Jafaican
n.— «Words like “yoot,” “nuff” and “nang”—meaning child, very and good, respectively—are forming the new accepted slang in London‘s inner boroughs, where the city’s cockney phrases are being pushed out by a new type of multicultural-influenced speech, dubbed Jafaican and Tikkiny.» —“Cockney accent being swept aside in London by new hip hop-inspired dialect” Jamaica Observer (Kingston) Apr. 16, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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erm i dnt gt wotz soo bad bwt dah way we youts spk 2dai wwe kno wot we r chatin bwt.wen teechrs want to spk in a way whre we cnt undastnd dey use big words init.
dah way we spk iz cak we dnt do it 2 b kwl buht it catchz on wen you go 2 an ina sity skwl.