Any starchy agricultural product used as food. Examples include, but are not limited to, yams, potatoes, bananas, cassava, pumpkins, and breadfruit.

A person with siriosis.

An informal title used for greeting among male friends.

Scandal, scheme, trouble

The Jamaican Crow, (Corvus jamaicensis) is a small crow species endemic to the woodlands of Jamaica.

Messy hair

Wasp

A very hard, flat, semi-sweet biscuit made with coconut, flour, sugar, and spices.

Cured smoking tobacco rolled into the shape of a rope for the purpose of storage and distribution.

Life is filled with ups and downs

Life isn't fair.

Someone who is stupid / funny

Another man's child that is passed off deceptively to an unsuspecting man to father as his own.

The tree and fruit of Artocarpus heterophyllus. It is related to the breadfruit and breadnut. The tree produces the worlds largest tree borne fruit - up to 80lbs and 3 feet long. Much of the fruit is starchy and fibrous. However, the seeds are surrounded by a sweet, pleasant tasting flesh. The seeds themselves are also edible after roasting or boiling.

A promiscuous woman.

Rastafarian term for God.

A fried sweet made from flour. They are usually bright orange or yellow, but can also be made white. It has a chewy texture, with a crystallized sugary crunch. The sugars get partly fermented, which is what adds flavor to the dish.

To poke, stick or stab

Crowded or filled to capacity.

Crowded or filled to capacity.

A small bird species endemic to Jamaica

The Jamaican Blackbird.

The Jamaican Mango (Anthracothorax mango) is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family. It is an endemic species of Jamaica, meaning, it is found only on the island of Jamaica and nowhere else in the world. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and heavily degraded former forest.

The Jamaican Oriole. A species of bird in the Icteridae family. The bird has distinctive black, yellow and white markings. It is found in Jamaica and on the Colombian island of San Andres. It formerly occurred on Grand Cayman in the Cayman Islands but is now extinct there. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, and heavily degraded former forest.

A large, loose knitted hat used by Rastafarians to cover and keep their dreadlocks in place.

Found only in Jamaica, the Jamaican Tody (Todus todus) is a small and colourful bird, predominantly green above, with a red throat and yellow underparts, with some pink on the sides. It has a large head and a long, flat bill. It perches on small branches, with its bills unturned and, like its Cuban relative (the Cuban Tody), takes insects, larvae, and fruit. The Jamaican Tody nests in burrows, which it excavates in muddy banks or rotten wood.

The Jamaican Vireo (Vireo modestus) is a species of bird in the Vireonidae family. It is endemic to Jamaica. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, and heavily degraded former forest.

Jamaica - situated in the Caribbean Sea, it is the fourth largest island in the Greater Antilles.

A promiscuous woman.

To be enjoy one's self, particularly at a party or dance