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cess

A marijuana cigarette

chalice

A clay or wooden pipe used for smoking ganja or hashish

cheups

A sucking noise made with the tongue pressed against the teeth used to express annoyance, frustration, or contempt.

chiny guinep

Lychee - a sweet fruit native to China. It is similar in structure to the guinep. The outside is covered by a pink-red, roughly-textured rind that is

chook

To poke, stick or stab

coco tea

Hot beverage made from cocoa powder.

coocooli

A variety of bitter melon plant (Momordica charantia). A vine bearing a small bumpy skinned yellow or orange fruit. The leaves are used to make a bitt

copawayzuh

To be afraid, to be a coward.

coubawi

Bukut. The fruit and tree of Casia Grandis. It is considered an effective natural remedy for anemia.

crapo

A frog or toad

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

cutex

Nail Polish

cutlass

Machete. A large flat bladed knife used for agricultural and utilitarian purposes. It is often the weapon of choice for violent encounters.

cyaat wheel

Cartwheel

dasheen

Taro - plant used primarily for its edible root and leaves.

dotish

Stupid.

duppy soursop

Morinda citrifolia otherwise known as 'Noni'. Foul smelling and bitter tasting fruit that commonly grows on small trees close to the sea. The fruit is

dutty wine

A wine or dance involving simultaneous and coordinated movements of the hips, knees and head.

faas

Nosy. Inquisitive. Showing excessive curiosity about the affairs of others.

fete

Party or celebration

follow fashion

A person who imitates; A copy cat

forty leg

Centipede; Any of a wide set of many legged arthropods. They are venomous, and their bites may have effects ranging from mild discomfort to life threa

fou

Crazy; Mentally ill

fruitcake

Rich dark cakes popular around Christmas. A primary ingredients is dried fruit that has been steeped or soaked in rum or wine for long periods of time

fyah ants

Tiny reddish-orange ants with stings that cause intense burning sensations.

ganja

Marijuana; Cannabis

glu glu

Is a yellowish-green drupe 2.5-5 cm in diameter, containing a single, dark brown, nut-like seed 2.5-5 cm diameter, which is very tough to break. The i

grafted mango

A named mango cultivar that was made popular in the Caribbean. the cultivar is likely to have originated in Jamaica. The fruit is small, averaging les

grammazone

A liquid weed killer with a reputation as a favoured tool of the suicidal.

ground provisions

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