Tagged Caribbean

The Caribbean tag covers Jamaican Patois, Trinidadian and Bajan Creole, and the wider archipelagic vocabulary that travels with reggae, dancehall, soca, and the West Indian diaspora into NYC, Toronto, and London (where it feeds directly into MLE). Patois grammar - auxiliary verbs, reduplication, particle "a" - is recognisable across most entries. Notable: wha gwan, bashment, duppy, irie, wagwan, blud, link up. The tag overlaps with Hip-hop (for dancehall crossover) and British (for MLE absorption); regional sub-strands like Bajan and Trinidadian English are tagged when distinct.