skettel
n.— «Now we see Black-er go innah star and a say any man who see any man as a woman is a b…yman. What I call Black-er is a man skettel, meaning a man personifying a skettel. You don’t become a woman, you are still a man. We naw call yuh girl, you are not our type of girl.» —“Twin of Twins’ final response to Black-er” Jamaica Star (Kingston, Jamaica) Feb. 9, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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