jamaica
blacka
A very dark skinned individual.
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Jamaica
blacks
A very dark skinned individual.
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Jamaica
bobo
Rastafarian. A practitioner of Rastafarianism, a religious sect whose members are usually identifiable by their dreadlocked hair.
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Jamaica
bowcat
One who performs oral sex
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sexual
Barbados
Belize
Guyana
Jamaica
Trinidad & Tobago
bredda
Brother - a male sibling
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family
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Belize
Jamaica
Trinidad & Tobago
brer ananci
A lead character in folk tales. He is depicted as a trickster and cultural hero. He is based largely on the spider gods of African lore, particularly that of the Ashanti tribe.
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Jamaica
brownin
A light skinned, but not white, person.
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Jamaica
bucky massa
A white plantation owner.
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Jamaica
bun pan
A very dark skinned individual.
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Jamaica
busta
Sir William Alexander Clarke Bustamante GBE, National Hero of Jamaica (24 February 1884 - 6 August 1977). A Jamaican politician, labour leader, and founder of the Jamaica Labour Party.
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national symbol
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Belize
Jamaica
butu
Idiot or simpleton; A stupid person
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Belize
Jamaica
bwoy
Boy - a young male
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Jamaica
bwoy bwoy
One who acts in a childish or immature manner
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Jamaica
cha cha bwoy
A ladies man, particularly one with a reputation for dressing sharply.
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Jamaica
chatta box
One who talks a lot or too much
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Belize
Guyana
Jamaica
Trinidad & Tobago
chiny
Generic term for those who appear to be of East Asian ancestry
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derogatory
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Antigua & Barbuda
Jamaica
claffy
Idiot or simpleton; A stupid person
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Barbados
Belize
Grenada
Guyana
Jamaica
St. Kitts & Nevis
St. Lucia
Trinidad & Tobago
St. Vincent
coolie
A person of East Indian ancestry. Most Caribbean people of East Indian descent can trace their roots back to indentured workers imported by the British in the 19th century after the abolition of slavery.
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Jamaica
creamy
A ice cream vendor; Typically the vendor travels around with the ice cream products and icicles on a bicycle, motorbike, or with a push cart.
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Jamaica
dawta
Daughter
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Grenada
Jamaica
dread
A person with dreadlocks, but not necessarily a Rasta
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