Caribbean Slang

Jamaican / Caribbean: to dance with fluid hip movements, especially to dancehall or soca. "Whine up"…

Caribbean (especially Trinidadian): to hang out casually with friends. "Let's lime" = "let's hang." …

Jamaican Patois greeting: "what's going on?" Also spelled "wah gwan," "wa gwan," or "wagwan." A univ…

(Jamaican English, Caribbean, UK, Canada, _, derogatory, _, slang) A homosexual man.

Jamaican / UK Caribbean diaspora: a party, rave, or celebration — usually with dancehall music. Wide…

(Caribbean, Jamaica, historical) A white person, especially one who owned slaves.

Bamsee is a Caribbean — especially Trinidadian and Barbadian — slang word for the buttocks, backside…

Friend, brother. "Wagwan, blud?" = "What's up, brother?" UK MLE via Caribbean. Affectionate.

(slang, Caribbean, Jamaica, UK, Multicultural London English) A weapon, especially a gun or a knife.

Angry, annoyed. "I'm vex with him" = I'm angry at him. Used freely in Caribbean English; also archai…

(MLE, MTE, transitive) To kill; to murder.

Greeting; "what's going on?" / "what's up?" Caribbean origin, common in MLE.

(Caribbean, BVE, Jamaica) The biological father of a (woman's) child, especially one to whom she is …

Everything is good; positive vibes; in harmony. Foundational Rastafarian / Jamaican Patois greeting …

(Caribbean) A carnival performer in the Caribbean who walks or dances on stilts.

(Caribbean, Jamaica, informal) The edible fruit of .

(Caribbean, dialectal) You (plural); y'all, you guys, you all.

A rudimentary shelter or hut constructed from bamboo, palm fronds, or other locally available materi…

Caribbean and Jamaican English slang for someone who is grossly overweight or obese. The term is blu…

In dancehall and reggae: an instrumental track that multiple artists "voice" with their own vocals —…

(Caribbean) ridiculous, ludicrous.

A Caribbean English informal term for various firm-fleshed fish suitable for cutting into steaks rat…

A Caribbean religious term for a shrine or sacred space dedicated to the Yoruba orishas, maintained …

(Internet slang, texting, Caribbean, MLE, MTE) : used to express disapproval, annoyance or frustrati…

A seed pod of various trees, especially , woman's tongue tree () and royal poinciana ().

A Jamaican and West Indian culinary term for escabeche — fish or meat that is fried and then marinat…

(West Indies, Jamaica) A scammer.

(Caribbean) A kind of informal banter, often lightly pejorative but rarely mean-spirited, strongly a…

(Caribbean, Jamaica, w:Multicultural London English, MLE, slang) (clitic, suffix) A group of.

(colloquial, chiefly, _, in the, _, Caribbean) stupid.

Forestocracy is a sharp, satirical coinage describing a ruling class that derives its wealth and pow…

An archaic West Indian term for trismus—an involuntary prolonged spasm of the jaw muscles (lockjaw) …

Caribbean dialect (particularly Trinidad and Barbados). Vividly describes an ungainly, limbs-everywh…

Breadkind is a Caribbean term covering all the starchy, filling foods that anchor a meal — think yam…

(Caribbean, Guyana, Jamaica) Starchy staple vegetables grown in the ground such as yam, taro, cassav…

(Caribbean, Jamaica) backing (financial or otherwise); support.

(Caribbean, Jamaica) A dessert made from shelled and parched corn pounded into powder.

(Caribbean) A metal or earthenware pot or jar used for storing and cooking food.

A dated informal term with two distinct regional senses: the avocado (Caribbean, acknowledging it se…