At the time, it served as a safe and much tamer expression for shocking situations when a person didn’t want to use one of Jamaica’s famous curse words. This term may have emerged in the 80’s to express exclamation or surprise. Like somene would ask "You Black up today?" Meaning did you smoke today? (14) Superlative indicating status (power, fame, money, talent, etc) within some social group (12) (5)Īn uncouth, out of fashion, uncultured person Use: Wey yu a go inna dem deh cloze? Yu fayva buttu (12) English bat, the flying rodent, is a rat-bat. (5)įrom bands a whole lot, a great deal, nuff, whole heap. (5)Ī big basket, including the type which hangs over the sides of a donkey. (5)īandit, criminal, one living by guile (1) a BANDULU BIZNESS is a racket, a swindle. Popular etymology: "back raw" (which he bestowed with a whip.) (5)Ī straight person one without dreadlocks one who works for babylon (2)Ī pancake made out of cassava, after it has been grated and squeezed to remove the bitter juice. White slavemaster, or member of the ruling class in colonial days. place where pocomania rites are held, healing is done, spells cast or lifted (7) Hooligan behavior, violence for its own sake (1)Ī child who did not learn to walk the 1st 2-7 years. the corrupt establishment, the "system," Church and State 2. The biblical final battle between the forces of good and evil (1)
From the Twi name for the supreme deity (7) Accompong, brother of Cudjo also name of town. going to do, as in "Me a go tell him" (7) to as in "go a shop," from Spanish (7)Īux w/v.