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Jamaica
washbelly
The last child for a woman.
person
Jamaica
washout
A substance ingested as a purgative or for detoxification.
Jamaica
washover
Fake gold
Belize
Jamaica
Trinidad & Tobago
wassy
Full of spirit and fight
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Jamaica
waste man
A useless person. One who is a "waste of space".
Jamaica
wat a stress
An expression indicating some combination of shock, surprise or bemusement.
Jamaica
watchnight
A late night church service to usher in the new year.
Jamaica
water coconut
A young coconut where the flesh has not completely hardened.
food
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Jamaica
wattle and daub
A style of building construction where walls are made from slats of bamboo or other wood and coated with mud or clay.
Jamaica
We don't play hockey, we eat ackee
A funny bit of wordplay by deejay Shabba Ranks that depends on the overlapping pronunciations of 'ackee' (the food) and 'hockey' (the game). This pronunciation overlap is made stronger (and funnier) with the additional context that some Jamaicans have a tendency to add an intrusive 'h' at the start of words beginning with vowels and some Jamaicans have a tendency to drop the leading 'h' in words.
proverb
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Jamaica
weak laka rat
To be as weak as a rat or mouse. To be extremely weak.
Jamaica
Trinidad & Tobago
weedhead
One who is addicted to marijuana.
person
Jamaica
well
Very. In the fullest sense.
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Jamaica
Wen yu gwine knock anansi memba di wall
When you try to hurt another be sure you aren't hurting yourself.
proverb
Jamaica
wet sugar
Unrefined sugar that has not been completed separated from the molasses. The sugar retains moisture and a deep brown colour.
food
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Jamaica
wha
That or What
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Jamaica
wha de gwaan
What's up? Whats going on? What is happening?
Jamaica
Wha nu kill fatten
That which does not destroy you makes you stronger
proverb
Jamaica
wha sweet nanny goat ago run him belly
That which causes merriment and pleasure now will cause grief and sorrow later.
Jamaica
what a prekeh
An expression indicating some combination of shock, surprise or bemusement.
Jamaica
What is joke to bwoy is death to frog.
One person's fun and games may have serious consequences for another.
proverb
Jamaica
whatlef
Leftovers
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Belize
Grenada
Jamaica
Trinidad & Tobago
whe
Where
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Jamaica
whe goat do, kid falla
Children invariably adopt all the bad attributes of their parents.
proverb
Jamaica
wheel an come again
To try again but with better or more convincing effort
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Jamaica
when ashes cold dog sleep de
Circumstances change.
proverb
Jamaica
When bull foot bruk, im nyam wid monkey
Misfortune or harsh time creates unlikely companionships
proverb
Jamaica
When cloud shado come, sun nu set
One rough time does not mean all hope is lost
proverb
Jamaica
When coco ripe it mus bus
All will be revealed when the time is right.
proverb
Jamaica
when eskimo have money him buy fridge
People with too much money spend it on unnecessary things.
proverb
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