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george william gordon
George William Gordon, (1820-1865) was a Jamaican businessman and politician who was a leading critic of the policies of then Governor of Jamaica, Edward Eyre. On Eyre's orders, he was executed after the Morant Bay rebellion. Gordon's execution created huge controversy in Britain, and several attempts were made to charge Eyre with murder. On the centenary of his death, Gordon was proclaimed a National Hero of Jamaica.
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ginnal
A trickster; A con man. One who is untrustworthy and unreliable.
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granny nanny
Nanny (c. 1686 - 1733), Jamaican National Hero, was a runaway slave, founder of Nanny Town, and well-known leader of the Jamaican Maroons during the eighteenth century. Born a member of the Ashanti tribe in Ghana, she was brought to Jamaica as a slave along with other family members. She and her brothers Accompong, Cudjoe, Johnny, and Quaco subsequently escaped, are known for their fierce organised resistance to the British.
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gyal
A girl or woman
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gyalis
A man who obsessively seduces and deceives women. A promiscuous heterosexual male.
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higgler
A marketplace or street vendor
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horna man
A man who makes a cuckold of another man. One who has an affair with another man's woman.
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jaycan
A Jamaican. A native of the island nation of Jamaica.
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jaygan
A Jamaican. A native of the island nation of Jamaica.
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jitney
A promiscuous woman.
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joe grine
A man who makes a cuckold of another man. One who has an affair with another man's woman.
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keeper
A common law wife.
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kerob
Derogatory term for Garifuna people.
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kinaki
Idiot or simpleton; A stupid person
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labba mout
One who talks a lot or too much
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leggo beas
One who acts wild, rambunctious or unruly like a an animal (beast) recently let go from confinement
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leggobeast
A promiscuous woman
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liad
A liar. One who is prone to falsehood and fabrication.
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logga head
Idiot or simpleton; A stupid person
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longtail
Young, unattached female tourists.
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mammy
Mother's brother's wife
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mamoo
Mother's brother
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marcus garvey
Marcus Mosiah Garvey, Jr., ONH (17 August 1887 – 10 June 1940) was a Jamaican political leader, publisher, journalist, entrepreneur, and orator who was a staunch proponent of the Black nationalism and Pan-Africanism movements, to which end he founded the Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League (UNIA-ACL). He founded the Black Star Line, part of the Back-to-Africa movement, which promoted the return of the African diaspora to their ancestral lands.
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matey
The 'other woman' in a cheating or adulterous relationship
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mattress
A promiscuous woman.
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mi
Me; First person singular
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miss chin
Generic term for used to refer to women who appear to be of East Asian ancestry
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miss lee
Generic term for used to refer to women who appear to be of East Asian ancestry
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miss lou
Louise Bennet Coverley or Miss Lou, OM, OJ, MBE (7 September 1919 - 26 July 2006), was a Jamaican poet, folklorist, writer, and educator. Writing and performing her poems in what was known as Jamaican Patois or Creole, she was instrumental in having this "dialect" of the people given literary recognition in its own right ("nation language"), located at the heart of the Jamaican poetic tradition, and influencing many other poets
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missa chin
Generic term used to refer to men who appear to be of East Asian ancestry.
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derogatory