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Jamaica
miss chin
Generic term for used to refer to women who appear to be of East Asian ancestry
person
derogatory
Jamaica
miss lee
Generic term for used to refer to women who appear to be of East Asian ancestry
person
Jamaica
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
person
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Jamaica
missa
A synonym for 'Mister'.
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Jamaica
missa chin
Generic term used to refer to men who appear to be of East Asian ancestry.
person
derogatory
Jamaica
missa lee
Generic term used to refer to men who appear to be of East Asian ancestry.
person
Barbados
Belize
mista man
An informal title used for greeting among male friends.
Guyana
mithai
Dessert made with flour and coconut milk, fried and dipped in a sugary liquid.
food
Jamaica
mix flour
Flour that is sold with a small amount of cornmeal mixed in. The ratio of flour to cornmeal is usually suitable for fried or boiled dumplings.
food
Trinidad & Tobago
mocco
Plantains
food
plant
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US Virgin Islands
mocko jumbie
Stilt dancers in an African tradition carried over into carnival. Their costumes represent beings from the realm of the dead
folklore
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Trinidad & Tobago
moko
Burro bananas are more squared in shape than common yellow bananas. When ripe, the skin is yellow with black spots and the flesh is creamy white. It has a tangy, lemon-banana flavor and is generally soft, getting firmer towards the center.
plant
food
fruit
Barbados
Dominica
Trinidad & Tobago
British Virgin Isles.
US Virgin Islands
moko jumbee
Stilt dancers in an African tradition carried over into carnival. Their costumes represent beings from the realm of the dead
folklore
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Belize
moless
To annoy.
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Jamaica
money football
A tabletop, desktop, or benchtop game approximating football using a small coin as the ball and larger coins as the players. The playing surface is marked like a football field with goals, centerlines and penalty positions.The object of the game is to use the player coins to hit the ball coin into the opponents goal. The human opponents control the player coins using fudge sticks (popsicle sticks) and are not allowed to directly touch the ball coin.
game
Trinidad & Tobago
monkey apple
Annona purpurea is an edible fruit and medicinal plant in the sweetsop family. The skin is covered with spiky, hook like projections.
food
fruit
plant
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Trinidad & Tobago
Monkey doh si he own tail
People never recognise their own faults
proverb
Antigua & Barbuda
monkey no climb
Euphorbia lactea - an erect shrub growing up to 5 m tall, with succulent branches 3–5 cm diameter, ridged, with a triangular or rhombic cross-section; the ridges are spiny, with short spines up to 5 mm long. The leaves are minute, and soon deciduous. All parts of the plant contain a poisonous milky latex.
plant
US Virgin Islands
monkey puzzle
Euphorbia lactea - an erect shrub growing up to 5 m tall, with succulent branches 3–5 cm diameter, ridged, with a triangular or rhombic cross-section; the ridges are spiny, with short spines up to 5 mm long. The leaves are minute, and soon deciduous. All parts of the plant contain a poisonous milky latex.
plant
Montserrat
montserrat oriole
The Montserrat Oriole is a medium sized black and yellow "New World Oriole" that is native to the island of Montserrat and is that territory's national bird.
animal
bird
national symbol
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US Virgin Islands
moo moo
An idiot or stupid person, someone acting silly.
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Antigua & Barbuda
Moon run faas but day ketch im
Your actions and misdeeds will eventually have consequences.
proverb
Jamaica
mooney mooney
A firefly; A beetle that produces a blinking yellow, orange, or red light via bioluminescence.
animal
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Jamaica
more fyah
An expression used to signify disapproving judgment of an act or thing by calling down or wishing hellfire on the target of disapproval.
Jamaica
more time
Goodbye. See you later.
Guyana
morue
Fish dried and salted for preservation. The fish is usually the Atlantic or Pacific cod, however, pollock and haddock are sometimes used. Preparation typically involves an initial step of soaking in water overnight or boiling to remove the excess salt.
food
Trinidad & Tobago
mosquito bush
A tender low-growing herb commonly known as basil.
food
plant
Jamaica
mosquito net
The vagina. The female sexual organ.
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Jamaica
mouly
Smelling strongly of body odour
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Dominica
mountain chicken
The Giant Ditch Frog is a species of frog that is native to the Caribbean islands of Dominica and Montserrat. it is hunted and prized as food. the giant ditch frog is one of the largest frogs in the world, with adult females growing up to 21 cm long. it is highly variable in colour, with the upperparts varying from a uniform chestnut-brown to being barred or even spotted. The colour becomes more orange-yellow on the sides of the body, and pale yellow on the underparts. a black line runs from the snout to the angle of the mouth, and the upper-legs often have broad banding.
food
animal
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