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ananas

Pineapple - a tropical plant with edible multiple fruit consisting of coalesced berries, named for resemblance to the pine cone.

ananci

A spider

anisette

An alcoholic beverage made by soaking anise leaves in rum and adding sugar for sweetening.

Apre dans tanbou lou.

"After the dance, the drums are heavy". It's not all fun and good times when the party ends. Sometimes there's hard work.

banana fritters

A fried meal item made from a batter consisting primarily of ripe bananas (usually overripe) and flour.

banane pese

A dish of twice fried green plantain. Slices or chunks of plantain are slow fried, then pressed flat and fried again. The slices are optionally dipped

bandoo

A rigid metal, plastic or wooden band used to keep womens' hair in place.

bannan

Plantains

Bel anteman pa di paradi.

A beautiful funeral is no guarantee of entry into heaven.

beregene

Eggplant. A species of nightshade grown for its edible fruit.

buck up

To run into; To meet by accident or chance

bumbohole

An expression of shock, surprise, frustration, or annoyance.

Byen prè pa lakay.

Very close is not home yet. A miss by an inch is the same as a miss by a mile.

callaloo

A green fruit bearing on plants up to 6 ft tall. The fruit are fingerlike with a pentagonal cross section and taper to a long point. It is often cooke

carpot

Condoms

cass cass

Any incident or time marked by drama, scandal, confusion or conflict.

Chak jou pa dimanch

Every day is not Sunday. You can't rest all the time, sometimes you have to work.

chat huant

The Great Potoo: A nocturnal insectivore bird found in the Caribbean, Central America, and South America.

chwal

One who is possessed by a loa (spirit) during a Vodou ritual.

crapo

A frog or toad

creole

Local dialect derived from African and various European languages (usually some combination of English, French, Spanish or Dutch)

cry cry

Prone to tears. Easily upset. Cries quickly and often.

diri ak djon djon

A native dish of Haiti consisting of rice and edible black mushrooms called "djon djon". The meal is more common in the northern region of the country

djèl kabwit

The ability to predict future outcomes, particularly unfavourable future outcomes.

doo doo

Sweetheart

epis

Seasoning produced by grinding and mixing (as with a mortar and pestle)

fete gede

The Vodun Festival of the Dead, marked on November 2nd anually.

fig

Banana

fig bannan

Banana

fritaille

A dish with fried meat as the primary ingredient. A typical example will have will have fried goat (tassot cabrit) or fried beef (tassot bef), fried p