196 results
Jamaica
bandulu
One who participates in, orchestrates, or profits from illegal or crooked activity
person
Grenada
buckra
Any white person, particularly one in a position of power or authority.
person
Haiti
chwal
One who is possessed by a loa (spirit) during a Vodou ritual.
folklore
Grenada
payul
Any white person, particularly one in a position of power or authority.
person
derogatory
Jamaica
pissin tail
An upstart newcomer or subordinate; One who does not know their place
Jamaica
samfi
One who participates in, orchestrates, or profits from illegal or crooked activity
person
Jamaica
warboat
A confrontational or quarrelsome person. One who loves to argue and fight.
Jamaica
blood seed
An expression one uses to exclaim their displeasure in a person or happening.
profanity
Trinidad & Tobago
peltin waist
A dance, particularly one that involves gyrations of the waist, hips and buttocks.
Antigua & Barbuda
Anguilla
Barbados
Bahamas
Belize
Dominica
Grenada
Guyana
Jamaica
St. Kitts & Nevis
Cayman Islands
St. Lucia
Turks & Caicos
Trinidad & Tobago
St. Vincent
British Virgin Isles.
US Virgin Islands
wine
A dance, particularly one that involves gyrations of the waist, hips and buttocks.
Trinidad & Tobago
baygo
Tobago. One of the islands that make up the republic of Trinidad and Tobago
place
Jamaica
Trinidad & Tobago
boops
One who is used primarily for money, especially in a romantic or sexual context
Jamaica
brinks
One who is used primarily for money, especially in a romantic or sexual context
Bahamas
brown up
A sycophant. A yes person. One who acts obsequiously toward another to gain favour.
Guyana
kochore
A sycophant. A yes person. One who acts obsequiously toward another to gain favour.
Barbados
poochlicka
A sycophant. A yes person. One who acts obsequiously toward another to gain favour.
Jamaica
selecta
A Disc Jockey. One who selects the music to be played at an event.
Jamaica
If yu fraid a yeye yu cyaa nyam head
One must be willing to put up with unpleasant things in order to be successful
proverb
Jamaica
Ole fyah stick easy fi ketch
It's easier to rekindle a romantic relationship than to start a new one with someone new.
proverb
Trinidad & Tobago
ole fyah stick light easy
It's easier to rekindle a romantic relationship than to start a new one with someone new.
Jamaica
salad
A football move where one player passes the ball between the legs of an opposing player.
game
Jamaica
chuck
A sharp pushing blow made to the face or upper body using one or both open hands.
Trinidad & Tobago
guntas
A gangster or "bad man". One who gives the impression that they should not be trifled with.
Jamaica
St. Kitts & Nevis
leggo beas
One who acts wild, rambunctious or unruly like a an animal (beast) recently let go from confinement
person
Turks & Caicos
Trinidad & Tobago
horna man
A man who makes a cuckold of another man. One who has an affair with another man's woman.
person
Barbados
Belize
Jamaica
joe grine
A man who makes a cuckold of another man. One who has an affair with another man's woman.
person
Jamaica
mumma lashy
One who plays the role of lasher/beater in a game of mumma lashy.
game
Bermuda
paper bermudian
A naturalised resident of Bermuda - one who has been granted status, as opposed to a native-born resident.
person
Jamaica
pile
A football move where one player passes the ball over the head of an opponent and retains possession.
Jamaica
quattie
A coin worth one and a half pennies used during colonial rule. Also known as the penny ha'penny.
money
Bahamas
Jamaica
Trinidad & Tobago
eye water
Tears. Drops of clear salty liquid that flow from the eye when one is crying or the eye is irritated.
Belize
Jamaica
yeye wata
Tears. Drops of clear salty liquid that flow from the eye when one is crying or the eye is irritated.
Jamaica
telephone cut
A large cut or scar across the jawline from ear to mouth, roughly corresponding to where one would hold a telephone during conversation.
Belize
Grenada
Guadeloupe
Guyana
bad eye
An insulting gesture where one person catches the eyes or gaze of another then turns her eyes and gaze away in an exaggerated motion
Bermuda
Bahamas
Belize
Dominica
Grenada
Guyana
Jamaica
St. Lucia
US Virgin Islands
cut eye
An insulting gesture where one person catches the eyes or gaze of another then turns her eyes and gaze away in an exaggerated motion
Guyana
eye pass
An insulting gesture where one person catches the eyes or gaze of another then turns her eyes and gaze away in an exaggerated motion
Jamaica
sleng teng
One of the first fully computerised riddims. The 1984 riddim, created by Wayne Smith and King Jammy, was released in 1984 along with the track "Under mi Sleng Teng".
Guyana
blumpkin
A word used to describe when all different kind of rassness is happening and one needs to express their outrage and dissatisfaction. Ex. “Wha di blumpkin going on heh bai?”
Jamaica
mumma lashy
A children's game where one child plays the role of an angry mother trying to catch and spank the other children whose role is to escape or otherwise avoid the lasher.
game
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)
person